Meaning:
Its source is gaudium, an English name meaning "Delight."
Languages:
This girl's name is used in English and Romanian.
Popularity:
The name Joya ranked 3802nd in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
Narrative:
The English word ''joy'' derives from the Latin term gaudium. That term might have been a source of the Latin name Gaius (sometimes spelled Caius), which survives in the form of the male English names Jay and Kay.
