Loyce

Where Loyce comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Loyce.

  • Vowel-ended
Loyce through the years
  1. 1901
    First appearance
    #1,136 among girls with 9 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1913
    Loyce Whiteman born
    American popular singer
  3. 1933
    Peak, #633
    107 babies named Loyce, the most in any year.
  4. 1952
    Loyce Biira Bwambale born
    Ugandan politician
  5. 1952
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,578.
  6. 1979
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Loyce Biira Bwambale · Ugandan politician, born 1952
  • Loyce Pace · American public healthy policy expert
  • Loyce Whiteman · American popular singer, 1913–1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.