Joy is a common unisex given name meaning joy, happiness, joyful. A common variant of the name is the other female given name Joyce (name).
Notable people with the given name include:
People with the given name Joy
- Joy (singer) (born 1996), South Korean singer and member of Red Velvet (group)
- Joy Adamson (1910âÂÂ1980), 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 (born 1942), American comedian and actress
- Joy Bokiri (born 1998), Nigerian women's footballer
- Joy Browne (1944âÂÂ2016), American radio psychologist
- Joy Bryant (born 1974), American actress
- Joy Burke (born 1990), Taiwanese-American women's basketball player
- Joy Carroll, Vicar who inspired The Vicar of Dibley
- Joy Cheek (born 1988), American basketball player
- Joy Cherian (born 1942), Commissioner at the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Joy Crookes (born 1998), British singer-songwriter
- Joy Davidman (1915âÂÂ1960), American writer and wife of C. S. Lewis
- Joy Destiny Tobing (born 1980), Indonesian gospel singer
- Joy Enriquez (born 1978), American singer and actress
- Joy Fawcett (born 1968), American soccer player
- Joy Fleming (1944âÂÂ2017), German singer
- Defne Joy Foster (1975âÂÂ2011), Turkish actress, presenter, VJ
- Joy Garnett (born 1965) Canadian-American artist
- Joy Giovanni (born 1978), American actress, model, wrestler, and WWE Diva
- Joy Grieveson (born 1941), British track and field athlete
- Joy Paul Guilford (1897âÂÂ1987), American psychologist
- Joy Harjo (born 1951), American poet
- Joy Hohn, American politician
- Joy Kere diplomat from the Solomon Islands
- Joy Kogawa (born 1935), Canadian poet and novelist
- Joy Laking (born 1950), Canadian visual artist and author
- Joy Lauren (born 1989), American actress
- Joy Lofthouse (1923âÂÂ2017), British WW2 pilot
- Joy MacPhail (born 1952), Canadian politician
- Joy Mangano (born 1956), American inventor, and businesswoman
- Joy Marshall (1867âÂÂ1903), New Zealand clergyman, teacher, tennis player, cricketer, and rugby footballer
- Joy Morris (born 1970), Canadian mathematician
- Joy Morton (1855âÂÂ1934), American businessman and conservationist
- Joy Mukherjee (1939âÂÂ2012), Indian film actor and director
- Joy Ogwu (1946âÂÂ2025), Nigerian politician and diplomat
- Joy Oladokun, American singer-songwriter
- Joy Padgett (born 1947), American politician
- Joy Powell (born 1962), American activist
- Joy 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 (born 1959), Filipino-born American politician
- Joy Sarkar, Bengali music director
- Joy Sengupta (born 1968), Indian film and stage actor
- Joy Smith (born 1947), Canadian politician
- Joy Spence (born 1951), Jamaican master blender
- Joy A. Thomas (1963âÂÂ2020), American Indian-born informational theorist and scientist
- Joy Viado (1959âÂÂ2016), Filipino comedian and actress
- Joy Williams (singer) (born 1982), American pop singer
- Joy Williams (Australian writer) (1942âÂÂ2006), Australian poet
- Joy Williams (American writer) (born 1944), American author
- Joy Wolfram (born 1989), Finnish nanoscientist
- Samantha Joy Mostyn, Sam Mostyn, Australian businesswoman and Governor-General.
Fictional characters
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