Jocelyn

• (as a modern female name) Jocelin, Joselin, Joselyn, Joslyn, Joceline, Jocelyne, Jocelynn, Jocelynne, Joscelin, Josceline, 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

• (as a modern female name) Jocelin, Joselin, Joselyn, Joslyn, Joceline, Jocelyne, Jocelynn, Jocelynne, Joscelin, Josceline, Yoselin, Yoselyn

Borrowed from English Jocelyn.

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒoˈselin/ [d͡ʒoˈs̪i.l̪ɪn̪]
• Hyphenation: Jo‧ce‧lyn

Jocelyn (Badlit spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜐᜒᜎᜒᜈ᜔)

1. a female given name from English [in turn from the Germanic languages]

• Josselin

• IPA^(key): /ʒɔ.slɛ̃/, [ʒɔs.lɛ̃]

Jocelyn m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Jocelyn

• Jocelyne

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝoθelin/ [ˈɟ͡ʝo.θe.lĩn] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʝoselin/ [ˈɟ͡ʝo.se.lĩn] (most of Latin America, Philippines)

• Rhymes: -oθelin (Spain)
• Rhymes: -oselin (Latin America, Philippines)

Jocelyn f

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

Borrowed from English Jocelyn.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒoselin/ [ˌd͡ʒoː.sɛˈlɪn̪]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈdjoselin/ [ˌd̪joː.sɛˈlɪn̪]
• Rhymes: -oselin
• Syllabification: Jo‧ce‧lyn

Jócelýn (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜐᜒᜎᜒᜈ᜔)

1. a female given name from English [in turn from the Germanic languages]