Baby Names Meaning Joy
Baby names that mean joy carry that quality as a quiet wish for a child. Our collection holds 444 names tied to joy, drawn from cultures around the world — each with its own meaning, origin and numerology. Browse them below and follow any name for its full profile.
Whether you want the meaning to be obvious or a subtle thread only your family knows, a name that means joy lets the sense travel with your child for life. The most prominent names are shown first; the list grows as we add more.
Names meaning joy
AbigailMy father's joy — a name with quiet staying powerHebrew · Numerology 5AriaAir; melody; lioness — a name with quiet staying powerItalian, Hebrew · Numerology 2AsherHappy, blessed, fortunate — a name with quiet staying powerHebrew · Numerology 6HarperHarp player — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulEnglish · Numerology 3IsaacHe will laugh — distinctive without trying too hardHebrew · Numerology 6NaomiPleasantness, sweetness — a classic with a fresh edgeHebrew · Numerology 7AimanRighteous, fortunate, blessed — warm, characterful and easy to wearMalay · Numerology 2AnandBliss, joy, happiness — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulSanskrit · Numerology 7AwazA song, a melody — rooted yet ready to travelKurdish · Numerology 6AyabulelaThey are thankful — soft-sounding with strong rootsAfrican · Numerology 8BahatiLuck, fortune — a name with quiet staying powerAfrican · Numerology 5BassamSmiling — memorable across culturesArabic · Numerology 1BounmyGood fortune — soft-sounding with strong rootsLao · Numerology 9FestimA celebration, festivity — warm, characterful and easy to wearAlbanian · Numerology 9MishikaHoneybee; a gift — a classic with a fresh edgeSanskrit · Numerology 7NanditaHappy, delighted, joyful — full of character and easy to loveSanskrit · Numerology 9RumbidzaiPraise — timeless and effortless to sayAfrican · Numerology 4SasmitaEver-smiling, with a gentle smile — a classic with a fresh edgeOdia · Numerology 1ShamisoA wonder, a marvel — a small name carrying real depthAfrican · Numerology 3ShukuraBe grateful, give thanks — memorable across culturesAfrican · Numerology 9TehilaPraise, glory — rooted yet ready to travelHebrew · Numerology 1UlaniCheerful, lighthearted — timeless and effortless to sayHawaiian · Numerology 3VeselaJoyful, cheerful, merry — soft-sounding with strong rootsMacedonian · Numerology 1VongaiPraise, give thanks — a classic with a fresh edgeAfrican · Numerology 5WaimarieGood fortune; calm waters — full of character and easy to loveMaori, Polynesian · Numerology 7WenxiA cultured joy — timeless and effortless to sayChinese · Numerology 3XinleHeartfelt joy — a classic with a fresh edgeChinese · Numerology 1YamikaniPraise, give thanks — memorable across culturesAfrican · Numerology 11YarinHe will sing and rejoice — distinctive without trying too hardHebrew · Numerology 4YiranJoyful and free — distinctive without trying too hardChinese · Numerology 4ZhanfuDeep fortune — understated and quietly elegantChinese · Numerology 4AarohiMusical ascent, rising melody — soft-sounding with strong rootsSanskrit · Numerology 7AdebayoThe crown meets joy — rooted yet ready to travelAfrican · Numerology 8AfriyieBorn in good and auspicious times — memorable across culturesAfrican · Numerology 1AfuaBorn on a Friday — a name with quiet staying powerAfrican · Numerology 11AhuliA drum — memorable across culturesNative American · Numerology 6AidaReturning; a reward — distinctive without trying too hardArabic · Numerology 6AilenA clear ember; joy — timeless and effortless to sayMapuche · Numerology 5AkosuaBorn on a Sunday — understated and quietly elegantAfrican · Numerology 5AkwasiBorn on a Sunday — a small name carrying real depthAfrican · Numerology 1AllegraJoyful, lively, cheerful — warm, characterful and easy to wearItalian · Numerology 11An LocPeaceful fortune — warm, characterful and easy to wearVietnamese · Numerology 9An PhuA peaceful abundance — a name with quiet staying powerVietnamese · Numerology 6AnanJoyful; (Hebrew) cloud — understated and quietly elegantSanskrit · Numerology 3Anh KhangA bright well-being — rooted yet ready to travelVietnamese · Numerology 1AnoushehHappy, fortunate; eternal — a name with quiet staying powerPersian · Numerology 1AnshelHappy, blessed; (Asher) — memorable across culturesYiddish · Numerology 5AsedaThanksgiving, gratitude — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulAfrican · Numerology 3AtauFortunate, lucky — timeless and effortless to sayNative American · Numerology 7Austeja(the goddess of bees) — rooted yet ready to travelLithuanian · Numerology 5AvigailMy father's joy — memorable across culturesHebrew · Numerology 7AyabongaThey give thanks — understated and quietly elegantAfrican · Numerology 3AyelenJoy; a clear smile — understated and quietly