Given name & surname
Joia
“a delight; one who brings pleasure to others”
Joia is a variant of Joy. One Latin interpretation is “a delight; one who brings pleasure to others.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Joia is a variant of Joy. One Latin interpretation is “a delight; one who brings pleasure to others.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Joia is a variant of Joy. An origin associated with Joy is Old French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Joia is a variant of Joy. The history of Joy gives this family its wider story. Joy was in use during the 17th century.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Joia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 488
- 0 boys · 488 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 40 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,138 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +59%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,138 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 40 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 472 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: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Joia
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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