Jocelyn

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A male given name from Germanic languages.
• A female given name from Germanic languages.
• township Ontario (province) Canada (country).

Origin

• ; 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).