Given name
Cloyce
“one who works with nails”
Cloyce is a variant of Cloy. One French interpretation is “one who works with nails.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cloyce is a variant of Cloy. One French interpretation is “one who works with nails.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Cloyce is a variant of Cloy. An origin associated with Cloy is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cloyce through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 998
- 877 boys · 121 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 36 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1983. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 370 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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