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Comments for JOYCE:
The Gaelic surname Joyce/Seoige comes from the Welsh word, "sais", meaning a Saxon or English person.-- Amatire 6/24/2005
Joyce is the name of Buffy Summers' (the vampire slayer) mother.-- patchworkgirl 11/16/2005
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.-- Anonymous User 12/20/2005
Joyce Maynard is a writer who became famous for her relationship with J. D. Salinger.-- Anonymous User 12/20/2005
This is my Grandma's name! I like the name Joyce, not as simple as Joy! What a joy!-- Miamaya 3/3/2006
Connotation for the name Joyce means "merry".-- Anonymous User 4/10/2006
Joyce Meyer is a bearer of this name.-- Anonymous User 5/5/2006
It is English and it means joyful. It is only meant for girls. A similiar girl's name is Joy.-- emiliana94 8/5/2006
No, and no you are completely wrong about the origin and original gender.-- Mackadal 1/25/2009
Jesse McCartney's little sister's name is Lea Joyce McCartney.-- Anonymous User 8/7/2006
It is becoming too popular in Hong Kong. I have known 4 Joyces already.-- sanchee 11/17/2006
Joyce Carol Oates is one of my favourite American authors. She is a great and prolific writer.-- Anonymous User 8/17/2007
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.-- MaidenOfGrace 10/4/2007
Joyce is beautiful masculine name. :-))-- Maggie_Simpson 11/20/2007
Nicknames I have seen or heard used for female Joyces are Joy and Joybell(e).-- nafer1 1/14/2008
I hate this name for a boy. It's too feminine. Cute middle name for a little girl though.-- jasmineenimsaj 3/4/2008
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.-- Patricia Underwood 3/7/2008
Joyce is the name of the actress, Angelica Joyce Mandy, who plays Gabrielle Delacour in 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.'-- Laerke 4/8/2008
What it doesn't say here is that Joyce is also Irish.
In my preference it makes a better surname.-- Anonymous User 4/16/2008
It sounds hopelessly old-fashioned, and I dislike most names ending in 's' or the sound.-- slight night shiver 4/25/2008
Joyce sounds light and happy!-- Anonymous User 5/24/2008
It's a wonderful, timeless name for a girl. But I don't see how it became masculine.-- DeeDee153 8/12/2008
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.-- Jonquil 9/1/2008
It sounds a little old for my tastes, but I love it as a middle name.-- Curlytop78 9/29/2009
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.-- Pie 11/21/2009
The founder of Hallmark Cards name is Joyce Hall (man).-- kurtlugervern 11/23/2009
Jane Seymour's birth name is Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg.-- Liesl 8/20/2010
Jocasta "Joyce" Culpeper (c. 1408-1531) was the mother of the ill-fated Catherine Howard, King Henry VIII's fifth queen.-- New_Chloe 12/7/2010
I didn't know this was masculine as well as feminine. I think it's pretty for a girl, but not a boy.-- Joy12 5/7/2011
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