Given name & surname
Joice
Joice is a surname. It is used in English and Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Joice isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Joice through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 557
- 0 boys · 557 girls
- Most popular year
- 1942
- 24 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 girls is 9 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 24 in 1942. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,178 as a first name in 2020; 465 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Joice’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Joice has a related form in Joyce. In Portuguese usage, Joice has a related form in Joyce.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Joice
- Joice MujuruZimbabwean politicianborn 1955
- Joice HethAfrican American enslaved person and sideshow performer1756–1836
- Joice RodriguesBrazilian basketball player (born 1986)
- Joice Hasselmannjournalist, politician and Federal Deputy of Brazil (2019–2023)born 1978
- Joice MaduakaBritish sprinterborn 1973
- Joice SilvaOlympic wrestlerborn 1983
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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