Variant of Choice, an English word name implying something select or excellent.
Choyce is an audacious respelling of the English word 'choice,' and as a given name it sits squarely in the American tradition of vocabulary names — a tradition that includes Hope, Faith, Destiny, and Justice. The underlying word derives from Old French chois and choix, themselves from the Germanic root meaning 'to taste' or 'to try,' related to the modern German kosten.
Naming a child Choyce is therefore an act of intention: this child was wanted, selected, prized above all alternatives. Choyce is rare enough to feel genuinely distinctive — not a revival of an ancient form but a living coinage, more common in African American naming traditions where creative orthography and word-as-name patterns have long been celebrated as expressions of identity, hope, and cultural self-determination. The -y- spelling sharpens the visual profile of the name, transforming a common noun into something clearly owned as a proper name.
Literally meaning 'the act of choosing' or 'the best option,' Choyce carries an inherent affirmative declaration: this person is someone's best choice. In a naming landscape flooded with revived medievalisms and imported Scandinavian forms, Choyce stands apart as unapologetically contemporary American — a name that means exactly what it says, styled exactly as its bearers' families intended.