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

Popularity: The name Joye ranked 2334th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

Though this name appears on the 1990 U.S. Census lists, it is used by only a small percentage of the general population.

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.