Joas
Joas is an electronics company headquartered in Seoul and Namyangju Gyeonggi-do, Korea. It was established in 1982 under the name SungJin Electronics but the name was changed in 1999 to Joas Electronics and in 2014 it became Joas. The company got a licensing deal with the global fashion brand Elle (magazine) for small appliances in 2015. It manufactures many electronic beauty products.
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Joas
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Joas is an electronics company headquartered in Seoul and Namyangju Gyeonggi-do, Korea. It was established in 1982 under the name SungJin Electronics but the name was changed in 1999 to Joas Electronics and in 2014 it became Joas. The company got a licensing deal with the global fashion brand Elle (magazine) for small appliances in 2015. It manufactures many electronic beauty products.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Dutch
The Story of Joas
The earliest SSA record of Joas as a baby boy name dates back to 1984, when 6 babies received it. 2021 was its biggest year on record, with 14 newborns named Joas — #6,024 in the national rankings. About 31% of every Joas on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Joas ranks #6,386 for baby boys with 13 births, gradually rising (+7%). All told, over 298 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Joas
Joas is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1984 and has accumulated 298 births in the dataset. Joas's peak popularity came in 2021 when it ranked #4,698. Use the chart and map above to compare Joas's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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