joyce
/d͡ʒɔɪs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name from the Celtic languages, associated by folk etymology with joy and rejoice.
Countable; Uncountable
name
An unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington, United States, named after founder Joseph M. Joyce.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee."
- ""It's a curious name," remarked Captain Levison. "Joyce - Joyce! I never heard such a name. Is it a Christian name or a surname?" "She was baptised Joyce. It is not so very uncommon. Her name is Joyce Hallijohn. She has been with us several years.""
- "You call me mother, and I remember my mother again, somewhere in greater Boston, dying. I remember we named you Joyce so we could call you Joy."
Etymology
Medieval (Middle English) given name from Old French Josse, name of a seventh century saint Latinized as Iodocus, from Breton Iodoc, diminutive of iudh (“lord”), from Proto-Celtic *yowdos.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, Josse, Iodoc, *yowdos