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Joyce
Pronounced /d͡ʒɔɪs/
Rank in 2024
#7,491
Born in 2024
11
Peak year
1932 · #622
Origin
Celtic
Also recorded for girls:240 in 2024 (#1,044)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 11 boys were named Joyce, about 1 in every 155,938.
- It peaked in 1932 with 91 babies, ranked #622.
- It first shows up in the records in 1900.
- 2,893 boys have been named Joyce since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Joyce per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 697 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Silent: 1,319 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Boomers: 590 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 126 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 68 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 22 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 66 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Medieval (Middle English) given name from Old French Josse, name of a seventh century saint Latinized as Iodocus, from Breton Iodoc, diminutive of iudh (“lord”), from Proto-Celtic *yowdos.
- A female given name from the Celtic languages, associated by folk etymology with joy and rejoice.
- Origin
- Celtic
- Say it
- /d͡ʒɔɪs/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Joyce, CC BY-SA 4.0.