Joyce

Latin

"merry, joyous"

Updated Mon Jul 14 2025

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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

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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

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"