elegantNative American · Numerology 8AyindeWe gave praise and he came — soft-sounding with strong rootsAfrican · Numerology 4AymanBlessed, fortunate; right-handed — a small name carrying real depthArabic · Numerology 9AyodejiJoy becomes two; doubled joy — rooted yet ready to travelAfrican · Numerology 33AyodeleJoy comes home — a name with quiet staying powerAfrican · Numerology 4AyofemiJoy loves me — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulAfrican · Numerology 11AyomideMy joy has arrived — a small name carrying real depthAfrican · Numerology 9AyotundeJoy comes again — a name with quiet staying powerAfrican · Numerology 33BagjaHappiness, good fortune — a name with quiet staying powerIndonesian · Numerology 3BahijaJoyful, splendid — full of character and easy to loveArabic · Numerology 22BahjatJoy, splendour, magnificence — a classic with a fresh edgeArabic · Numerology 6BakytHappiness, fortune — memorable across culturesKyrgyz · Numerology 5Bao KhangPrecious health — a small name carrying real depthVietnamese · Numerology 5Bao KhanhA precious jade chime — distinctive without trying too hardVietnamese · Numerology 33Bao PhucA precious blessing — memorable across culturesVietnamese · Numerology 3BasmaA smile — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulArabic · Numerology 9BatbayarStrong joy — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulMongolian · Numerology 7BayarJoy, celebration — distinctive without trying too hardMongolian · Numerology 2BeatriceShe who brings happiness; blessed — memorable across culturesLatin · Numerology 9BeatrixShe who brings happiness; blessed — distinctive without trying too hardLatin · Numerology 7BeatrizBringer of joy; blessed — full of character and easy to loveSpanish · Numerology 9BehrouzFortunate, prosperous; good day — distinctive without trying too hardPersian · Numerology 5BehruzFortunate, of a good day — understated and quietly elegantPersian, Tajik · Numerology 8Benzaiten(the goddess of music and flow) — a small name carrying real depthJapanese · Numerology 6Bich KhanhAn emerald celebration — rooted yet ready to travelVietnamese · Numerology 1BlissPerfect happiness, pure joy — memorable across culturesEnglish · Numerology 7BoitumeloJoy, gladness — understated and quietly elegantAfrican · Numerology 4BongaBe thankful, give praise — a name with quiet staying powerAfrican · Numerology 3BonifacioOf good fate, well-doer — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulSpanish · Numerology 11BonniePretty, beautiful, cheerful — distinctive without trying too hardScottish · Numerology 5BooneGood; a blessing — rooted yet ready to travelEnglish · Numerology 6BoqingAbundant celebration — a classic with a fresh edgeChinese · Numerology 1BoxiAbundant joy — understated and quietly elegantChinese · Numerology 5CadenceRhythm, flow — a name with quiet staying powerLatin · Numerology 8CaiRejoice; (a knight of legend) — distinctive without trying too hardWelsh · Numerology 4CaioRejoice; to be glad — understated and quietly elegantLatin · Numerology 1CaiusRejoice; to be glad — memorable across culturesLatin · Numerology 8CaixiColorful joy — soft-sounding with strong rootsChinese · Numerology 1CaiyiColorful joy — timeless and effortless to sayChinese · Numerology 11CalliopeBeautiful voice — rooted yet ready to travelGreek · Numerology 1Cao KhangLofty well-being — full of character and easy to loveVietnamese · Numerology 33CarmenSong; garden — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulSpanish, Latin · Numerology 9Cat TuongAuspiciousness — understated and quietly elegantVietnamese · Numerology 11ChaeheeColorful joy — full of character and easy to loveKorean · Numerology 8ChidinmaGod is good — rooted yet ready to travelAfrican · Numerology 7ChimwemweJoy, happiness — a classic with a fresh edgeAfrican · Numerology 3Cong KhanhA meritorious celebration — a small name carrying real depthVietnamese · Numerology 9Cong LoiMeritorious benefit — warm, characterful and easy to wearVietnamese · Numerology 3CricketThe chirping insect; small and lively — distinctive without trying too hardEnglish · Numerology 33CrispinCurly-haired — a classic with a fresh edgeLatin · Numerology 7CrispusCurly-haired — distinctive without trying too hardLatin · Numerology 33Dac LocAttaining fortune — a name with quiet staying powerVietnamese · Numerology 2Dac PhucAttaining blessing — full of character and easy to loveVietnamese · Numerology 11DaheeAbundant joy — a name with quiet staying powerKorean · Numerology 5Dai LoiA great benefit — memorable across culturesVietnamese · Numerology 5DainaA song — a name with quiet staying powerLithuanian · Numerology 2DaonGoodness comes — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulKorean · Numerology 7DaurenA prosperous era — full of character and easy to loveKazakh, Central Asian · Numerology 