Jocelyn

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

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

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Proper noun

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.

Translations

male given name

• Armenian: Ժոսլին (Žoslin)

  Middle Armenian: Ճօսլին (Čōslin)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喬斯林 / 乔斯林 (Qiáosīlín)

• French: Jocelyn (fr) m, Josselin (fr) m
• Marathi: जॉसलिन m (jŏslin)
• Portuguese: Juscelino m

female given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喬斯琳 / 乔斯琳 (Qiáosīlín)

• French: Jocelyne (fr) f, Josseline (fr) f
• Italian: Gioselina f
• Marathi: जॉसलिन f (jŏslin)

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

1. a female given name

French

Alternative forms

• Josselin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɔ.slɛ̃/, [ʒɔs.lɛ̃]

Proper noun

Jocelyn m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Jocelyn

Related terms

• Jocelyne

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈʝoθelin/ [ˈɟ͡ʝo.θe.lĩn]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈʝoselin/ [ˈɟ͡ʝo.se.lĩn]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America, Philippines) /ˈʝoselin/ [ˈɟ͡ʝo.se.lĩn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃoselin/ [ˈʃo.se.lĩn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒoselin/ [ˈʒo.se.lĩn]

• Rhymes: -oθelin
• Rhymes: -oselin

Proper noun

Jocelyn f

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