Meaning: Its source is gaudium, an English name meaning "Delight."

This name is sometimes written JoyAnn or Joy Ann.

Alternative Spellings: Joyanne

Variant Forms: Joyanna

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.