Sorcha

Borrowed from Irish and Scottish Gaelic Sorcha (literally “light, radiant”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔːɹkə/, /ˈsɔːɹʃə/, /ˈsɝkə/

Sorcha

1. A female given name from Scottish Gaelic or Irish.

• arcosh, corahs, orachs, ochras, Charos, Hoscar, Cahors

From sorcha (“bright, clear, conspicuous”), from Old Irish sorchae (“bright, luminous”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔɾˠəxə/

Sorcha f (genitive Shorcha)

1. a female given name from Old Irish, sometimes anglicized as Claire (as a rough translation) or Sarah (due to phonological similarity).

• Dorcha

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Sorcha”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

• “Sorcha”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Sorcha (“light, radiant”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsorxə/

Sorcha

1. a female given name from Scottish Gaelic sometimes used as a form of Claire or Sarah

• Dorcha

From sorcha (“bright, clear, conspicuous”), from Old Irish sorchae (“bright, luminous”).

• (Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɔɾaxə/^[1]

Sorcha f (vocative a Shorcha)

1. a female given name from Old Irish, sometimes used as a form of Claire or Sarah

• Dorcha