| Definitions | Jocelyn
proper noun
- (dated) (given name, male).
- (given name, female).
Translations: - French: Jocelyne, Josseline
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Etymology: male given name from (term, Joscelin, lang=fro), (Ger.) (term, Gautzelin), diminutive of names beginning with the tribal name (term, Gaut) "a Geat, a Goth"; 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. ( Source: Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001)- Jocelyn is currently popular among U.S. Hispanics, and in the Philippines, by folk etymology explained as a feminine diminutive form of José (Joseph).
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