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Joyce

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“Means lord”

Joyce from the medieval masculine name Josse, which was derived from the earlier Iudocus, which was a Latinized form of the Breton name Judoc meaning "lord". The name belonged to a 7th-century Breton saint, and Breton settlers introduced it to England after the Norman conquest.

English1 syllable · /dʒɔɪs/

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