Comments for the name Joyce

The Gaelic surname Joyce/Seoige comes from the Welsh word, "sais", meaning a Saxon or English person.

Joyce is the name of Buffy Summers' (the vampire slayer) mother.

Joyce Grenfell was a British film and television actress, comedienne, and singer-songwriter.

James Joyce was an Irish writer and poet, widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the 20th century.

Joyce Maynard is a writer who became famous for her relationship with J. D. Salinger.

This is my Grandma's name! I like the name Joyce, not as simple as Joy! What a joy!

Connotation for the name Joyce means "merry".

Joyce Meyer is a bearer of this name.

It is English and it means joyful. It is only meant for girls. A similiar girl's name is Joy.

No, and no you are completely wrong about the origin and original gender.

Jesse McCartney's little sister's name is Lea Joyce McCartney.

It is becoming too popular in Hong Kong. I have known 4 Joyces already.

Joyce Carol Oates is one of my favourite American authors. She is a great and prolific writer.

Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918) is a fairly well-known bearer of this name. A poet, journalist, lecturist, literary critic, and editor, he is perhaps best known for his poem "Trees." American actor Val Kilmer is a second cousin.

Joyce is beautiful masculine name. :-))

Nicknames I have seen or heard used for female Joyces are Joy and Joybell(e).

I hate this name for a boy. It's too feminine. Cute middle name for a little girl though.

Joyce Roche is a famous bearer. She is a nonprofit director and is included in the new book In Their Shoes written by Deborah Reber.

Joyce is the name of the actress, Angelica Joyce Mandy, who plays Gabrielle Delacour in 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.'

What it doesn't say here is that Joyce is also Irish.
In my preference it makes a better surname.

It sounds hopelessly old-fashioned, and I dislike most names ending in 's' or the sound.

Joyce sounds light and happy!

It's a wonderful, timeless name for a girl. But I don't see how it became masculine.

A male bearer of this name in fairly recent times was Joyce Gold, who edited the "Naval Chronicle" in England during the early nineteenth century.

It sounds a little old for my tastes, but I love it as a middle name.

Disagree that it died out after the 14th century: there are plenty of examples of it in records all through the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th centuries in England.

The founder of Hallmark Cards name is Joyce Hall (man).

Jane Seymour's birth name is Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg.

Jocasta "Joyce" Culpeper (c. 1408-1531) was the mother of the ill-fated Catherine Howard, King Henry VIII's fifth queen.

I didn't know this was masculine as well as feminine. I think it's pretty for a girl, but not a boy.