Jocelyn

English

Alternative forms

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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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

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English Jocelyn.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Jocelyn (Badlit spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜐᜒᜎᜒᜈ᜔)

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

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

 

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃoselin/ [ˈʃo.se.lĩn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʒoselin/ [ˈʒo.se.lĩn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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

Proper noun

Jocelyn f

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Jocelyn.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Jócelýn (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜐᜒᜎᜒᜈ᜔)

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

Related terms

• Jocelin
• Joceline
• Jocelyne
• Jocelynn
• Jocelynne
• Joscelin
• Josceline
• Joselin
• Joselyn
• Joslyn
• Yoselin
• Yoselyn