9DavronAn era, a time of fortune — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulUzbek · Numerology 11DechenGreat bliss, great happiness — full of character and easy to loveTibetan · Numerology 3DestaJoy, happiness — memorable across culturesAfrican · Numerology 4Dieu HanA wondrous joy — timeless and effortless to sayVietnamese · Numerology 8DionysiusDevoted to Dionysus; (god of wine and joy) — full of character and easy to loveGreek · Numerology 9DixieTenth; the South — memorable across culturesFrench · Numerology 33DoheeThe joy of the path — rooted yet ready to travelKorean · Numerology 1DoinaA folk song; longing — rooted yet ready to travelRomanian · Numerology 7Duc PhucA virtuous blessing — full of character and easy to loveVietnamese · Numerology 4Duc ThinhVirtuous and prosperous — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulVietnamese · Numerology 6Duy KhangSteadfast and healthy — understated and quietly elegantVietnamese · Numerology 1Ebisu(the god of fishermen and luck) — understated and quietly elegantJapanese · Numerology 2EdnaRejuvenation, delight, pleasure — warm, characterful and easy to wearHebrew · Numerology 6EfterpiDelight; (Euterpe, the muse of music) — full of character and easy to loveGreek · Numerology 7EfthymiosGood spirit, cheerful — a small name carrying real depthGreek · Numerology 3EikichiHeroic good fortune — a classic with a fresh edgeJapanese · Numerology 9EkenePraise, thanks — a small name carrying real depthAfrican · Numerology 22EowynHorse of joy — understated and quietly elegantEnglish · Numerology 1EsiBorn on a Sunday — distinctive without trying too hardAfrican · Numerology 6FadzaiBe happy, bring happiness — memorable across culturesAfrican · Numerology 11FarahJoy, happiness — soft-sounding with strong rootsArabic · Numerology 7FaraiRejoice, be happy — distinctive without trying too hardShona · Numerology 8FarhadHappiness; (a legendary lover) — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulPersian · Numerology 11FarrokhFortunate, happy, auspicious — timeless and effortless to sayPersian · Numerology 5FaustinaFortunate, lucky — full of character and easy to loveLatin · Numerology 1FaustineLucky, fortunate — timeless and effortless to sayLatin, French · Numerology 5FaustinusFortunate, lucky — a classic with a fresh edgeLatin · Numerology 4FaustoFortunate, lucky — warm, characterful and easy to wearItalian, Latin · Numerology 1FeliciaHappy, lucky, fortunate — timeless and effortless to sayLatin · Numerology 9FelicianHappy, fortunate — memorable across culturesLatin · Numerology 5FelicityHappiness, good fortune — distinctive without trying too hardLatin · Numerology 8FeliculaLucky, fortunate, little happy one — a name with quiet staying powerLatin · Numerology 33FelixHappy, fortunate, lucky — a small name carrying real depthLatin · Numerology 11FerhatJoy; (the legendary lover) — soft-sounding with strong rootsTurkish · Numerology 4FestusFestive, joyful — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulLatin · Numerology 9FiifiBorn on a Friday — rooted yet ready to travelAfrican · Numerology 3Fortuna(the goddess of fortune and luck) — full of character and easy to loveLatin · Numerology 5FortunataFortunate, lucky, blessed — understated and quietly elegantLatin · Numerology 8FortunatoLucky, fortunate, blessed — a classic with a fresh edgeItalian · Numerology 4FraydaJoy — memorable across culturesYiddish · Numerology 1FunmilayoGive me joy — soft-sounding with strong rootsAfrican · Numerology 8FurahaJoy, happiness — rooted yet ready to travelAfrican · Numerology 1GadFortune, luck — a classic with a fresh edgeHebrew · Numerology 3GaelGenerous lord; joyful — distinctive without trying too hardFrench · Numerology 7GammachuuHappiness, joy — a classic with a fresh edgeAfrican · Numerology 7GenetParadise, Eden — memorable across culturesAfrican · Numerology 6GezimJoy, happiness — a classic with a fresh edgeAlbanian · Numerology 33Gia HanA joyful family — rooted yet ready to travelVietnamese · Numerology 4Gia KhanhFamily celebration — a small name carrying real depthVietnamese · Numerology 5Gia PhuA prosperous family — timeless and effortless to sayVietnamese · Numerology 8
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+What are some baby names that mean joy?
Names in our collection associated with joy include Abigail, Aria, Asher, Harper, Isaac. Each links to a full profile with its meaning, origin, popularity and numerology.
+How many baby names meaning joy are listed here?
We currently list 444 names tied to the meaning joy, spanning many cultures and both boys' and girls' names, and the collection keeps growing.
+Are names that mean joy for boys or girls?
Both — the meaning joy appears across boys', girls' and unisex names. Use the gender note on each card, or our tools, to narrow your shortlist.