Dorcas is a female given name. It derives from Dorcas (; ; literally 'gazelle'), a figure from Acts of the Apostles () in the New Testament.
Persons named Dorcas include: Dorcas ye blackmore (c. 1620–after 1677), one of the first named African Americans to settle in New England Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan (born 1998), Nigerian badminton player Dorcas Blackwood, 1st Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye (1726–1807), Northern Irish personage Dorcas Brigham (1896-1986), American botanist and horticulturist Dorcas Cochran (c. 1903–1991), American lyricist and screenwriter Dorcas Coker-Appiah (born 1946), Ghanaian lawyer and women's rights activist Dorcas Denhartog (born 1965), American skier Dorcas Drake (1916–1993), American philanthropist Dorcas Good (ca. 1687/1688–?), child accused of witchcraft at the Salem witch trials Dorcas Gyimah (born 1992), Ghanaian sprinter Dorcas Fellows (1873–1938), American librarian Dorcas Hardy (1946–2019), American government official Dorcas Hoar (c. 1634–1711), widow accused of witchcraft at the Salem witch trials Dorcas Honorable (c. 1770–1855), Native American, last indigenous inhabitant of Nantucket Dorcas Kelly (died 1761), Irish brothel keeper and alleged serial killer Dorcas Makgato-Malesu, Botswanan cabinet minister Dorcas Martin (1537–1599), English bookseller active in religious controversies Dorcas Murunga (born 1969), Kenyan volleyball player Dorcas Muthoni (born 1979), Kenyan entrepreneur Dorcas Nakhomicha Ndasaba (born 1971), Kenyan volleyball player Dorcas Reilly (1926–2018), American chef; inventor of green bean casserole
See also Dorka Gryllus (born 1972), Hungarian actress Tabitha, name derived from the Aramaic version