First names dictionary

JOYCE

Joyce: translation

Joycef, formerlym
English: apparently from the Norman male nameJosce(Middle EnglishJosse), which in turn is fromJodocus, aLatinizedform of aBretonname,Iodoc, meaning ‘lord’, borne by a 7th-centuryBretonsaint. The name was in use amongBretonfollowers of William the Conqueror. However, although this was fairly common as a male given name in theMiddle Ages, it had virtually died out by the 14th century.There is some evidence of its use as a female name in the 17th and 18th centuries, perhaps as a variant ofJOY(SEE Joy). It was strongly revived in the 19th century under the influence of popular fiction. It is borne by characters in Mrs Henry Wood'sEast Lynne(1861) and Edna Lyall'sIn the Golden Days(1885). Modern use may well have been influenced also by the commonIrishsurname derived from the medieval Norman male name. See alsoJoss(SEE Joss).
Cognates:Low German:JOBST(SEE Jobst).Dutch:JOOST(SEE Joost), Joos.

  1. joyce—Joyce bersetzungenglischer Name weibliche Form von Jodokus Bedeutung Herr. Namenstrgerin Joyce C. Oates USamerikanische Schriftstellerin.englische Form von Jodokus Bede...Deutsch namen
  2. joyce—[s]Джойс...Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь
  3. joyce—n джойс...Англо-русский словарь Лингвистика-98
  4. joyce—Joyce noun Джойс...Англо-русский словарь Мюллера
  5. joyce—Joyce Джойс...Англо-русский словарь Мюллера
  6. joyce—сущ. Джойс мужское и женское имя...Англо-русский словарь общей лексики
  7. joyce—n. Джойс...Англо-русский словарь редакция bed
  8. joyce—имя собств....Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический словарь И. Мостицкого
  9. joyce—n ж. мя Джойс....Англо-український словник Балла М.І.
  10. joyce—[ds] nДжойс мужское и женское имя...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
  11. joyce—Joyce [ds] ni Джойс мужское и женское имяi...Новый большой англо-русский словарь II
  12. joyce—ds n Джойс мужское и женское имяem...Новый большой англо-русский словарь под общим руководством акад. Ю.Д. Апресяна