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Jocelin
Say it: JOSS-lin
Meaning
From Germanic Gauzelin, a diminutive of a name based on the Gauts tribe.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A Norman name in England later used mainly for girls.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 2,573 babies given this name since 1966
- At its height in 2007, about 1 in 10,700 girls
- 9 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Joscelin, Goscelin
| French | Josselin |
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Famous bearers
- Jocelin of Brakelond, chronicler
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Where this comes from
- Medieval European charters and records
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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