Jocelin

A female given name, form of Joyce.

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Jocelyn is a surname and first name. It is a unisex (male/female) name. Variants include Josalyn, Jocilyn, Joscelyn, Joscelin, Josceline, Joseline, Jocelin, Jocelyne, Jocelynne, Jocelynn, Joslin, Joslyn, Joclyn, Joselyn, Joselyne, 'Jocylen and Josslyn; people who have this name may find it is often misspelled by others. The name may derive from Josselin, a locality in Brittany, France, and was introduced to England after the Norman Conquest. It may also derive from the Germanic name Gauzlin, also spelled Gozlin or Goslin. It is Latinized as Iudocus or Judocus, from Breton Iodoc, diminutive of iudh (“lord”).
In French, the spelling "Jocelyn" is exclusively male. The female counterpart is spelled "Jocelyne".
The Irish name Oisdealbh is sometimes erroneously attributed to a translation of Jocelyn, to Gaelicize Jocelyn de Angulo's given name. In fact, MacOisdealbhaigh is the Gaelic translation of his brother Hostilo (or Hostilio) de Angulo's given name. It is Hostilo's descendants who would bear the surname Mac Oisdealbhaigh (son of Oisdealbh or Hostilo). The surname would later be anglicized to Costello, Costelloe, and Costellow.

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Masc. proper name with many variant forms, introduced in English by the Normans, from Old High German Gautelen, from Gauta, literally "Goth" (see Goth). French fem. form is Joceline.

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A member of the German tribe, the Gauts. A transferred use of the surname derived from the French Joscelin.

Jocelyn, Joscelin, Gozlin, Gauzlin, Joscelinus

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Jocelin Donahue	1981	American actress
2	Jocelin of Glasgow	1130	Cistercian monk and cleric
3	Reginald Fitz Jocelin	1140	Bishop of Bath and Archbishop of Canterbury-elect
4	Jocelin of Wells		Bishop of Bath; Bishop of Bath and Glastonbury
5	Joscelin de Courtenay	1034
6	Jocelin of Soissons		French theologian
7	Elizabeth Jocelin	1596	British writer
8	Jocelin de Dijon		French composer
9	Jocelin of Louvain