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What does Joya mean?
Joya 
as a name for girls is of Italian derivation, and the name Joya means "joy". Joya is a variant form of Gioia (Italian). Joya is also a variant of Joy (Old French, Latin): used in the Middle Ages.
STARTS WITH Jo-
ASSOCIATED WITH joy
Variations
VARIANTS Joye, Joie, Joia, Joi, Jioya, Jioia
RELATED FORMS VIA GIOIA, JOY Gioya, Joice, Joyann, Joyanna, Joyanne
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Joya Anneliese (J.A.), ..
How popular is Joya?
Joya is a somewhat popular first name for females (#3802 out of 4276, Top 89%) and an even more popular last name for all people (#14995 out of 150436, Top 10%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Which version is better?
Popular related forms of Joya (NOT IN TOP 2000) are Joy (#355 THE PREVIOUS YEAR), Joi and Joye. Other variants, like Joie, are seldom used. Adoption of these forms of Joya was widespread 48 years ago (MEDIAN #1155) and has become much diminished since (#1451, ▼61.1%). (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Similar Names
Joya is pronounced similarly to Gia▲, Ja-, Jae, Jay, Jaya, Jaye, Je-, Jeh, Jey and Joey. Other recommended sound-alike names are Alya, Amya▼, Asya, Aya▲, Brya, Daya, Donya, Enya, Haya, Ionya, Jada▼, Jama, Jana▼, Jayda, Jayla, Jayna, Jena▼, Jeyla, Jina, Jo▼, Joan▼, Joana▼, Joby, Joci, Jocia, Joda, Jodi▼, Jody▼, Joela, Johna, Jola, Jolan, Joli, Joly, Jolyn, Jolyna, Jona, Jonae, Jonay, Jone, Jonna, Joppa, Jorah, Jori, Joss, Jyl, Kaya, Liya, Maya▲, Miya▲, Moya, Mya, Nya▼, Orya, Raya▲, Reya, Roya, Sofya, Sonya▼, Taya, Tonya▼, Toya▼, Zofya, Zorya and Zoya▲. These names tend to be less commonly used than Joya.
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