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Sorcha (pronounced sor-ha) is a girl's name of Gaelic and Irish origins, meaning bright and shining or little bright one. Depending on the region of the speaker, the pronunciation of Sorcha may vary, e.g. as sorsha, sorca or sorraca.

When the Hebrew name 'Sarah' was first introduced to Ireland, it was frequently translated by the native name 'Sorcha'; thus, Sorcha is sometimes converted to English as Sarah or its diminutives, Sadie and Sally.

Sorcha is also sometimes taken as equivalent to 'Claire/Clare'. Claire comes from the Latin clarus, which means "famous." however, it is often confused with the French word "clair," meaning "light." Because of this, it was sometimes used to anglicize the Irish name Sorcha, which means "light." The Irish county name, Clare is an unrelated word. This is an anglicization of the Irish an Clár, meaning "a plain; flat place."^[2]

Notable people with the name Sorcha

• Sorcha Boru (1900-2006), American potter
• Sorcha Cusack (born 1949), Irish actress

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Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

English

Etymology

From the Scottish Gaelic Sorcha (“‘light, radiant’”)

Proper noun

Sorcha

1. A female given name

Anagrams

• Anagrams of achors
• orachs

Scots

Etymology

From the Scottish Gaelic Sorcha (“‘light, radiant’”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: sorxə

Proper noun

Sorcha

1. A female given name sometimes used as a form of Claire or Sarah.

See also

• Dorcha

Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

Sorcha

1. A female given name sometimes used as a form of Claire or Sarah.

See also

• Dorcha