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Name Joyce

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lord

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About the name Joyce in particular

Gender:	female
Languages of use:	English
Topics:	Asteroid 5418 Joyce, discovered 1981
US 2011 rank:	#968 ... 967:Pamela, 968:Caydence, 969:Joyce, 970:Juniper, 971:Malaysia ... Full US 2011 list
Similarly written:	Jayce, Royce, Bryce, Jace, Jaycee, Jayde, Jayme, Jayne, Jocy, Jodie Details

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About Joyce, the group of names with the same origin as Joyce

Meaning/translation:	lord
Language of origin:	Breton
Info about origin:	from the Old-French name Josce that was brought by the Normans to England as Josse
	Josce derives from Jodocus, and that name in turn is derived from a Breton name Iodoc meaning lord
	today predominantly female, but in the Middle Ages used as a male name
Words:	iodoc = the lord Celtic
Topics:	Words
Variants' top ranks:	4:Joyce England+Wales 1924
Somehow related to:	Jodok, Jost
Old/original forms:	Iodoc Breton, Jodocus Latinized, Josce Old French, Josse Old French
Name variants:	Joyce Sortable list Details

Popularity:

Popularity lists that contain the name Joyce

Series	Rankings
England+Wales decades	1954 72, 1944 33, 1934 12, 1924 4, 1914 49
Switzerland	1997 413
USA decades	1990-1999 608, 1980-1989 423, 1960-1969 83
USA yearly	2011 968, 2010 874, 2009 934

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