Joyce

plural Joyces · alternative Choyce

1. countableuncountableAn English and Irish surname originating as a patronymic.

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   The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee.

   2023 June 21, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, “House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2023

2. countableuncountableA female given name from the Celtic languages, associated by folk etymology with joy and rejoice.

   You call me mother, and I remember my mother again, somewhere in greater Boston, dying. I remember we named you Joyce so we could call you Joy.

   1959, Anne Sexton, The Double Image

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   "It's a curious name," remarked Captain Levison. "Joyce - Joyce! I never heard such a name. Is it a Christian name or a surname?" "She was baptised Joyce. It is not so very uncommon. Her name is Joyce Hallijohn. She has been with us several years."

   1860, Mrs Henry Wood (Ellen Wood), East Lynne

3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Clallam County, Washington, United States, named after founder Joseph M. Joyce.