Joyous
A girls’ name of Old French origin, meaning full of joy.
Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Joyous by the numbers
Joyous was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 7 babies in 1987, making it a 1980s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Joyous. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Joyful7 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean joy
Like Joyous, 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)
- Tatumcheerful or bringer of joy1,159 in the US (2017)
- Joyjoy; gladness and pleasure971 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Joyous
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