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Sorcha (female)

Variants:Clara (F) Clare (F) Sally (F) Sarah (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

Scottish and Irish Gaelic from Latin "bright, clear", Anglicized in Scotland as Clare or Clara, and in Ireland as Sarah or Sally.

A few cases are found in the 1881 Census of Scotland, apparently originating in Ireland.
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