Joyce (name)
Joyce is an Irish and French given name and surname. It is derived from the Old French masculine name Josse , which derived from the Latin name Iudocus , the Latinized form of the Breton name Judoc meaning "lord". The name became rare after the 14th century, but was later revived as a female given name, which derived from the Middle English joise [ 1] [better source needed
The name originated with Saint Joyce (Judoc) (600–668), a Breton prince and hermit and the son of Judicael , king of Brittany.[ 2]
As a first name
Business
Joyce Blair (1932–2006), British actress and dancerJoyce Brothers (1927–2013), American psychologist, television personality, advice columnist, and writerJoyce Bulifant (born 1937), American actressJoyce Carey (1898–1993), British actressJoyce Chopra (born 1938), American film directorJoyce Coad (1917–1987), American child actressJoyce Compton (1907–1997), American actressJoyce DeWitt (born 1949), American actress best known for her role in Three's Company Joyce Giraud (born 1975), Puerto Rican actress and modelJoyce Godenzi (born 1965), Hong Kong beauty queen and actress of Chinese and Australian descentJoyce Gordon (1929–2020), American actress and union representativeJoyce Grenfell (1910–1979), British actress, comedian and singer-songwriterJoyce Hyser (born 1957), American actressJoyce Jacobs (1922–2013), British character actressJoyce Jimenez (born 1978), Filipino American actressJoyce MacKenzie (1925–2021), American actressJoyce Nizzari (born 1940), American model and actressJoyce Randolph (1924–2024), American actressJoyce Redman (1915–2012), British actressJoyce Sparer Adler (1916–1999), American critic, playwright, and teacherJoyce Van Patten (born 1934), American actress
Literature and print
Joyce Cary (1888–1957), Irish novelistJoyce Cavalcante (born 1949), Brazilian novelistJoyce Brabner (1952–2024), American writer of political comicsJoyce Dyer (born 1947), American scholar and writerJoyce Hawkins (died 1992), English lexicographer and dictionary editorJoyce Jillson (1946–2004), American astrologer, actress, and authorJoyce Johnson (author) (born 1935), American authorAlfred Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918), American poetJoyce Lussu (1912–1998), Italian writer, translator, and partisanJoyce Mansour (1928–1986), British-Egyptian surrealist poetJoyce Maynard (born 1953), American writerJoyce Carol Oates (born 1938), American novelistJoyce Carol Thomas (1938–2016), African American playwright, illustrator, and author of children's books
Music
Joyce Auguste , Saint Lucian musician and leader of The Hewanorra VoicesJoyce Blackham (1934–2018), British opera singerJoyce Cooling , American smooth jazz guitaristJoyce Chu , Malaysian singerJoyce DiDonato (born 1969), American opera singerJoyce Hatto (1928–2006), British pianist, known for the extensive fraudulent release of other performer's live recordings under her own nameJoyce Kennedy, American singer with the funk rock band Mother's Finest
Joyce Moreno (musician) (born 1948), Brazilian singer-songwriter, formerly known as Joyce Joyce Paul (1937–2016), American country music singerJoyce Sims (1959–2022), American singer-songwriter and pianistJoyce Wright (1922–2020), British opera singer and actressJoyce Yang (born 1986), Korean pianistJoyce Zhao Hong Qiao (born 1979), Taiwanese actress and member of music group 7 Flowers
Politics
Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St Johns (born 1947), Conservative member of the House of LordsJoyce Banda (born 1951), Malawian Member of ParliamentJoyce Baird (1929–2015), British trade unionistJoyce Beatty (born 1950), American politician, member of the Ohio House of RepresentativesJoyce Butler (1910–1992), British Labour Co-operative politicianJoyce Cusack (born 1942), American politician, member of the Florida House of RepresentativesJoyce Fairbairn (1939–2022), Canadian Senator and first woman Leader of the Government in the SenateJoyce Gemayel , wife of former President of Lebanon Amin Gemayel and mother of the assassinated politician Pierre Amine GemayelJoyce Henry , American politician, member of the Minnesota House of RepresentativesJoyce Hens Green (born 1928), American district court judgeJoyce Karlin Fahey (born 1951), Venezuela-born American prosecutor, Los Angeles County Superior Court judge, and two-term mayor of Manhattan Beach, CaliforniaJoyce L. Kennard (born 1941), American judge, associate justice of the California Supreme CourtJoyce Mojonnier (born 1943), American politician, California Assemblywoman from 1983 to 1991Joyce Mujuru (born 1956), Zimbabwean politician, co-vice-president of the Zanu-PF partyJoyce Quin, Baroness Quin (born 1944), British Labour Party politicianJoyce Elaine Roop (1952–1995), American attorney and environmental activistJoyce Savoline (born 1946), Canadian politicianJoyce Steele (1909–1991), Australian politician and the first woman elected to the Parliament of South AustraliaJoyce Trimmer (1927–2008), Canadian politicianJoyce Watson (born 1955), Welsh Labour Party politician and Member of the National Assembly for Wales
Sports
Other
