Jocelyn Forename
Approximately 593,536 people bear this name
Jocelyn Forename Definition:
(m., f.) Old German Gautelen, Gauzelen, a combination of Gauta (from the same root as the folkname Gothic) and the suffix lin (= English -ling) which was not originally a diminutive. E. Förstemann, Altdeutsches Namenbuch gives many examples of the name from the 7th to the 11th C, including several in the form Joscelin.
Read More About This ForenameJocelyn Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 99% | 407,964 | 1:260 | 11 |
| United States | 100% | 45,841 | 1:7,909 | 936 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 25,091 | 1:942 | 214 |
| Canada | 100% | 23,114 | 1:1,433 | 322 |
| Chile | 100% | 20,739 | 1:849 | 180 |
| Haiti | 100% | 15,009 | 1:715 | 101 |
| France | 100% | 8,550 | 1:7,774 | 564 |
| Mexico | 100% | 6,791 | 1:18,281 | 1,175 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 5,031 | 1:1,119 | 241 |
| England | 67% | 4,985 | 1:11,154 | 846 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 3,194 | 1:3,266 | 517 |
| Australia | - | 2,303 | 1:5,930 | 725 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,858 | 1:2,441 | 433 |
| South Africa | 97% | 1,782 | 1:30,602 | 3,720 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,348 | 1:20,019 | 1,515 |
| Gabon | - | 1,203 | 1:1,566 | 378 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 1,190 | 1:19,975 | 3,676 |
| Nigeria | 98% | 969 | 1:183,245 | 8,185 |
| Malaysia | 94% | 939 | 1:32,428 | 2,943 |
| Mauritius | - | 839 | 1:1,547 | 270 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 748 | 1:6,374 | 725 |
| Singapore | 100% | 618 | 1:10,173 | 1,900 |
| China | - | 592 | 1:2,307,527 | 44,788 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 563 | 1:30,021 | 2,481 |
| Cameroon | 64% | 506 | 1:42,709 | 2,933 |
| Togo | - | 494 | 1:14,654 | 1,924 |
| Peru | 98% | 477 | 1:66,649 | 2,909 |
| Brazil | 93% | 475 | 1:451,023 | 15,358 |
| Scotland | 78% | 428 | 1:12,501 | 778 |
| Thailand | 80% | 370 | 1:189,367 | 12,768 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 350 | 1:88,036 | 9,509 |
| Ivory Coast | 98% | 327 | 1:70,569 | 4,743 |
| Wales | 82% | 298 | 1:10,384 | 822 |
| DR Congo | 94% | 294 | 1:251,114 | 10,437 |
| Fiji | - | 288 | 1:3,099 | 856 |
| Belgium | 100% | 283 | 1:40,601 | 2,208 |
| Panama | 100% | 276 | 1:14,154 | 1,629 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 265 | 1:5,137 | 884 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 262 | 1:115,274 | 5,011 |
| Spain | 100% | 257 | 1:181,050 | 3,884 |
| Egypt | 100% | 239 | 1:384,523 | 11,247 |
| Ireland | 63% | 224 | 1:20,730 | 1,009 |
| Zambia | - | 223 | 1:71,098 | 3,868 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 222 | 1:36,998 | 1,889 |
| Jamaica | - | 207 | 1:13,929 | 1,373 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 201 | 1:1,283,401 | 74,337 |
| Kenya | 100% | 201 | 1:230,384 | 8,859 |
| Kuwait | - | 190 | 1:19,922 | 2,136 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 190 | 1:42,907 | 4,177 |
| Qatar | 100% | 184 | 1:12,878 | 2,026 |
| Benin | 100% | 182 | 1:58,109 | 4,331 |
| Bahrain | - | 178 | 1:7,577 | 1,232 |
| Ecuador | - | 176 | 1:100,721 | 2,464 |
| Hong Kong | - | 167 | 1:46,424 | 2,489 |
| India | 88% | 165 | 1:7,362,897 | 246,378 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 165 | 1:1,637 | 349 |
| Germany | 100% | 159 | 1:608,037 | 5,910 |
| Uganda | 99% | 151 | 1:271,238 | 8,208 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 149 | 1:103,516 | 7,443 |
| Guam | - | 133 | 1:1,208 | 271 |
| Vanuatu | - | 133 | 1:1,968 | 489 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 132 | 1:399,912 | 12,491 |
| Sweden | 96% | 125 | 1:78,863 | 3,632 |
