Jocelyn
English
Alternative forms
- as a modern female name: Joselin, Joselyn, Joslyn, Yoselin, Yoselyn
Etymology
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; 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
Jocelyn
- (dated) A male given name.
- A patronymic surname.
- A female given name.
- 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.
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Translations
male given name
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female given name
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See also
- Gaute, Göte
References
- Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: jo‧ce‧lyn
Noun
Jocelyn
- a female given name
French
Alternative forms
- Josselin
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒo.se.lɛ̃/
Proper noun
Jocelyn
- A male given name, cognate to English Jocelyn.
Related terms
- : Jocelyne