Jocelin

Where Jocelin comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Jocelin.

  • Germanic
Jocelin through the years
  1. 1966
    First appearance
    #6,564 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2007
    Peak, #1,351
    180 babies named Jocelin, the most in any year.
  3. 2010
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,220.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages, of modern usage, variant of Jocelyn.
Namesakes

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