Jocelyn biography

This article is about the personal name. For other uses, see Jocelyn (disambiguation).

Jocelyn is a surname and first name. It is a unisex (male/female) name.

Jocelyn biography

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".

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 educato