Joyce

(Engels)

  1. An English and Irish surname originating as a patronymic.
  2. A female given name from the Celtic languages, associated by folk etymology with joy and rejoice.
  3. An unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington, United States, named after founder Joseph M. Joyce.

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/d͡ʒɔɪs/
Etymologie (Engels)

Medieval (Middle English) given name from Old French Josse, name of a seventh century saint Latinized as Iodocus, from Breton Iodoc, diminutive of iudh (“lord”), from Proto-Celtic *youdos.

Related words

James Joyce

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce

Judoc

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