The baby name Joicy is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced JOY-see (English: /ˈdʒɔɪsi/).
The baby name Joicy is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced JOY-see (English: /ˈdʒɔɪsi/).
Joicy is Breton, English in Origin.
Joicy is a modern, phonetic variant of Joyce/Joice, sometimes overlapping with Josie, used chiefly in Brazil and parts of South Asia. The name ultimately traces to Breton Iodoc (“little lord”), Latinized as Iudocus and borrowed into Old French as Josse; through medieval devotion to Saint Judoc (St. Joyce), it entered English as a masculine given name and later a surname. In the 19th–20th centuries Joyce shifted mainly to feminine use, with Joicy emerging as a contemporary respelling.
Meaning carries two strands: the historical Celtic sense “little lord,” and an English folk-association with “joy,” lending a bright, cheerful nuance. Variants and related forms include Joyce, Joice (Portuguese), Joycie, Joycy, Joisy, and Josie; short forms Joy and Jo are common. Joicy remains rare but recognizable, offering a familiar sound with distinctive spelling across languages.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN | 0 | #70 | 2 | 2,963 | |
| PH | 0 | #110 | 1 | 5,607 | |
| AE | 0 | #187 | 1 | 10,220 | |
| AO | Girls | 0 | #213 | 5 | 4,575 |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #231 | 7 | 7,146 |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #251 | 1 | 6,592 |
| NG | 0 | #272 | 1 | 5,926 | |
| SA | 0 | #312 | 1 | 10,560 | |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #328 | 2 | 7,429 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| BR | 0 | #334 | 12 | 5,969 | |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #336 | 8 | 15,378 |
| HK | 0 | #356 | 2 | 8,483 | |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #358 | 2 | 8,829 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #386 | 11 | 15,987 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| CL | 0 | #434 | 1 | 6,867 | |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #470 | 2 | 7,952 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #491 | 25 | 19,177 |
| CO | 0 | #510 | 1 | 7,768 | |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #516 | 3 | 9,861 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #536 | 1 | 6,731 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #539 | 3 | 7,500 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #544 | 4 | 10,981 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #559 | 2 | 11,671 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #570 | 4 | 11,342 |
| BH | 0 | #585 | 3 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #594 | 4 | 20,968 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #620 | 12 | 13,121 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #630 | 3 | 18,916 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #641 | 5 | 11,648 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #647 | 5 | 9,488 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #721 | 225 | 12,708 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #742 | 2 | 18,093 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #775 | 12 | 15,093 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #785 | 1 | 12,213 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #841 | 11 | 14,098 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #913 | 23 | 25,931 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #922 | 22 | 14,861 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,008 | 2 | 14,742 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,067 | 6 | 24,821 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,144 | 9 | 16,140 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,231 | 6 | 25,928 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,271 | 2 | 25,619 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,436 | 11 | 9,415 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,690 | 2 | 28,008 |
Joicy is popular in 33 countries — most recent births per country:
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