Jocelyn definition

Alternative spellings

as a modern female name: Joselin, Joselyn, Joslyn, Yoselin, Yoselyn

Etymology

male given name from , , diminutive of names beginning with the tribal name "a Geat, a Goth"; also used as a diminutive form of the Breton name Josse ( =Joyce). It survived as a surname and was revived as a given name in the nineteenth century.

Jocelyn is currently popular among U.S. Hispanics, and in the Philippines, by folk etymology explained as a feminine diminutive form of José (Joseph).

Proper noun

, cognate to English Jocelyn.