Meaning of the nameJoise
- Female
- Joi-se
Joise is a Brazilian feminine name spelled close to Joice, which Behind the Name gives as the Brazilian form of Joyce.
Meaning
The meaning of Joise is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 5,443
- Rank in Brazil
- #2,591
- Median age
- 26 years
- 2010 Census
- 11,471
- people
Joise in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Joise, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (2,052 people).
5,369 women 74 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Joise is most common
States with the highest share of people named Joise in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pará 0.004%
- Santa Catarina 0.004%
- Mato Grosso 0.004%
- Bahia 0.004%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.004%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 1,087 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 494 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 493 | 0.004% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 383 | 0.004% |
| Pará | 335 | 0.004% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 330 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 284 | 0.004% |
| Paraná | 248 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 222 | 0.003% |
| Goiás | 208 | 0.003% |
| Ceará | 150 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 142 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 135 | 0.004% |
| Amazonas | 116 | 0.003% |
| Espírito Santo | 116 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 102 | 0.003% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 94 | 0.003% |
| Paraíba | 85 | 0.002% |
| Alagoas | 77 | 0.003% |
| Rondônia | 75 | 0.005% |
| Piauí | 63 | 0.002% |
| Sergipe | 53 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 46 | 0.002% |
| Amapá | 34 | 0.005% |
| Tocantins | 33 | 0.002% |
| Acre | 19 | 0.002% |
| Roraima | 19 | 0.003% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Joise
Behind the Name records Joice as a Brazilian form of Joyce and Joisse as a variant of Joyce. Joyce comes from the medieval name Josse, derived from Iudocus, a Latinized form of the Breton Judoc, 'lord'. In Portuguese, Wiktionary records Joyce as a variant of Joice, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Joyce among the spelling variants of Joice. The origin of the spellings Joise and Joyse is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,443 people named Joise, with a median age of 26.
It is the most common spelling in the group, with an I and a single S between vowels, which sounds like Z.
Other spellings of Joise
Sources
- Behind the Name: Joyce · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Joice · behindthename.com · origin
- Wiktionary: Joyce · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Joice · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Joise
What does the name Joise mean?
The meaning of Joise is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Joise in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,443 people with the first name Joise, which ranks it number 2,591 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Joise a boy's or a girl's name?
Joise is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 5,369 women and 74 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Joise most common?
Proportionally, in Pará: 0.004% of the state's population is named Joise (335 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Joise?
Joyse and Joisse. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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