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.