Definitions for Joyce
dʒɔɪsjoyce

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1. Joyce, James Joyce, James Augustine Aloysius Joycenoun

   influential Irish writer noted for his many innovations (such as stream of consciousness writing) (1882-1941)

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1. Joycenoun

   An English and Irish patronymic surname.

2. Joycenoun

   A female given name from the Celtic languages, associated by folk etymology with joy and rejoice.

3. Etymology: Medieval English given name from Old French Josse, name of a seventh century saint Latinized as Jodocus, from Breton Iodoc, diminutive of iudh ("lord"), from Proto-Celtic *yowdos.[1]

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1. Joyce

   Joyce Silveira Moreno, commonly known as Joyce is a Brazilian singer/songwriter, as well as an accomplished guitarist and arranger. She was born in Rio de Janeiro on 31 January 1948. As of 2009, Joyce started using her full name, Joyce Moreno, for her future releases.

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1. JOYCE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Joyce is ranked #1022 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Joyce surname appeared 34,132 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 12 would have the surname Joyce.
   
   87.8% or 29,978 total occurrences were White.
   7.8% or 2,673 total occurrences were Black.
   1.9% or 655 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.5% or 512 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 236 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.2% or 75 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Writer

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Joyce' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3258

How to pronounce Joyce?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Joyce in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Joyce in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Joyce in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Joyce in a Sentence

1. Rob Joyce:

   We've seen them actively use disruptive effects around the globe. And we've seen evidence of prepositioning against Rob Joyce critical infrastructure, all things that can't be tolerated and we need to work against.

2. Joyce Bulifant:

   Allen Ludden were so supportive of each other’s careers, and I knew how much she loved him. She talked about him all the time. What Allen Ludden had was special, and she always remembered that. I wish I knew what Allen Ludden secret was. I would be Joyce Bulifant. But you know, I was also lucky to be married to the love of my life. And I think she felt the same way. She was lucky and she knew it. Because not everyone has that.

3. Joyce Bulifant:

   Oh my goodness, Joyce Bulifant was such a great animal lover, joyce Bulifant contributed to so many causes for both little creatures and big creatures. Joyce Bulifant felt they always needed to be taken care of. Joyce Bulifant did a wonderful, wonderful job with that. And Joyce Bulifant treated human beings the same way.

4. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo:

   They would kill (tailor Joyce) Mitchell's husband, and then get in the car and drive to Mexico on the theory that Mitchell was in love with one or both of them.

5. Nadine Gordimer:

   Exile as a mode of genius no longer exists; in place of Joyce we have the fragments of work appearing in Index on Censorship.

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