Joy

Joy \joy, jo-y\ is a female's name. It consists of 3 letters and 1 syllable.

The baby girl name Joy is pronounced JH-oy ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Joy: JH as in "joy (JH.OY)" ; OY as in "toy (T.OY)"

What is the origin of Joy?

Joy's language of origin is English and Spanish. It is used predominantly in the English, German, and Spanish languages. English origin, English and German use: Derived from joy ; joie meaning 'joy' ; gaudia meaning 'joy'. The first name is from the ordinary English word, which is from the Old French joie ('joy'), itself of the Late Latin 'gaudia'. The name was first used in 12th century England, but was only widespread in the 17th century, especially among English Puritans who associated the name with the joy of the Christian faith. Modern usage of the name is usually associated with the joy of having a newborn, or wishing joy for the newborn. In addition, Joy is a variant transcription of what does the name Joyita mean (English and Spanish). The name Joy is widely used; it has 27 variant transcriptions that are used in both English and foreign languages.

Variation transcriptions of the name used in English include Gioia meaning, short names for Gioya, Jioia name, name Jioya origin, nicknames for Joia, baby name Joice, Joya meaning and origin (used in Romanian as well), Joyan meaning and origin, name Joyann, Joyanna meaning, Joyanne meaning, nicknames for Joyeeta, Joyela name variations, Joyella definition, what does the name Joyelle mean, Joyia pronounciation, Joyleen name, name Joylene origin, nicknames for Joylin, short names for Joylyn, name Joyous meaning, and short names for Joyvina. The familiar form Joyetta meaning, and the variant spellings short names for Joi, Joie meaning, and meaning of Joye are other English forms. meaning of Joyke (Dutch) is a variant transcription of Joy that is in foreign languages. See also the related form, Jocacia name variations. Joy is an all-time favorite. Currently it is still a rather popular baby girl name, but not as considerably as it was before. The name's popularity jumped from the 1900s up to the 1970s; before that, it was of only modest use. At the peak of its usage in 1974, 0.176% of baby girls were given the name Joy. It was #109 in rank then. The baby name has declined in popularity since then. In 2010, it ranked at #486 with a usage of 0.032%, however it was nonetheless the most regularly used out of all girl names in its family. The name Joy has been primarily given to girls, although it has also been used as a boy name in the last century. In 1937, 28 times as many girls than boys were given the name Joy.

A famous person named Joy is Author, Joy Adamson, born Friederike Viktoria Gessner 20 January 1910 - 3 January 1980, Troppau, Austria.

List of baby names that sound like Joy:

Joi name (English), Joye definition (English), baby name Jaasau, what does the name Jack mean (English), name Jae (English and Korean), name Jah origin, Jay name (English and Indian), nicknames for Jaye (English), Jes pronounciation, Jessa meaning (English), Jessah meaning and origin (English), Jessie pronounciation (English, Scottish, German, and Hebrew), Jessy pronounciation (English, Scottish, and German), Jeyz name variations, Jez definition (English), meaning of Jezz, short names for Jie, name Jo origin (English and German), name Joe meaning (English), and Joee meaning of name.

The baby name Joy fun facts:

The name Joy in reverse order is "Yoj".

The numerological value of the name Joy is number 5, which means expansiveness, visionary, adventure, the constructive use of freedom.

How popular is Joy?

Joy is in the top names in USA.