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Name Joyce

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lord

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Gender:	female
Languages of use:	English
Topics:	Asteroid 5418 Joyce, discovered 1981
US 2021 rank:	#957 ... 956:Kailey, 957:Arleth, 958:Joyce, 959:Judith, 960:Crystal ... Full US 2021 list
Similarly written:	Jayce, Royce, Bryce, Gökçe, Jace, Jaycee, Jaycie, Jayde, Jayme, Jayme 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

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Popularity lists that contain the name Joyce

Series	Graph	Rankings
England+Wales decades	Graph	1954 72, 1944 33, 1934 12, 1924 4, 1914 49
Switzerland		1997 413
USA decades	Graph	1990-1999 608, 1980-1989 423, 1960-1969 83
USA prevalence		1990 49
USA yearly	Graph	2022 985, 2021 957, 2020 983, 2019 916, 2018 945, 2017 835, 2016 734, 2015 837, 2014 797, 2013 823, 2012 890, 2011 968, 2010 874, 2009 934, 2008 874, 2007 838, 2006 827, 2005 799, 2004 757, 2003 737, 2002 701, 2001 678, 2000 669, 1999 675, 1998 685, 1997 662, 1996 651, 1995 605, 1994 601, 1993 562

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