Joyce

Latin

"merry, joyous"

Joyce Origin and Meaning

The name Joyce is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "merry, joyous".

Joyce was once a boy name, but took off for girls during the mid-twentieth century, when it spent 1930 to 1947 in the Top 20.

Now, Joyce is one of the girls' names starting with J least likely to make a comeback any time soon.

Joyce has a long history as a surname, perhaps most prominently connected to James Joyce, author of Ulysses and Finnegans Wake.

Joyce Rank in US Top 1000

# 986 in the US

Popularity of the name Joyce

• 986 US 2022
• 1157 Nameberry 2025
• 60 Unique 2023
• 744 Future 2028
• 986 England 2016
• 407 Germany 2016

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Famous People Named Joyce

• Joyce Carol Oates American novelist
• Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg birth name of Jane Seymour, English actress
• (Pauline) Joyce Meyer American Christian TV personality and author
• Joyce Mary Jacobs Australian actress
• Joyce Irene Grenfell English actress
• Joyce Benignia Van Patten American actress, sister of Dick Van Patten
• Joyce Carey English actress
• Joyce Hilda Banda 4th President of Malawi
• Joyce Anne DeWitt American actress
• Joyce DiDonato American operatic mezzo,soprano
• Joyce Chu (Zhu Ai) Malaysian pop singer
• Joyce Collins Bulifant American actress
• Joyce Diane Brothers American psychologist and TV personality
• Joyce Hila Hatto English pianist
• Joyce Anne Barr American diplomat
• Joyce Mansour Egyptian,French Surrealist poet
• Joyce Vance American attorney and TV correspondent
• (Daphne) Joyce Maynard American novelist
• Yootha Joyce (Needham) English actress

The name Joyce in Pop Culture

• Joyce "Joy" Blythe character in the "Anne of Green Gables" series
• Dr. Joyce Reardon character in "Rose Red"
• Joyce Summers Buffy's mother on TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
• Joyce Humphries original name of Ellen Love on British TV series "Mr. Selfridge"
• Joyce Davenport character on TV's "Hill Street Blues"
• Joyce Byers character on TV's "Stranger Things"