First name for baby with mn Joy

[Beth191]

Joy is a non negotiable middle name for baby girl due soon - we absolutely can't decide on a first name and keep going back and forth. I won't give examples of what we like because basically we don't know what we like!

So if you were naming a baby girl right now and her middle name was to be Joy, what would you call her?

Looking for inspiration here haha thank you!

I think Joy goes with traditional and more modern names - it’s lovely - some suggestions (I’d avoid first babes with J though)

Eden Joy
Harriet Joy
Naomi Joy
Margot Joy
Elizabeth Joy
Esther Joy
Mabel Joy
Isabel Joy
Maya Joy
Ella Joy
Scarlett Joy

I think Joy works with a lot of names, but I prefer the sound of a longer first name. I think I possibly would want to avoid other ‘word’ names, but that might just be a personal preference.

Some I like:

Alexandra Joy
Amara Joy
Amelia Joy
Arabella Joy
Athena Joy
Aurelia Joy
Cassandra Joy
Cecilia Joy
Delilah Joy
Eleanor Joy
Eliza Joy
Evangeline Joy
Felicity Joy
Francesca Joy
Helena Joy
Louisa Joy
Lucinda Joy
Matilda Joy
Olivia Joy
Ophelia Joy
Penelope Joy
Rosalie Joy
Sabrina Joy
Serena Joy
Tabitha Joy
Victoria Joy

Annabel Joy
Julia Joy
Jeanne Joy
Amber Joy
Louisa Joy
Jasmine Joy
Grace Joy
Jennifer Joy
Dina Joy
Mary Joy
Blessing Joy
Winter Joy
Janie Joy

Eliza Joy
Penelope Joy
Saskia Joy
Atabella Joy
Xanthe Joy

Esther joy
emma joy

Joy is a lovely name.

Celestine Joy
Christina Joy
Vivianne Joy
Johanna Joy
Henriette Joy
Thomasine Joy/Tamsin Joy
Maryanne Joy/Marianne Joy

Martha
Maeva
Maudie

My little girl as Alexandra Joy.

Joy was non negotiable for us too.

We also considered

Jasmine Joy (JJ nn)
Elizabeth Joy (EJ nn)
Lydia Joy (LJ nn)
Victoria Joy

There's some nice suggestions above too xx

Emilia Joy.
Layla Joy
Hannah Joy
Olivia Joy
Poppy Joy
Martha Joy

You should choose whatever first name you like the most and not worry about whether it goes with Joy. No one except new parents say peoples names out in full. As long as it doesn't sound silly together I really wouldn't worry about it.

Joy is a lovely name BTW

Agree with pp, don't worry about it going
You'll scream it at the top of your lungs when they're 14 and the music is too loud to be heard over and they've left a trail of debris in their wake. It otherwise it isn't massively used, and I think Joy would go with nearly anything

Athena Joy
Margaret Joy
Arabella Joy
Katherine Joy
Persephone Joy

If I had a baby right now, I'd call her Ariella

Alexandra joy

Another vote for Alexandra Joy
Louisa Joy
Hannah Joy
Eden Joy

You just need more than one syllable and everything will go fine. Even J names are fine as middle names are said so rarely. I’d suggest

Anna Joy
Mabel Joy
Beatrice Joy
Josephine Joy
Alexandra Joy

Lola Joy

Joy is a lovely middle name choice. I prefer the sound of names that end in “a” before it as a hard sound at the end of the first name doesn’t work with the “J” and a first name that ends in “y” sound doesn’t work with the “y” at the end of Joy to my ears. I’m really fussy about sounds and flow though!

Serena Joy
Sienna Joy
Cecilia Joy
Clara Joy
Emma Joy
Eliza Joy

Joy goes with almost anything!

matilda joy
juniper joy
athena joy
annabelle joy
iris joy
delilah joy
daisy joy
clara joy
piper joy
callie joy
zelda joy
tallulah joy
clementine joy
dorothy joy

Juniper Joy is lovely!

Isabella Joy

Joy is a lovely name and quite easy to pair as a middle name as all the options people have suggested above show.

My friend has an Isabella Joy, which I think is gorgeous.

Ha! Nice cross post with @Overtheatlantic there!

Phoebe
Penelope
Elizabeth

But just really because I like those names and I think almost anything goes with Joy as a middle name.

I'd maybe be tempted to go for a J name and use JJ as a nickname.

Jessica Joy
Juno Joy

Maybe try to work out what you like by categorising names and seeing where the most you like are, some example categories below, obviously the categories will overlap but could be a good starting point!

Longer names (often more traditional) with lots of nickname options:

Elizabeth Joy
Clementine Joy
Isabella Joy
Arabella Joy
Isobel/Isabelle Joy
Charlotte Joy
Marianne Joy
Alexandra Joy
Emmeline Joy

Nature inspired names:

Willow Joy
Luna Joy
Summer Joy
Violet Joy
Daisy Joy
Hazel Joy
Heather Joy
Lily Joy

Modern classics:

Sophia/Sophie Joy
Emily Joy
Amelia Joy
Olivia Joy
Alice Joy

Current trends:

Evie Joy
Ava Joy
Mia Joy
Isla Joy
Ella Joy
Sienna Joy
Ottilie Joy

Shakespearean names:

Imogen Joy
Ophelia Joy
Beatrice Joy
Adriana Joy
Celia Joy

Elizabeth Joy
Eloise Joy
Mabel Joy
Willow Joy
Violet Joy
Louisa Joy
Caitlin Joy
Hannah Joy
Lottie Joy
Amara Joy
Ella Joy
Lyra Joy
Charlotte Joy
Rebecca Joy
Sophie Joy
Emily Joy

Were the two pp suggesting Serena Joy deliberately aiming for a Handmaid's Tale reference? She is not a namesake that I would choose for my own daughter.