Jocelyn - Meaning of Jocelyn
What does Jocelyn mean?
[ 3 syll. jo-ce-lyn, joc-el-yn ] The baby girl name Jocelyn is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced as JHOWZ-eh-LihN †.
The name Jocelyn is used to a great extent; it has 54 forms that are used in English and foreign languages. English forms of the name include Jacelyn, Jasleen, Jaslyn, Jasolin, Jocelina, Jocelinda, Jocelle, Jocia, Jocilyn, Jocinta, Joice, Josalind, Josaline, Josceline (also used in German), Joselin, Joselina, Joselyne, Joshlyn, Josiline, Joslyn, Joslynn, Joslynne, Jossline, Josslyn, Joycelin, Jozlyn, Yocceline, Yocelin, and Yoselin (also used in Latin). Other English forms include the contracted forms Jos, Joslin, and Joss, the diminutive Joci, and the spelling variants Jocelin, Jocelyne, Jocelynn, Jocelynne, Joclyn, Josalyn, Josalynn, Joscelin (also used in Old French), Joscelyn, Joselyn, Josilin, Josilyn, Josline, Joslyne, Jossalin, Jossalyn, Josselyn, Josselynne, and Joycelyn. Forms used in foreign languages include the French Joceline and the German Joseline.
See also the related forms, the English Joyce and the English and German Lynn.
See also the related categories, medieval, combination, english, normans, diminutives, tribe (folk), breton, french, england, and german.
Jocelyn is popular as a baby girl name. The name increased in popularity from the 1940s up to the 2000s. Its usage peaked modestly in 2007 with 0.251% of baby girls being named Jocelyn. It had a ranking of #50 then. The baby name has experienced a decline in popularity since then. In 2018, it ranked at #194 with a usage of 0.084%, but it was nevertheless the most popular among all girl names in its family. Jocelyn was 6 times more regularly used than the next ranked name, Joselyn, in 2018.
Baby names that sound like Jocelyn include Joselin, Jacalin, Jacaline, Jacalyn, Jackalene, Jackalin, Jackaline, Jackalinne, Jackalyn, Jackelyn, Jackolyn, Jackqueline, Jaclynn, Jacoline, Jacolyn, Jacqualin, Jacqualine, Jacqualyn, Jacquelin, and Jacqueline.
† English pronunciation for Jocelyn: JH as in "joy (JH.OY)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"




