Jocelyn

German

"member of the Gauts tribe"

Jocelyn Origin and Meaning

The name Jocelyn is a girl's name of German origin meaning "member of the Gauts tribe".

Jocelyn has gotten new life and popularity as a result of the current passion for lyn endings. Though it was a male name in medieval times, now Jocelyn couldn't sound more softly feminine.

John Galsworthy's 1989 novel Jocelyn is part of his Forsyte Saga. Singer Joss Stone's birth name was Jocelyn.

Jocelyn would make a pretty namesake name to honor a Grandma Joyce.

Jocelyn Rank in US Top 1000

# 347 in the US

Jocelyn Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 653 on Nameberry

Jocelyn Popularity

• 347 US 2023
• 653 Nameberry 2024
• 864 England 2020

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Famous People Named Jocelyn

• Jocelyn Lorette Brown American R&B singer
• Jocelyn Eve Stoker birth name of Joss Stone, English pop singer
• Jocelyn Denise Moorhouse Australian film director
• (Susan) Jocelyn Bell Burnell Northern Irish astrophysicist who co,discovered radio pulsars
• Jocelyn Pook English composer and musician
• Jocelyn Rae English tennis player
• Jocelyn Arndt American blues singer with her brother Chris Arndt
• Jocelyn Towne wife of American actor Simon Helberg
• Jocelyn Amparo Flores late American fan of rapper XXXTentacion who inspired his song "Jocelyn Flores"
• Jocelyn Jade Rendon (b. 2009) daughter of Ebony Jackson of "16 and Pregant"

Jocelyn in Pop Culture

• Jocelyn Fairchild Clary's mother, a character in "The Mortal Instruments" series
• Jocelyn character in film "A Knight's Tale"
• Jocelyn a character in the British TV series "The Paradise"
• Jocelyn character from TV series "Grimm"
• Jocelyn Leigh character in" To Have and to Hold" by Mary Johnston
• Jocelyn "Joss" Carter character on TV's "Person of Interest"
• Jocelyn Frost main character in the "Jocelyn Frost Series" by Relina Skye
• Jocelyn character in British drama "Broadchurch"
• "Jocelyn " four,act opera by Benjamin Godard and its main character