Jocelyn

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

From the Middle English male given name from Old French Joscelin, German Gautzelin, diminutive of names beginning with the tribal name Gaut (“a Geat, a Goth”), the root form of which probably comes from Proto-Germanic *Gautalinþiz (from *gautaz +‎ *linþaz); 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).

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɒsəlɪn/, /ˈd͡ʒɒslɪn/

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Jocelyn (plural Jocelyns)

1. (dated) A male given name from the Germanic languages.
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
   • 2006, Ted Freeman, Doctor in Vanuatu, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, →ISBN, page 34:

     I drove Dorothy immediately to King George V Hospital and two hours later she delivered a beautiful baby daughter. We named her Jocelyn.

4. A township in Ontario, Canada.

• Gaute, Göte

• Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001

• Hyphenation: Jo‧ce‧lyn

Jocelyn

1. a female given name

• Josselin

• IPA^(key): /ʒɔ.slɛ̃/,

Jocelyn m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Jocelyn

• Jocelyne

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈʝoθelin/

• Rhymes: -oθelin
• Rhymes: -oselin

Jocelyn f

1. (chiefly Latin America and US) a female given name from English