Fun Facts About the Name Mordcha
- 63 babies named Mordcha: U.S. records list 63 babies given the name Mordcha from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Mordcha Mean?
Mordcha is a Yiddish form of the Hebrew name Mordecai (מָרְדֳּכַי, Mordokhay). The meaning of Mordecai is uncertain. One common suggestion is that it comes from the Babylonian god Marduk and means "worshipper of Marduk" or "servant of Marduk." Because the biblical Mordecai lived in Persia, some scholars have instead proposed a Persian origin for the name, but no single derivation is proved. In Jewish tradition, the name has also been interpreted as "pure myrrh" (mor deror), but that is a symbolic or midrashic reading rather than a literal etymology. As a Yiddish variant, Mordcha shares the same uncertain meaning; it does not have a separate meaning of its own.
Mordcha Name History & Origins
The Hebrew name Mordecai appears in the Bible. In the Book of Esther, Mordecai is a Benjaminite living in Persia who helps save the Jews from Haman's plot. A man named Mordecai is also listed among the exiles who returned to Jerusalem in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. These are early documented uses of the parent name, but they are in Hebrew, not Yiddish.
Yiddish developed from Middle High German and absorbed many Hebrew and Aramaic words, especially in personal names. Hebrew Mordecai was taken into Yiddish as מאָרדכע, transliterated as Mordkhe or Mordche; Mordcha is another transliteration of this Yiddish form. The Yiddish pronunciation uses a guttural "kh" sound for the Hebrew letter כ. Mordcha was used among Ashkenazi Jews in Central and Eastern Europe.
Yiddish speakers formed diminutives and everyday forms such as Motl, Motke, and Mordchi from this name. These were used alongside the Hebrew Mordecai, which continued to appear in religious and legal documents. When Ashkenazi Jews immigrated to North America and other English-speaking countries, forms like Mordcha came with them and were recorded in English with various spellings.
In modern Hebrew, the name is usually Mordechai (מרדכי). Yiddish forms such as Mordcha are less common in Israel, where Hebrew names are generally used, but they are still found in some Ashkenazi families and communities.
How Popular is the Name Mordcha?
Mordcha has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2012. Its best rank was #8,610 in 2018.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #13,275 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #13,692 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #11,532 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #11,687 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #8,610 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #11,683 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #11,680 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #13,428 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #8,645 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #11,036 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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