DESIREE JOY

(French) (now also used in the English-speaking world, usually without the accent), from Latin Desiderata ‘desired’. This name was given by early Christians to a longed-for child or as a symbol of desire for eternal life, virtuous qualities, or other Christian attributes, but the French form is now often taken as suggesting that the bearer will grow up into a desirable woman.

English: nickname for a person of a cheerful disposition, from Middle English, Old French joie, joye. In some cases it may derive from a personal name (normally borne by women) of this origin, which was in sporadic use during the Middle Ages.