Joye
A unisex name of Latin origin, meaning joy; a variant of Joyce.
Joye by the numbers
Joye was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 77 babies in 1932, so it is a 1930s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Joyce
Like Joye, each of these traces back to Joyce: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Joycejoyful329 in the US (2017)
- Joycelynjoyful; a form of Joyce or Jocelyn36 in the US (2017)
- Joycelynnjoyful; a form of Joyce with -lyn suffix12 in the US (2017)
- Joyellejoyful; a form of Joyce12 in the US (2017)
- Joicecheerful; a form of Joyce9 in the US (2017)
- Joyceejoyful; modern spelling of Joyce7 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Joye. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Joye
Names that are said the same way as Joye, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean joy
Like Joye, each of these has joy in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Abigailmy father's joy10,557 in the US (2017)
- Asherhappy, blessed6,076 in the US (2017)
- Edendelight, paradise594 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jocelyncheerful or joyful; from Jocundus1,828 in the US (2017)
- Felixhappy; fortunate811 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tatumcheerful or bringer of joy1,159 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Joye
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