Jocelyn
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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



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Proper noun



  1. , cognate to English Jocelyn.
 
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