Joyce Baird (diabetologist) (1929–2014), Scottish diabetes clinician and academic researcherJoyce Bishop (1896–1993), English educatorJoyce Chiang (1970–1999), Taiwanese-American murdered in Washington, D.C.Joyce Cowan , New Zealand midwifery educatorJoyce Echaquan (1982/83–2020), Atikamekw woman mistreated by hospital staffJoyce Gemayel , spouse of former Lebanese President Amine GemayelJoyce Giraud (born 1975), Puerto Rican actress, Miss Universe 1998Joyce Ladner (born 1943), American sociologist and authorJoyce Lambert (1917–2005), British botanist and ecologistJoyce Marcus , American archaeologistJoyce Meyer (born 1943), American Christian Evangelical author and speakerJoyce Ohajah , British journalist and news anchorJoyce Piliso-Seroke (born 1933), South African educator, activist, and community organizerJoyce K. Reynolds (1952–2015), American computer science professorJoyce Robinson (1925–2013), Jamaican public servantJoyce Snell (born 1930), British statisticianJoyce Ann Tyldesely , British archaeologist, academic, and freelance writerJoyce Waley-Cohen (1920–2013), English educationist and public servantJoyce Winifred Vickery (1908–1979), Australian botanist
As a last name
Business
Literature and print
Brenda Joyce (author) (born c.1963), American authorGraham Joyce , British science fiction writerJames Joyce (1882–1941), Irish novelistJohn A. Joyce (1842–1915), American military officer, poet and writerMichael Joyce (born 1945), American author and professor of EnglishPatrick Weston Joyce (1827–1914), Irish author and brother of Robert Dwyer JoyceRachel Joyce (born 1962), English novelist and radio playwrightRobert Dwyer Joyce (1830–1883), Irish poetStanislaus Joyce (1884–1955), Irish illustrator
Music
Politics
Barnaby Joyce (born 1967), Australian politicianBrian A. Joyce (1962–2018), Democratic Senator from MassachusettsCharles Herbert Joyce (1830–1916), U.S. Representative from VermontEric Joyce (born 1960), British politician and member of ParliamentGeorge Joyce (1618–1670?), agitator in the English Civil WarJanet J. Joyce (1940–2015), Illinois state senatorJeremiah E. Joyce (born 1943), Illinois state senatorJerome J. Joyce (1939–2019), Illinois state senatorJohn Joyce (New Zealand politician) (1839–1899), New Zealand politicianKevin Joyce (politician) , Illinois State RepresentativeSteven Joyce (born 1963), New Zealand politicianWilliam Joyce (1906–1946), Anglo-Irish Nazi propagandist (known as "Lord Haw-haw")
Religion
Sports
Alan Joyce (born 1942), Australian Rules footballerAlexis Joyce (born 1983), American sprinterBill Joyce (1887–?), Scottish footballerBill Joyce (baseball) (1865–1941), American baseball playerBob Joyce (ice hockey) (born 1966), Canadian ice hockey playerCecelia Joyce (born 1983), Irish cricketerDarragh Joyce (born 1997), Australian rules footballerDavid Oliver Joyce (born 1987), Irish boxerDominick Joyce (born 1981), Irish cricketerDon Joyce (American football) (1929–2012), American football playerEd Joyce (born 1978), Irish cricketerGus Joyce (born 1974), Irish cricketerIsobel Joyce (born 1983), Irish cricketerJim Joyce (born 1955), Major League Baseball umpireJoan Joyce (1940–2022), American softball player and coach, among other sportsJoe Joyce (born 1961), English footballerJoe Joyce (born 1985), British boxerJohn Joyce (footballer) (1877–1956), English goalkeeper, known as "Tiny"Kaelan Joyce (born 1982), Gibraltarian amateur boxerKara Lynn Joyce (born 1985), American swimmerLeilani Joyce (born 1974), professional squash player from New ZealandLuke Joyce (born 1987), American soccer player for Carlisle United F.C.Mark Joyce (born 1983), English snooker playerMatt Joyce (1972), American football playerMatt Joyce (1984), Major League Baseball outfielderMichael Joyce (tennis player) (born 1973), American tennis playerPádraic Joyce (born 1977), Irish Gaelic football player for County GalwayRachel Joyce (born 1978), British triathleteRegina Joyce (born 1957), Irish long-distance runnerRyan Joyce (born 1985), English darts playerSean William Joyce (born 1967), English footballerWarren Joyce (born 1965), English footballer
Other
Dominic Joyce , British mathematicianErnest Joyce (RNZAF officer) (1920–1944), New Zealand flying ace of the Second World WarGerald Joyce (born 1956), American scientistKenyon A. Joyce , U.S. Army officer during World War IIKerry Joyce , American interior designerLucia Joyce (1907–1982), Irish ballet dancer and daughter of writer James JoyceMaolra Seoighe (Myles Joyce), Irishman executed by British authoritiesNan Joyce (1940–2018), Irish Travellers' right activistPhilip Michael Joyce (1920–1942), U.S. Navy ensign for whom the U.S. destroyer escort USS Joyce (DE-317) is named
Rosemary Joyce , American anthropologistThomas Athol Joyce (1878–1942), British anthropologistSeoighe Inish Bearachain , Irish rowing champions
Fictional characters
Joyce Barry , character in The Prisoner Joyce Barnaby, character in Midsomer Murders (TV Series)
Joyce Benson , character in the 1970s comedy Angie Joyce Byers , character in Stranger Things Joyce Davenport , character in Hill Street Blues Joyce Hayward, eponymous heroine of Joyce , an 1888 novel by Margaret Oliphant
Joyce Kinney , character in Family Guy Joyce Summers , character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Gilda Joyce , character in the Gilda Joyce mystery novels
See also
References
^ Behindthename.com - Joyce ^ David Hugh Farmer. Oxford Dictionary of the Saints. Oxford: Clarendon Press: 1978, 1979, 1980. Pp. 225–226.
