Girl name French origin Christian tradition

Jocelyn

JOS-ə-lin · 7 letters · 3 syllables
What it means
Member of the Gauts tribe, originally a male Germanic name
Language
French
Culture
French;Germanic
Religion
Christian
Style era
modern
Themes
French · modern
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#389
2024 births808
Peak year2007
First appeared1900
Total US births112,257
2007 peak19001931196219932024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
JossJoceJocy
Alternate spellings
JoscelynJocelynnJoslyn
In other languages
Josseline (French)Jocelyn (English)

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Notable people named Jocelyn

Jocelyn Bell Burnell (astronomer)
Jocelyn Wildenstein (figure)
Jocelyn Brown (singer)