I’m surprised it’s been so long since I asked
Like that time, I’m looking for names by sound, not spelling.
What names, for either gender, contain the sound “oy” anywhere in them? [name]Joyce[/name] and [name]Moira[/name] count, [name]Lois[/name] and [name]Eloise[/name] don’t.
[name]Aloysius[/name]
[name]Boise[/name]
[name]Boyd[/name]
[name]Boyce[/name]
[name]Delroy[/name]
[name]Elroy[/name]
[name]Floyd[/name]
[name]Hoyt[/name]
[name]Leroy[/name] / [name]Leeroy[/name]
[name]Lloyd[/name]
[name]Loyal[/name]
[name]Roy[/name]
[name]Royce[/name]
[name]Troy[/name]
[name]Aloysia[/name] / [name]Aloisia[/name] (This has an oy sound in my region at least)
[name]Gioia[/name] / [name]Joya[/name]
[name]Joy[/name]
[name]Latoya[/name]
[name]Sequoia[/name]
[name]Turquoise[/name]
[name]Zoila[/name]
[name]Zoia[/name] / [name]Zoya[/name]
The first name I thought of was [name]Eloy[/name].
I like [name]Royal[/name]
I also once heard of [name]Sawyer[/name] spelled Soyer.
For girls, I once knew a child named Tevi0a, but it was pronounced te-VOY-ah, so I would just spell it Tevoia.
Some of these might be a little too out there for you, but I’ll give you all the ones I can find
Boy: Meaning
[name]Aloysius[/name]* – fame, loud; fighter
Alroy – the king
[name]Boyce[/name] – son of the forest
[name]Boyne[/name] – resembling a white cow
[name]Boynton[/name] – from the town near the river [name]Boyne[/name]
Cloy — one who works with nails
[name]Conroy[/name] – hound of the plains
[name]Coy[/name] – son of [name]Aodh[/name]
Coyle – leader of battle
Coyne – modest
Coyotl – coyote
Croydon – saffron valley
[name]Delroy[/name] – son of the king
[name]Doyle[/name] – descendant of Dubhghall
Doylton – from [name]Doyle[/name]'s town
[name]Floyd[/name] – gray
[name]Foy[/name] – faith
Froyim – a kind man
Gilroy – son of the red head
Hoyle – hollow
[name]Hoyt[/name] – descended of the mind
Joyner – one who works with wood
[name]Leroy[/name] – the king
[name]Loyal[/name]*
[name]Malloy[/name] – descendant of the devotee
[name]Mccoy[/name] – son of [name]Hugh[/name]
Melroy
Noy – beautiful
[name]Pomeroy[/name] – king’s apple
[name]Roy[/name] – red haired
[name]Royal[/name]
[name]Royce[/name]
[name]Royd[/name] – from the forest clearing
[name]Royston[/name] – settlement of [name]Royce[/name]
Tomoya – wise one
[name]Troy[/name]
I don’t know if all of these have the [name]OY[/name] sound so you might take all these with a grain of salt, but here you go:
Brockhoist – from the badgers den
Broin – resembling a raven
Froilan – rich and beloved
Koi – panther
Koit – dawn
Oistin – august, dignified
Troilo – he who was born in [name]Troy[/name]
[name]Zoilo[/name] – life
Girls Meaning
Idoya – Pond
[name]Joy[/name]
[name]Joyann[/name]
[name]Joyce[/name]
Joyita – an inexpensive but beautiful jewel
Kotoyo – era of the [name]Koto[/name]
Koyuki – little snow
Motoyo – beginning generation
[name]Moya[/name] – sea of bitterness; rebelliousness; wished-for child; to swell; beloved of Amun; pregnant mother; star of the sea; little [name]Mary[/name]
Noya – beautiful
Oya – to name
Oyama – one who has been called
Roya – vision, dream
Satoyo – hometown generation
Soyala – born during the winter
Tomoyo – wise era
Toyka – victor
Troya
Voyage – journey
[name]Zoyenka[/name] – like
I don’t know if all of these have the [name]OY[/name] sound so you might take all these with a grain of salt, but here you go:
[name]Aloisia[/name]
Cointa – fifth
Coira – of the churning waters
Coiya – one who is coquettish
Eloina – one who is trustworthy
[name]Etoile[/name] – little star
Idoia – referencing the Virgin
Lequoia – from the [name]Sequoia[/name] tree
Loila – sky
[name]Moira[/name]
Oihane – forest dweller
Oira – one who prays to god
[name]Turquoise[/name]
sorry there’s so many! [name]Do[/name] you like any?
[name]Just[/name] because a name has the letters adjacent doesn’t mean it’s said that way. The Japanese names, for example, I don’t think are quite like that. The carmaker that most English speakers say [name]Toy[/name]-o-ta is supposed to be To-yo-ta.
I also once heard of Sawyer spelled Soyer.
It’s not the spelling that matters… but that’s a name I’ve heard of but would never have thought of for my question because of the spelling.
Despite the examples I gave, it was [name]Zoya[/name] that made me start this thread. I’ve noted other times that I love pronounced E endings (some of which were in my A-sound thread). I surprised myself when I realized that A-ending [name]Zoya[/name] sounded possibly better to me than the more appealing-looking [name]Zoe[/name].
Soyala, Coira and Coiya look interesting.
Loila - Wow, a double-L name that hasn’t caught on, and obscure enough to probably stay that way.
My first thought was Oyster although I don’t know if its a proper name but I like it anyway.
These are on my list for girls:
[name]Aloysia[/name]
[name]Goya[/name]
[name]Joy[/name]/[name]Joya[/name]/[name]Gioia[/name]
Joyous
Lilikoi
Lovejoy
Moelwen (MOYL-wen)
Moirrey ([name]MOOR[/name]-ee or MOY-ray)
Noyala
Oihana
Oya
Pennyroyal
Roya
Soncoya
Soyal
Toiba
Toivoa
[name]Toya[/name]
Voyage (unisex?)
[name]Zoya[/name]
These are on my list for boys:
[name]Aloysius[/name]
[name]Arroyo[/name]
Boyan
[name]Boyd[/name]
[name]Boyer[/name]
[name]Conroy[/name]
Croydon/Croidan
[name]Elroy[/name]
[name]Fitzroy[/name]
[name]Floyd[/name]
[name]Foy[/name]
Foylan
Koios
Koivu
[name]Loyal[/name]/Loyalty
[name]Malloy[/name]
Noy
Noyz
[name]Pomeroy[/name]
Portnoy
Poynter
[name]Royal[/name]
[name]Royden[/name]
Royer
[name]Royce[/name]/Royse
[name]Royston[/name]
Toyon
[name]Toivo[/name]
Trumoi
Voitto
I completely understand your fascination with sounds in names, I do the same all the time. I have had periods of being really into O’s or B’s in names, and I’m currently crushing on girls names with more than one M or N like [name]Mayim[/name], [name]Sonoma[/name], [name]Winsome[/name], Empona, Amna, [name]Neoma[/name] and Oenone, or just names with an overabundance of S’s, Sansa, Susilva, Sassafras, Zisanda, [name]Aziza[/name], Briseis and Lysianassa.