Names That Mean Joy
6 names whose etymology relates to “joy” — drawn from documented origins, sorted by all-time U.S. popularity.
AbigailFrom Hebrew אֲבִיגַיִל (avigáyil, “Abigail”, literally “my Father's joy” or “fountain of joy”).
JoyFrom the noun joy, first used by Puritans in the 17th century.
WinfredFrom Old English Wynnfriþ, from wynn (“joy”) + friþ (“peace”).
FarahBorrowed from Arabic فَرَح (faraḥ, “joy”).
AvigailBorrowed from Hebrew אֲבִיגַיִל (avigáyil, “Avigail”, literally “my Father's joy” or “fountain of joy”).
GillAs an English surname, converged from variants of Giles (sometimes through Dutch), Julian, and William. * As a northern English surname, from Middle English gil (“ravine, glen”)…
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Etymologies adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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