Jòÿ
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Jòÿ is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In the Philippines it is the 8th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Middle English joye, borrowed from Old French joie, from Late Latin gaudia, neuter plural (mistaken as feminine singular) of Latin gaudium (“joy”), from gaudēre (“to be glad, rejoice”).
- NGNigeria≈1 in 321(inferred from the name graph)
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 804
- SGSingapore≈1 in 1.7K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #580 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 572 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 321 (inferred from the name graph)
≈680,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
Highest-authority source
Nigeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Joy in US United States, PH Philippines, NG Nigeria and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Middle Englishjoye(measured from records)
- Old Frenchjoie(measured from records)
- Late Latingaudia(measured from records)
- Late Latin rootgaudēre“to be glad“to be glad, rejoice”(measured from records)
From Middle English joye, borrowed from Old French joie, from Late Latin gaudia, neuter plural (mistaken as feminine singular) of Latin gaudium (“joy”), from gaudēre (“to be glad, rejoice”). Doublet of jo and gaudy (“Oxford college reunion”). Displaced native Old English ġefēa.
Sources 8
- A concise dictionary of first names
- A dictionary of surnames
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jòÿ counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈680,000 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Joy | 60 |
| NG Nigeria | #36 | ≈670,000 est. | ≈1 in 321 | — | Joy | 139 |
| PH Philippines | #8 | ≈140,000 est. | ≈1 in 804 | — | Joy | 189 |
| US United States | #319 | 117,520 | 1 in 2.8K | 116K | Joy | 572 |
| GB United Kingdom | #313 | ≈31,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | — | Joy | 267 |
| SG Singapore | #154 | ≈3,700 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | — | Joy | 119 |
| NZ New Zealand | #162 | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | — | Joy | 133 |
| GY Guyana | — | 664 | 1 in 1.1K | 664 | — | 12 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Jòÿ mean, and where does it come from?
- From Middle English joye, borrowed from Old French joie, from Late Latin gaudia, neuter plural (mistaken as feminine singular) of Latin gaudium (“joy”), from gaudēre (“to be glad, rejoice”). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and A dictionary of surnames and 6 other sources.
- Is Jòÿ a male or female name?
- Jòÿ is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Jòÿ have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 684 thousand people named Jòÿ in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled joy.
- How common is the name Jòÿ?
- In the United States, the national register counted 117,520 people named Jòÿ in 2020, about 1 in 2.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Jòÿ compared with other names?
- In the Philippines, Jòÿ is the 8th most common given name of 486,299 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jòÿ” — the 8th most common given name in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.