The name Jocelyn is a French baby name.

Jocelyn meaning and origin. The Jocelyn family name was found in the USA the UK Canada and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. See also the related forms the English Joyce meaning of name and the English and German short names for Lynn. Origin of the name Jocelyn.

Jocelyn Name Meaning and History What Does Jocelyn Mean and History. See the popularity of the girls name Jocelyn over time plus its meaning origin common sibling names and more in BabyCenters Baby Names tool. Girl name origins meanings.

About Jocelyn Go back to names list It is thought that the name Jocelyn is a mixture of the feminine names Joyce and Lynn. An older form of the name is Iodoc Breton. See what 2 people think about Jocelyn.

Jocelyn is of Germanic origin originally eg. Possibly from the Old German Josse meaning champion. Joscelin is derived from the obsolete Gautzelin which finds its root in the Germanic tribal name Gauts.

Gaudelenus Gautselin or Gauzlin. The Jocelyn family name was found in the USA the UK Canada and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. This was about 44 of all the recorded Jocelyns in the USA.

Jocelyn was originally bestowed upon male children but now it is an exclusively female name. Joyce is of Latin origin and is said to mean Lord. In 1911 there were 17 Jocelyn families living in Ontario.