Sorcha is a

Gaelic Gaelic (pronounced for Irish Gaelic and for Scots Gaelic) is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". It may refer to: Languages * Gaelic languages or Goidelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insul ...

feminine

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. It is common to both the Irish and

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongs ...

languages, and is derived from the

Old Irish Old Irish, also called Old Gaelic (, Ogham, Ogham script: ᚌᚑᚔᚇᚓᚂᚉ; ; ; or ), is the oldest form of the Goidelic languages, Goidelic/Gaelic language for which there are extensive written texts. It was used from 600 to 900. The ...

word ''sorchae, soirche'' meaning "brightness". In Scotland, ''Sorcha'' has traditionally been Anglicised as ''

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'', which retains the name's Gaelic meaning: the English ''Clara'' is derived from the

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''clarus'', meaning "bright", "famous". The variant pronunciation of this name as is due to confusion by English-speakers with Saoirse , meaning "freedom".

Notable people with the name Sorcha

* Sorcha Boru (1900–2006), American potter * Sorca Clarke (born 1978/79), Irish politician *

Sorcha Eastwood Sorcha-Lucy Eastwood is a Northern Irish politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lagan Valley since 2024. A member of the Alliance Party, she previously served as a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Lagan Valle ...

(born 1985), Northern Irish politician *

Sorcha Cusack Sorcha Cusack (; born 9 April 1949) is an Irish television and stage actress. Her numerous television credits include playing the title role in ''Jane Eyre'' (1973), '' Casualty'' (1994–1997), ''Coronation Street'' (2008) and '' Father Brown' ...

(born 1949), Irish actress *

Sorcha Groundsell Sorcha Mary Groundsell (born 15 February 1998) is a Scottish actress. She starred in the Netflix series '' The Innocents'' (2018) and the independent film '' Far From the Apple Tree'' (2018). Early life Groundsell was born in Bristol, England ...

(born 1998), Scottish actress * Sorcha MacMahon (1888–1970), Irish nationalist and republican * Sorca McGrath, Irish musician * Sorcha Ní Chéide, Irish actress * Sorcha Ní Ghuairim (1911–1976), Irish teacher, author, Sean-nós singer * Sorcha Richardson (born 1990), Irish singer-songwriter

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* http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnnalsIndex/Feminine/Sorcha.shtml

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Notable people with the name Sorcha

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