Message: "Joy" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Joy

by Lily8

12/25/2008, 6:28 AM

Oh I have to admit it, I was inspired by the Duggar family and their cute little Joy-Anna, but this has really been growing on me. I think it's a sweet and happy name. I'm worried that it's a bit dated, though. I als like it as a middle name but I feel it's a bit filler in the middle position.

I also really like Joy-Anna, but I think I'd spell it Joyanna or Joyana..

What do you think of Joy and Joyanna?

How would you spell Joyanna? Joyanna, Joy-Anna, Joy Anna or Joyana?

Do you know anyone named Joy?

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- Jessica (LivingForHim)

12/26/2008, 9:48 PM

My sister's name is Rebecca Joy.
I like it as a first name or middle name.

Joy-Anna spelled any way is nms, but I would spell it Joy Anna. I like both of those names separate but not together for some reason.

- Dot (Spider from Mars)

12/26/2008, 6:30 PM

Joy is great. It's so bright and clear sounding. It also makes a wonderful middle name.

Joyanna I don't like (in any spelling), it just sounds like a mispronunciation of Joanna.

I don't know anyone named Joy, no.

- Pie

12/25/2008, 4:13 PM

It is a sweet and happy name, and a nice idea. I've never met a Joy, but I've met quite a few Joyces - to me Joyce sounds much more dated than Joy. Joy Anna as a combo, with or without the hyphen, sounds better to me than Joyanna, which looks as if it's pronounced Jo-yanna.

- abbasdaughter

12/25/2008, 3:20 PM

I'm not so fond of Joyanna just lie that. I think that's one that needs the hyphen. I've known a few people named Joy.

- Sofia

12/25/2008, 3:13 PM

The only word names of this kind that I like and would use in first names slot are Faith, Grace and Hope. I don't love Joy, but it's a nice idea and I'd use it as a middle name. I prefer Joy Anna from all your combos best.

- Elena

12/25/2008, 12:17 PM

I love Joy. In fact, it's the mn I wanted for my firstborn. Alas, dh won that battle. Joy Anna doesn't do much for me as a whole name. I've only met one Joy when I was in 7th grade. I remember thinking how funny her name was! Then again, I was only 12.

- Daddysdancer

12/25/2008, 12:10 PM

I really love Joy. It's so sweet and cheerful! I really like it as a mn. It's sort of a filler, but it's less common than Grace, Marie, or Rose.
I think that Joy Anna would make a nice combo, but I don't really care for it as a double fn. It sounds like someone is mispronouncing Joanna. Joyanna looks weird to me too.
I do know a few Joys, particularly a good friend of mine. I think that her full name is Joy Danielle, but I'm not positive on that...

- Sabrina Fair (tigerlilly)

12/25/2008, 10:05 AM

I know a woman named Joy, she wasn't so "joyful" but she was nice :)

- SwtNikki87

12/25/2008, 8:25 AM

It is a nice name. I like Joy better then Joyanna or any of the other spellings. I too think it makes a nice first name but once you stick it in the middle name spot it becomes a bit of a filler.

I would spell it Joyanna if I was using it all as a first name.

No, I dont know anyone named Joy.

- Saana (Yippal)

12/25/2008, 7:43 AM

Joy is absolutely beautiful name, and I like Joy Anna too, though I'm not sure if it flows very well. Joyanna looks like a mispelled Joanna.

- Murasaki (lady murasaki)

12/25/2008, 6:54 AM

I'm not to keen on word names as a rule, but Joy's nice. I find Joyanna tacky, Joy Anna's better.
Incidentally, I've just remembered I once met a girl named Anna Joy, who went by her full name.

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