Joi

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Joei in SG Singapore, HK Hong Kong, NZ New Zealand.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Joi is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name4.5K records spelled Joi5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Philippines, United Kingdom

  Also written Jói, Joï, J̶o̶i̶, Jöï

• Hindi given name1.3K records spelled Joi2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Philippines, Singapore

  Also written Jöï

• Arabic given name349 records spelled Joi5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Egypt, Philippines, United Arab Emirates

  Also written Jòî, Jõï, Jöï

55 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Joi is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Finnish, third-person singular present indicative of juoda

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In pro, joy; elation, etc.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In mkj, porcupine fish

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Romanian, Thursday

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Romanian, JOI s. f. Ziua a patra a săptămânii, care urmează după miercuri. ◊ (Pop.) Joia Mare = ultima joi din postul3 Paștilor. ◊ Expr. De joi până mai (de-)apoi = la nesfârșit, mereu; niciodată. Din joi în Paști = din când în când, foarte rar. ♦ (Adverbial, în forma joia) = în cursul zilei de joi, în fiecare zi de joi.

  as a word·DEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 80 years between 1942–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Joi McMillonb. 1950USAmerican film editor
• Joi Williamsb. 1966USAmerican basketball coach
• Joi Cardwellb. 1967USAmerican musician
• Joi Chuab. 1978SGsinger, songwriter
• Joi Arcandb. 1982CACanadian photographer
• Joi Baruab. 2000INIndian singer
• Alren Joi Mercadob. 2002PHbadminton player
• Joi Liayeactress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 124 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Joi?

We estimate roughly 5.3 thousand people bear Joi (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Joi have the most bearers?

We estimate about 5.0 thousand people bear Joi in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled joi.

Where is Joi most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Joi is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 35 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

Is Joi a male or female name?

Joi is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Joi mean?

Recorded meaning: Initialism of jerk-off instructions: written or recorded instructions directing someone to masturbate.