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* 1860 Mrs Henry Wood (Ellen Wood): East Lynne : *: "It's a curious name," remarked Captain Levison. "Joyce' - ' Joyce ! I never heard such a name. Is it a Christian name or a surname?" *: "She was baptised Joyce'. It is not so very uncommon. Her name is ' Joyce Hallijohn. She has been with us several years." * 1959 Anne Sexton: The Double Image : *: You call me mother , and I remember my mother again, *: somewhere in greater Boston, dying. *: I remember we named you Joyce *: so we could call you Joy.

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* 1990 Ruth Rendell: Going Wrong ISBN 0091743001 page 157: *: "Guy," he said. He said it slowly and with a certain puzzlement. He said it again, thoughtfully, as if it were a name of someone he had known long ago but couldn't quite place. "Guy. Yes - don't you find it difficult being called that? I mean, if Nora hadn't said, I'd have put you down as a Kevin , or a Barry. Yes, Barry would suit you." *: He looked like an innocent child, smiling, wide-eyed, his cheeks plump and rosy, defying the object of his insults to take offence. * 1996 Frank McCourt: Angela's Ashes . Harper Collins Publishers. ISBN 0 00 649840 X page 203: *: They sit by the fire smoking and talking about names. Mam says she likes the names Kevin' and Sean but Bridey says, Ah no, there's too many of them in Limerick. Jesus, Angela, if you stuck your head out of the door and called , ' Kevin or Sean, come in for your tea, you'd have half o' Limerick running to your door.