Joye
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈdʒɔɪ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Joye is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): scattered. see Joy .
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 127K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 140K
- LRLiberia≈1 in 24K
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.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 261 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 24K (inferred from the name graph)
2,372 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Liberia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Main GB Location (1881): scattered. see Joy .
Sources 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Where in the world(measured from records)
Joye 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 2,372 | 1 in 140K | 2.3K | Joye | 261 |
| GH Ghana | #972 | ≈700 est. | ≈1 in 42K | — | Joye | 6 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈520 est. | ≈1 in 127K | — | Joye | 45 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 208K | listed | Joye | 5 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 130K | — | Joye | 35 |
| LR Liberia | #179 | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Joye | 2 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈65 est. | ≈1 in 96K | — | Joye | 12 |
2,372 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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; the il-grande-libro-nomi-bebe-2020 register. 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Joye is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In fro, alternative form of joe (“cheek; jaw”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In enm, joy; elation; gaiety.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Gilles Joyeb. 1424FRFrench composer
- George Joyeb. 1495GBEnglish bible translator
- Joseph Alexis Joyeb. 1852CH(1852-1919)
- Prudent Joyeb. 1913FRFrench hurdling athlete (1913–1980)
- Philippe Joyeb. 1941CHSwiss architect
- Samantha B. Joyeb. 1965USAmerican oceanographer
- Sylvie Joyeb. 1976FRFrench academic and historian
- Dan Joyeb. 1985USVenezuelan-American luger
- Christopher Joyeb. 2000AUAustralian fund manager, economist, columnist
- Catherine JoyeCHSwiss archaeologist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 32 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.3K | #6,688 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1932 | 77 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1946 | 70 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1957 | 69 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1956 | 69 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1941 | 68 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1930 | 68 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1928 | 68 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1955 | 67 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1948 | 67 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1933 | 66 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1931 | 66 | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Joye mean, and where does it come from?
- Main GB Location (1881): scattered. see Joy . Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
- How do you pronounce Joye?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈdʒɔɪ/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Joye a male or female name?
- Joye 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.
- What are other forms of the name Joye?
- In the etymology graph, Joy and Joi are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Joye have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 2.4 thousand people named Joye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled joye.
- How common is the name Joye?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,372 people named Joye in 2020, about 1 in 140 thousand residents.
- How common is Joye compared with other names?
- In Liberia, Joye is the 179th most common given name of 2,671 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Joye?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/joyeThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Joye” — the 179th most common given name in Liberia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.