Names containing "oy"?

[triplicate]

I'm surprised it's been so long since I asked
http://nameberry.com/nametalk/thread...a-long-A-sound
Like that time, I'm looking for names by sound, not spelling.

What names, for either gender, contain the sound "oy" anywhere in them? Joyce and Moira count, Lois and Eloise don't.

[teacherma]

Aloysius
Boise
Boyd
Boyce
Delroy
Elroy
Floyd
Hoyt
Leroy / Leeroy
Lloyd
Loyal
Roy
Royce
Troy

Aloysia / Aloisia (This has an oy sound in my region at least)
Gioia / Joya
Joy
Latoya
Sequoia
Turquoise
Zoila
Zoia / Zoya

[rosamonte]

The first name I thought of was Eloy.

[alzora]

I like Royal
I also once heard of Sawyer spelled Soyer.
For girls, I once knew a child named Tevi0a, but it was pronounced te-VOY-ah, so I would just spell it Tevoia.

[dantea]

Some of these might be a little too out there for you, but I'll give you all the ones I can find

Boy: Meaning

Aloysius* -- fame, loud; fighter
Alroy -- the king
Boyce -- son of the forest
Boyne -- resembling a white cow
Boynton -- from the town near the river Boyne
Cloy --- one who works with nails
Conroy -- hound of the plains
Coy -- son of Aodh
Coyle -- leader of battle
Coyne -- modest
Coyotl -- coyote
Croydon -- saffron valley
Delroy -- son of the king
Doyle -- descendant of Dubhghall
Doylton -- from Doyle's town
Floyd -- gray
Foy -- faith
Froyim -- a kind man
Gilroy -- son of the red head
Hoyle -- hollow
Hoyt -- descended of the mind
Joyner -- one who works with wood
Leroy -- the king
Loyal*
Malloy -- descendant of the devotee
Mccoy -- son of Hugh
Melroy
Noy -- beautiful
Pomeroy -- king's apple
Roy -- red haired
Royal
Royce
Royd -- from the forest clearing
Royston -- settlement of Royce
Tomoya -- wise one
Troy

I don't know if all of these have the OY sound so you might take all these with a grain of salt, but here you go:

Brockhoist -- from the badgers den
Broin -- resembling a raven
Froilan -- rich and beloved
Koi -- panther
Koit -- dawn
Oistin -- august, dignified
Troilo -- he who was born in Troy
Zoilo -- life

Girls Meaning

Idoya -- Pond
Joy
Joyann
Joyce
Joyita -- an inexpensive but beautiful jewel
Kotoyo -- era of the Koto
Koyuki -- little snow
Motoyo -- beginning generation
Moya -- sea of bitterness; rebelliousness; wished-for child; to swell; beloved of Amun; pregnant mother; star of the sea; little Mary
Noya -- beautiful
Oya -- to name
Oyama -- one who has been called
Roya -- vision, dream
Satoyo -- hometown generation
Soyala -- born during the winter
Tomoyo -- wise era
Toyka -- victor
Troya
Voyage -- journey
Zoyenka -- like

I don't know if all of these have the OY sound so you might take all these with a grain of salt, but here you go:

Aloisia
Cointa -- fifth
Coira -- of the churning waters
Coiya -- one who is coquettish
Eloina -- one who is trustworthy
Etoile -- little star
Idoia -- referencing the Virgin
Lequoia -- from the Sequoia tree
Loila -- sky
Moira
Oihane -- forest dweller
Oira -- one who prays to god
Turquoise


sorry there's so many! Do you like any?

[triplicate]

Just because a name has the letters adjacent doesn't mean it's said that way. The Japanese names, for example, I don't think are quite like that. The carmaker that most English speakers say Toy-o-ta is supposed to be To-yo-ta.

I also once heard of Sawyer spelled Soyer.

It's not the spelling that matters... but that's a name I've heard of but would never have thought of for my question because of the spelling.

Despite the examples I gave, it was Zoya that made me start this thread. I've noted other times that I love pronounced E endings (some of which were in my A-sound thread). I surprised myself when I realized that A-ending Zoya sounded possibly better to me than the more appealing-looking Zoe.

Soyala, Coira and Coiya look interesting.

Loila - Wow, a double-L name that hasn't caught on, and obscure enough to probably stay that way.

[whirligig]

My first thought was Oyster although I don't know if its a proper name but I like it anyway.

[dearest]

These are on my list for girls:
Aloysia
Goya
Joy/Joya/Gioia
Joyous
Lilikoi
Lovejoy
Moelwen (MOYL-wen)
Moirrey (MOOR-ee or MOY-ray)
Noyala
Oihana
Oya
Pennyroyal
Roya
Soncoya
Soyal
Toiba
Toivoa
Toya
Voyage (unisex?)
Zoya

These are on my list for boys:
Aloysius
Arroyo
Boyan
Boyd
Boyer
Conroy
Croydon/Croidan
Elroy
Fitzroy
Floyd
Foy
Foylan
Koios
Koivu
Loyal/Loyalty
Malloy
Noy
Noyz
Pomeroy
Portnoy
Poynter
Royal
Royden
Royer
Royce/Royse
Royston
Toyon
Toivo
Trumoi
Voitto

I completely understand your fascination with sounds in names, I do the same all the time. I have had periods of being really into O's or B's in names, and I'm currently crushing on girls names with more than one M or N like Mayim, Sonoma, Winsome, Empona, Amna, Neoma and Oenone, or just names with an overabundance of S's, Sansa, Susilva, Sassafras, Zisanda, Aziza, Briseis and Lysianassa.