Jocelyn is a given name and surname; as a given 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, Joslynn, Josselyn, Josilyn, Josslyn, Joycelyn, and Juscelino.
The name may derive from Josselin, a locality in Brittany, France, and have been introduced to England after the Norman Conquest. It derives from the Germanic name Gauzlin.
In French, the spelling "Jocelyn" is exclusively male. The female counterpart is spelled "Jocelyne".
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Given name
Goscelin
Goscelin, 11th-century hagiographer, also known as Jocelyn
Jocelyn
Joss Ackland, British actor whose birth name is Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland
Jocelyn Angloma, French-Guadeloupean football player
Jocelyn Barrow, British educator, community activist and politician
Jocelyn Bell Burnell, British astronomer
Jocelyn Bioh, Ghanaian-American writer and actor
Jocelyn Bolante, Filipino politician
Jocelyn Brooke, British author
Jocelyn Brown, American singer
Jocelyn Burdick, American politician
Jocelyn de Brakelond, 12th-century chronicler
Jocelyn Chia, American comedian
Jocelyn Chng, Singaporean businesswoman
Jocelyn Desjardins (born 1970), Quebec journalist and politician
Jocelyn Enriquez, American singer
Jocelyn Erickson, American softball player
Jocelyn Gill, American astronomer
Jocelyn Godefroi, British translator
Jocelyn Hattab, French-Tunisian television presenter
Jocelyn Jee Esien, British comedian
Joscelin
Joscelin, Bishop of Paris, 9th-century French cleric
Joscelin I of Edessa (died 1131), Crusader lord
Joscelin II of Edessa (died 1159), Crusader lord
Joscelin III of Edessa (1159 – after 1190), Crusader lord
Joscelin of Louvain, Brabantian/English nobleman
Josceline
Josceline de Bohon, bishop of Salisbury
Josceline Dimbleby, British cookery writer
Josceline Percy, officer in the British Royal Navy
Josceline Percy, English politician
Josceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland, English nobleman
Joscelyn
Joscelyn Godwin, British composer, musicologist, and translator
Joscelyn Roberson, American artistic gymnast
Joss Stone, British singer whose birth name is Joscelyn Eve Stoker
Jocelin
Jocelin (d. 1199), abbot of Melrose, and bishop of Glasgow
Jocelin de Dijon (fl. 1200–25), trouvère
Jocelin of Soissons (d. 1152)
Jocelin of Wells, 13th-century bishop of Bath and Wells
Jocelyne
Jocelyne Betty Okagua Apiafi, Nigerian politician
Jocelyne Lanois, French-Canadian singer
Jocelyne Villeton, French long-distance runner
Jocelynne
Jocelynne Rainey, American nonprofit leader
Jocelynne Scutt, Australian lawyer, writer and commentator
Joycelyn
Joycelyn Elders, American public health administrator
Joselyn
Joselyn Cano, American model
Joselyn Dumas, Ghanaian television host
Joselyn Alejandra Niño, Mexican criminal
Joseline
Joseline Hernandez, Puerto Rican reality television personality, rapper and actress
Juscelino
Juscelino Filho, Brazilian federal deputy and cabinet minister
Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian president
Surname
Jocelyn (surname)
John Joscelyn, English antiquarian
Ralph Josselyn, Lord Mayor of London
Ralph Josselin, English priest
For the Jocelyns of Hyde Hall near Sawbridgeworth, see the Earl of Roden.