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.

# 986 in the US

Joyce Rank in US Top 1000

Popularity of the name Joyce

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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"

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