Joyce is starting to grow on me! I see it as a more mature, complete form of Joy. When I hear the name I picture an accomplished scientist, lawyer, doctor, etc.
I like Joyce because it reminds me of the word "joy", so I can't help but imagine a smiling and independent girl. It is a very nice name that parents should start to take more into account.
My name is Joyce! I was named after my grandmother who sadly passed away when my mother was a kid. She named me in honor of her mother and I’m very glad that I get to share a name with her!
Love it, it makes me think of a tomboyish girl who is not afraid of anything or fierce boy, Joyce is an incredible name for both genders. I might use it for a FIRST name one day. :)
I only know two 60+ year old women with the name Joyce. Both quiet introverts. Nothing wrong with that.. I’m just not a fan of the name.
― Anonymous User 9/26/2020
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The name Joyce is very cute and I don't think it sounds old-fashioned, but it still manages to age well. It has a happy and friendly vibe to it. I feel it would work on pretty much anyone, but it wouldn't suit a "mean girl" type. I think Joyce ages better than Joy and it doesn't seem as minimalist. I can see a masculine aspect to it and it doesn't sound bad on a boy, but I still prefer it for a girl.
My mother's name is Joyce (born 1920). She was small and had wavy blonde hair, and it suited her. She didn't mind if people called her Joycey, but wanted it spelt Joycee, so I used to embroider Joycee on her handkerchiefs.
My grandmother who raised me was a Joyce and that is now my daughter's middle name. Joyce wouldn't be my first choice for a girl's name but it does have sentimental value to me and it is a way I honored my grandmother for all she did for me.
Once I met a girl with a very kreatyve variant of this name: Johiz.
― Anonymous User 8/17/2017
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Joyce Sachiko Tsunoda is an American college administrator. She is the "first Asian American woman to serve as the chancellor of a multi-campus community college system". Tsunoda was born in Osaka, Japan in 1938. Her father, Yukio Nishimura, was a professional baseball player with the Hanshin Tigers, and her mother, Edith Sueko Higashi, was a Hawaiian Nisei. She has three younger sisters. In addition to serving as chancellor of the University of Hawaii community colleges chancellor, she has been a special adviser on international affairs to the university.
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.
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 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
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Joyce Maynard is a writer who became famous for her relationship with J. D. Salinger.
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Joyce is the name of Buffy Summers' (the vampire slayer) mother.