Joy is a common unisex given name meaning joy, happiness, joyful. A common variant of the name is the other female given name Joyce. Notable people with the given name include:
From Wikipedia
Joy first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 11 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1952 with 125 babies (rank #68 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.
Numerology of Joy
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Joy yields these three numbers โ a playful read on the name's character.
5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
4Soul urgeThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the vowels โ what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants โ the outer impression.
Numerology isn't science โ it's name-themed fortune-telling. Enjoy it that way.