Joy (given name)

Joy
Pronunciation	/ˈdʒɔɪ/
Gender	Unisex
Language	English
Origin
Language	English
Word/name	From the word joy
Derivation	English: joy
Meaning	"joy"; "happiness"; "joyful";
Region of origin	England
Other names
Variant form	Joye
Related names	Joyce, Joie, Gioia

Last updated October 15, 2025

Joy is a common unisex given name meaning joy , happiness , joyful . A common variant of the name is the female given name Joyce (name).

People with the given name Joy

Joy (singer) (born 1996), South Korean singer and member of Red Velvet (group)
Joy Adamson (1910–1980), wildlife rehabilitator and author
Joy Alukkas (born 1956), Indian businessman from Kerala
Joy Ballard (born 1966), British Headteacher on Educating Cardiff
Joy Banerjee (born 1963), Bengali cinema actor
Joy Behar (born 1942), American comedian and actress
Joy Bokiri (born 1998), Nigerian women's footballer
Joy Browne (1944–2016), American radio psychologist
Joy Bryant (born 1974), American actress
Joy Burke (born 1990), Taiwanese-American women's basketball player
Joy Carroll, Vicar who inspired The Vicar of Dibley
Joy Cheek (born 1988), American basketball player
Joy Cherian (born 1942), Commissioner at the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Joy Crookes (born 1998), British singer-songwriter
Joy Davidman (1915–1960), American writer and wife of C. S. Lewis
Joy Destiny Tobing (born 1980), Indonesian gospel singer
Joy Enriquez (born 1978), American singer and actress
Joy Fawcett (born 1968), American soccer player
Joy Fleming (1944–2017), German singer
Defne Joy Foster (1975–2011), Turkish actress, presenter, VJ
Joy Garnett (born 1965) Canadian-American artist
Joy Giovanni (born 1978), American actress, model, wrestler, and WWE Diva
Joy Grieveson (born 1941), British track and field athlete
Joy Paul Guilford (1897–1987), American psychologist
Joy Harjo (born 1951), American poet
Joy Hohn, American politician
Joy Kere diplomat from the Solomon Islands
Joy Kogawa (born 1935), Canadian poet and novelist
Joy Laking (born 1950), Canadian visual artist and author
Joy Lauren (born 1989), American actress
Joy Lofthouse (1923–2017), British WW2 pilot
Joy MacPhail (born 1952), Canadian politician
Joy Mangano (born 1956), American inventor, and businesswoman
Joy Marshall (1867–1903), New Zealand clergyman, teacher, tennis player, cricketer, and rugby footballer
Joy Morris (born 1970), Canadian mathematician
Joy Morton (1855–1934), American businessman and conservationist
Joy Mukherjee (1939–2012), Indian film actor and director
Joy Ogwu (1946–2025), Nigerian politician and diplomat
Joy Oladokun, American singer-songwriter
Joy Padgett (born 1947), American politician
Joy Powell (born 1962), American activist
Joy Quigley (born 1948), New Zealand politician
Joy Reid (born 1968), American cable television host with the full name Joy-Ann M. Lomena-Reid
Joy San Buenaventura (born 1959), Filipino-born American politician
Joy Sarkar, Bengali music director
Joy Sengupta (born 1968), Indian film and stage actor
Joy Smith (born 1947), Canadian politician
Joy Spence (born 1951), Jamaican master blender
Joy A. Thomas (1963–2020), American Indian-born informational theorist and scientist
Joy Viado (1959–2016), Filipino comedian and actress
Joy Williams (singer) (born 1982), American pop singer
Joy Williams (Australian writer) (1942–2006), Australian poet
Joy Williams (American writer) (born 1944), American author
Joy Wolfram (born 1989), Finnish nanoscientist
Samantha Joy Mostyn, Sam Mostyn, Australian businesswoman and Governor-General.

Fictional characters

Joy, one of Riley Andersen's emotions and the main protagonist of Disney Pixar's Inside Out .
Nurse Joy, a nurse from the Pokémon TV series.
Joy C. Cordero, a character from Huwag Kang Mangamba
Joy Wang, the daughter in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022 film). Played by Stephanie Hsu.

Joy (given name)

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People with the given name Joy

Fictional characters

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