Joye Forename
86,326th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 5,930 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Anguilla
Joye Forename Definition:
A female name. Joia is found as a christian name as early as 1199 and occurs from time to time in the 13th C. It looks like the ordinary word joy used as a christian name. It then died out, but was revived at the end of the 19th C and is now fairly common.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 4,997 | 1:72,551 | 3,598 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 223 | 1:871,559 | 16,237 |
| India | 61% | 69 | 1:17,606,927 | 434,759 |
| Canada | 100% | 69 | 1:480,194 | 12,850 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 61 | 1:133,644 | 11,810 |
| England | 92% | 59 | 1:942,422 | 16,053 |
| South Africa | 84% | 51 | 1:1,069,268 | 39,811 |
| Philippines | 59% | 47 | 1:2,255,521 | 48,741 |
| Nigeria | 68% | 44 | 1:4,035,554 | 64,774 |
| Jamaica | - | 35 | 1:82,378 | 3,815 |
| Uganda | 96% | 34 | 1:1,204,615 | 19,387 |
| New Zealand | - | 27 | 1:168,002 | 5,821 |
| China | - | 24 | 1:56,918,991 | 62,623 |
| Australia | - | 20 | 1:682,881 | 9,609 |
| Malaysia | 81% | 17 | 1:1,791,173 | 53,830 |
| Liberia | 71% | 15 | 1:294,137 | 9,351 |
| Denmark | - | 12 | 1:470,792 | 7,517 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Zimbabwe | 75% | 8 | 1:1,927,977 | 54,057 |
| Brazil | - | 8 | 1:26,779,519 | 235,888 |
| Zambia | - | 7 | 1:2,264,971 | 21,963 |
| Belgium | 100% | 6 | 1:1,915,007 | 18,066 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 5 | 1:272,284 | 13,349 |
| Singapore | - | 5 | 1:1,257,411 | 16,611 |
| Ireland | - | 4 | 1:1,160,880 | 7,088 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 4 | 1:5,942,420 | 87,370 |
| France | 100% | 4 | 1:16,617,585 | 41,065 |
| Gabon | 100% | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Kenya | 100% | 3 | 1:15,435,703 | 51,312 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Switzerland | 90% | 3 | 1:2,737,832 | 21,065 |
| Germany | 100% | 3 | 1:32,225,959 | 64,270 |
| Italy | 81% | 2 | 1:30,531,045 | 57,596 |
| Wales | 100% | 2 | 1:1,547,154 | 12,610 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 50% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Sweden | 50% | 2 | 1:4,928,954 | 52,965 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Qatar | - | 1 | 1:2,369,605 | 59,530 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1 | 1:70,065,813 | 391,235 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 1 | 1:7,151,993 | 94,323 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | 1:5,350,366 | 24,769 |
| Russia | 100% | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Netherlands | - | 1 | 1:16,902,083 | 43,152 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Israel | - | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
The alternate forms: Joyé (1) are calculated separately.
Joye (5,894) may also be a surname.
Joye Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Joia is found as a christian name as early as 1199 and occurs from time to time in the 13th C. It looks like the ordinary word joy used as a christian name. It then died out, but was revived at the end of the 19th C and is now fairly common.
Joia Curia Regis Rolls 1199-1213. Johi, Joiha Curia Regis Rolls 1200. Joye Feudal Aids 1285.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Joye Forename Popularity
Joye Demographics
Joye Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 1,118 (2014)
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