Loyce

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable.

Babies a year
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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list

Loyce by the numbers

Its American peak was 107 babies in 1933, making it a 1930s name.

What we can tell you about Loyce

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Loyce. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Laynefrom the lane; a form of Lane443 in the US (2017)
  • Lorielaurel; a form of Laura12 in the US (2017)
  • Lornefrom Lorne, Scotland; place name10 in the US (2017)
  • Lovie9 in the US (2017)
  • Layke6 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Loyce

Names that are said the same way as Loyce, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Louisfamous warrior; wide-famed1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Louisefamous warrior; feminine form of Louis336 in the US (2017)
  • Loisgood or desirable87 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Loyce

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