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Sorcha is a Gaelic feminine given name. It is common to both the Irish and Scottish Gaelic languages, and is derived from a Gaelic word meaning "brightness". In Ireland, the name is often mistakenly considered as a Gaelic form of the etymologically unrelated name ''Sarah'' (a Biblical name, meaning "princess") due to the superficial similarity in pronunciation, especially in the common Anglophone pronunciation that approximates the Irish sound (''ch'') consonant not found in English with (''sh'') or (''k''), just like ''Dorcha'', which means "dark". ''Sorcha'' is also commonly Anglicised as ''Sally'', the diminutive of ''Sarah''. In Scotland, ''Sorcha'' has been Anglicised as ''Clara'', which retains the name's Gaelic meaning: the English ''Clara'' is derived from the Latin ''clarus'', meaning "bright", "famous". The variant pronunciation of this name as is commonly confused with both the masculine ''Seóirse'' (, equivalent to George) and the feminine ''Saoirse'' (, a modern repurposing of the Irish vocabulary word ''saoirse'' which means "freedom") by English speakers. ==Notable people with the name Sorcha== * Sorcha Boru (1900–2006), American potter * Sorcha Ní Ghuairim (1911–1976), Irish teacher, author, Sean-nós singer * Sorcha Cusack (born 1949), Irish actress * Sorcha Ní Chéide, Irish actress 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sorcha」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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