Joyce

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Danish
Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

English name

1) From the Middle English name Josse which derived from the male (!) name Josce, a Norman form of Jodocus (see Jos) ^[1]

2) Variant form of Joy ^[1]

Related Names

Joyce	♀

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[2]		190	355	3	4
Denmark[3]		135	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[4]		28	112	0	0
Finland[5]		n.a.	87	n.a	1
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Joyce.

Sources: ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

References

1. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi