In most countries it is a name for girls but in France it is a masculine name.

Jocelyn name meaning origin. The name Jocelyn is an American baby name. Meaning of the name Jocelyn The name Jocelyn is the name of a German girl who means a member of the Gauts tribe. From an Old French masculine name brought to Britain by the Normans in the form Joscelin which was from Gautzelin a pet name for a member of a Germanic.

Last year it ranked 194th in the US. Jocelyn as a girls name is of Old German origin meaning a member of the German tribe the Gauts. Social Security Administration list of most popular baby girl names.

Jocelyn plural Jocelyns dated A male given name from the Germanic languages. What Does Jocelyn Mean and History. The meaning of the name Jocelyn is different in several languages countries and cultures and has more than one possibly same or different meanings available.

It was derived from the Germanic element gaut which was from the name of the Germanic tribe the Gauts combined with a Latin diminutive suffix. Tribal name of the Gauts. 111 rows A Germanic name Jocelyn means a member of the ancient tribe the Gauts.

Joselyn Josilin Joslyn Jocelynn Joselin Joslynne Joslin Joselynn. The meaning of Jocelyn is Of the Gauts tribeIts origin is English variant of the French name JocelinRecently this name is mostly being used as a girls name but historically its a boys name. In English Baby Names the meaning of the name Jocelyn is.

Origin Any African American American Indian Anglo-Saxon Arabic Armenian Basque Celtic Chechen Chinese Dutch English French Gaelic German Ghanaian Greek Hawaiian Hebrew Hindi Hindu Hungarian Indian Irish Italian Japanese Korean Latin Muslim Native American Nigerian Persian Polish Punjabi. It was revived in the 20th century primarily as a feminine name perhaps an adaptation of the surname Jocelyn a medieval derivative of the given name. Now normally a female name but used to also be used as aMale name.