Definitions for jocelyn
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1. Jocelynnoun

   A male given name from the Germanic languages.

2. Jocelynnoun

   A patronymic surname.

3. Jocelynnoun

   A female given name from the Germanic languages.

   I drove Dorothy immediately to King George V Hospital and two hours later she delivered a beautiful baby daughter. We named her Jocelyn.

4. Jocelynnoun

   A township in Ontario, Canada.

5. Etymology: 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; 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.

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1. Jocelyn

   Jocelyn is a surname and first name. It is a unisex (male/female) name. Variants include Jocelin, Joceline, Jocelyne, Jocelynn, Jocelynne, Joscelin, Josceline, Joscelyn, Joscelynn, Joscelynne, Joseline, Joselyn, Joselyne, Joslin, Joslyn, Josselin, Josselyn, and Josslyn. The name may derive from Josselin, a locality in Brittany, France, and have been 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".

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1. JOCELYN

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Jocelyn is ranked #34427 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Jocelyn surname appeared 658 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Jocelyn.
   
   48.7% or 321 total occurrences were Black.
   40.5% or 267 total occurrences were White.
   8% or 53 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 12 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.7% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.

How to pronounce jocelyn?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say jocelyn in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of jocelyn in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of jocelyn in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of jocelyn in a Sentence

1. Drew Barrymore:

   I've never done anything to my face, and I would like to try to not to. Never say never, the thing that I do care about and I do feel is still relevant to my life is the face. I know myself. I'm a highly addictive person. I do one injection, [and] I'm going to look like Jocelyn Wildenstein by Friday.

2. Lloyd Klein:

   I don’t understand the whole press and the Catwoman thing, because Jocelyn always looked like that, she never really did anything to change her face. I have pictures from 16 years old where she looks exactly the same as today.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jocelyn
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocelyn
3. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html