Joselyn

Where Joselyn comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Joselyn.

  • Germanic
Joselyn through the years
  1. 1933
    First appearance
    #4,218 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1980
    Joselyn Dumas born
    Ghanaian actress
  3. 1994
    Joselyn Brea born
    Venezuelan athlete
  4. 2007
    Peak, #221
    1,577 babies named Joselyn, the most in any year.
  5. 2012
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #459.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages, of modern usage, variant of Jocelyn.
Namesakes
  • Joselyn Dumas · Ghanaian actress, born 1980
  • Joselyn Brea · Venezuelan athlete, born 1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.