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 Josephine Victoria "Joy" Behar (; née Occhiuto) is an American comedian, television host, actress, and writer. She co-hosts the ABC daytime talk show '' The View'', where she is the only original panelist still regularly appearing. She hosted ...

(born 1942), American comedian and actress *

Joy Bokiri Joy Ebinemiere Bokiri (born 29 December 1998) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for French Division 2 Féminine club AS Saint-Étienne and the Nigeria women's national team. Playing career Club Bokiri was a member of Bayelsa ...

(born 1998), Nigerian women's footballer * Joy Bryant (born 1974), American actress * Joy Browne (1944–2016), American radio psychologist * Joy Burke (born 1990), Taiwanese-American women's basketball player *

Joy Carroll Joy Carroll is an English priest who was one of the first women to be ordained as a priest in the Church of England in 1994. She worked in London as a vicar for 10 years. She was adviser, inspiration, and role model for Richard Curtis for his comed ...

Vicar who inspired The Vicar of Dibley * Joy Cherian (born 1944), 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 Joy Destiny Tiurma Tobing (born 20 March 1980) is an Indonesian gospel singer and the winner of the first season of ''Indonesian Idol''. Biography Tobing was a gospel singer when she signed up for the first season of ''Indonesian Idol,'' leadi ...

(born 1980), Indonesian gospel singer *

Joy Enriquez Joy Charity Enriquez is an American singer and actress who has appeared on the television series '' 7th Heaven'' and also starred in films such as ''Chasing Papi'' and '' Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure'' (voice). Enriquez was also a bac ...

(born 1978), American singer and actress *

Joy Fawcett Joy Lynn Fawcett (; February 8, 1968) is a retired American professional soccer player. She earned 241 caps with the United States women's national soccer team (WNT) and retired from the WNT in 2004 as the highest scoring defender for the U.S. W ...

(born 1968), American soccer player * Joy Fleming (1944–2017), German singer *

Defne Joy Foster Defne Joy Foster (September 2, 1975February 2, 2011) was an American-Turkish actress, presenter and VJ. Biography Defne Joy Foster was born in İncirlik, Turkey. She was born to her Turkish mother Hatice from İzmir, Turkey and American father ...

(1975–2011), Turkish actress, presenter, VJ *

Joy Garnett Joy Garnett (born 1960) is an artist and writer from New York, United States. Trained as a painter, her work explores contemporary practices around cultural preservation, alternative histories and archives. Her interdisciplinary work combines cr ...

(born 1965) Canadian-American artist *

Joy Giovanni Joy Giovanni (born January 20, 1978) is an American psychic medium, retired actress, glamour model and professional wrestler, who is best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment, where she worked on its ''SmackDown!'' brand. She was ...

(born 1978), American actress, model, wrestler, and WWE Diva *

Joy Grieveson Elizabeth Joyce "Joy" Grieveson (born 31 October 1941) from Darlington, United Kingdom, is a retired track and field athlete. Athletics career She won the silver medal in the women's 400 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships ...

(born 1941), British track and field athlete *

Joy Paul Guilford Joy Paul Guilford (March 7, 1897 – November 26, 1987) was an American psychologist best remembered for his psychometric study of human intelligence, including the distinction between convergent and divergent production. Developing the views ...

(1897-1987), American psychologist * Joy Harjo (born 1951), American poet * Joy Kere diplomat from the Solomon Islands * Joy Kogawa (born 1935), Canadian poet and novelist *

Joy Lauren Joy Lauren Jorgensen (born ) is an American producer, director and writer and former actress. She is known for playing Danielle Van de Kamp on the ABC comedy-drama series '' Desperate Housewives''. Life and career Lauren was born Lauren Joy Jo ...

(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 Joy Morris (born 1970) is a Canadian mathematician whose research involves group theory, graph theory, and the connections between the two through Cayley graphs. She is also interested in mathematics education, is the author of two open-access und ...

(born 1970), Canadian mathematician * Joy Morton (1855–1934), American businessman and conservationist * Joy Mukherjee (1939–2012), Indian film actor and director *

Joy Ogwu Joy Uche Angela Ogwu (born August 22, 1946) is a former foreign minister of Nigeria and a former permanent representative of Nigeria to the United Nations in New York 2008–2017. She is the first woman to hold the post of Permanent Representat ...

(born 1946), Nigerian diplomat * Joy Oladokun, American singer-songwriter *

Joy Padgett Joy Padgett (born Joy Ann Conrad, February 4, 1947 in Coshocton, Ohio) is a former Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 20th district until the end of 2008. In 2006, dogged by personal scandals, she ran unsuccessfully for Li ...

(born 1947), American politician * Joy Powell (born 1962), American activist *

Joy Quigley Marilyn Joy Quigley (born 9 May 1948), also known as Joy McLauchlan, is a former New Zealand politician. Early life and family Quigley was born in Geraldine on 9 May 1948, the daughter of Jessie Isobel Quigley (née Scott) and Maurice 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 Joy A. San Buenaventura (born 1959) is a Filipino-born American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from Hawaii. She represented District 4 in the Hawaii House of Representatives and is currently a member of the Hawaii Senate ...

(born 1959), Filipino-born American politician * Joy Sarkar, Bengali music director * Joy Sengupta (born 1968), Indian film and stage actor * Joy A. Thomas (1963-2020), American Indian-born informational theorist and scientist *

Joy Smith Joy Ann Smith (born February 20, 1947) is a Canadian politician. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba between 1999 and 2003, and was in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. Education and business career Smith was born ...

(born 1947), Canadian politician * 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 Joy Wolfram (born 1989) is a Finnish nanoscientist. She is known for her pioneering work in nanomedicine concerning the treatment of cancer, cardiovascular diseases and other life-threatening illnesses. She is an Associate Professor at the Un ...

(born 1989), Finnish nanoscientist

Fictional characters

* Joy, one of Riley Andersen's emotions and the main protagonist of Disney Pixar's ''

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''. * Nurse Joy, a nurse from the Pokémon TV series. * Joy Wang, the daughter in ''

Everything Everywhere All at Once ''Everything Everywhere All at Once'' is a 2022 American absurdist comedy-drama film written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (collectively known as "Daniels"), who produced it with Anthony and Joe Russo. The plot centers on a ...

'' (2022 film). Played by Stephanie Hsu.

People with the given name Joy

Fictional characters

See also