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Docia

An archaic English name, likely a shortened form of Theodosia, the Greek name meaning "gift of god."

Meaning and origin

Docia turns up mainly in English-language records from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, most often in the United States, where it seems to have worked as a clipped, informal form of the longer Theodosia rather…

How to pronounce Docia

English (US)DOH-shuh /ˈdoʊʃə/

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