| El Salvador | - | 124 | 1:51,143 | 1,601 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 120 | 1:29,586 | 1,090 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 119 | 1:135,365 | 2,539 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 115 | 1:52,333 | 2,500 |
| Barbados | - | 111 | 1:2,611 | 536 |
| Japan | - | 108 | 1:1,185,056 | 16,046 |
| Malawi | 100% | 106 | 1:161,437 | 7,641 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 104 | 1:526 | 81 |
| Brunei | - | 97 | 1:4,325 | 431 |
| Italy | 89% | 94 | 1:649,597 | 6,400 |
| Norway | 100% | 93 | 1:55,186 | 2,198 |
| Honduras | 100% | 87 | 1:101,350 | 3,252 |
| Namibia | - | 71 | 1:33,862 | 2,505 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 68 | 1:8,543 | 891 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 64 | 1:111,750 | 8,641 |
| Syria | - | 56 | 1:344,751 | 2,621 |
| Colombia | 68% | 54 | 1:884,795 | 10,657 |
| Israel | 100% | 51 | 1:164,763 | 5,636 |
| French Polynesia | - | 49 | 1:5,671 | 903 |
| Grenada | 92% | 43 | 1:2,515 | 505 |
| Denmark | - | 41 | 1:137,793 | 3,538 |
| Micronesia | - | 41 | 1:2,598 | 369 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Central African Republic | - | 36 | 1:125,428 | 257 |
| Guernsey | - | 36 | 1:1,759 | 303 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 34 | 1:100,813 | 2,601 |
| Guyana | 100% | 33 | 1:23,129 | 2,720 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 32 | 1:3,106 | 634 |
| Iceland | - | 29 | 1:12,621 | 1,042 |
| Malta | - | 28 | 1:15,334 | 1,292 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 25 | 1:735,179 | 22,242 |
| Sudan | 100% | 25 | 1:1,512,279 | 3,324 |
| Congo | 97% | 19 | 1:263,642 | 6,499 |
| Austria | 100% | 18 | 1:473,011 | 4,571 |
| Finland | 63% | 16 | 1:342,699 | 4,640 |
| Oman | - | 16 | 1:256,792 | 3,659 |
| Nauru | 100% | 15 | 1:795 | 113 |
| Iraq | 100% | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Jordan | 100% | 14 | 1:630,484 | 4,306 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 14 | 1:7,970 | 1,208 |
| South Korea | - | 12 | 1:462,035 | 12,149 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Macau | - | 11 | 1:55,292 | 585 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 11 | 1:3,155 | 669 |
| Bolivia | - | 10 | 1:1,060,140 | 3,387 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 10 | 1:56,405 | 2,050 |
| Argentina | 100% | 9 | 1:4,752,583 | 12,276 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Hungary | - | 8 | 1:1,223,971 | 3,159 |
| Jersey | - | 8 | 1:12,498 | 955 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 7 | 1:4,464 | 919 |
| Liberia | 100% | 7 | 1:630,294 | 15,835 |
| Saint Lucia | 86% | 7 | 1:25,402 | 2,434 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 6 | 1:307,191 | 2,078 |
| Belize | 100% | 6 | 1:59,052 | 4,175 |
| Cambodia | - | 6 | 1:2,712,222 | 28,071 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:18,291 | 1,938 |
| Vietnam | - | 6 | 1:15,437,186 | 4,625 |
| Cook Islands | - | 5 | 1:3,631 | 547 |
| Greece | 100% | 5 | 1:2,186,910 | 11,382 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Cyprus | - | 4 | 1:217,769 | 3,299 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Monaco | 100% | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| Poland | - | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Senegal | - | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Croatia | - | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Czechia | - | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 3 | 1:2,105 | 306 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Belarus | - | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mali | 100% | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Russia | 100% | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Joçelyn (1), Jòcelyn (1) & Jócelyn (1) are calculated separately.
Jocelyn (6,449) may also be a surname.
Jocelyn Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(m., f.) Old German Gautelen, Gauzelen, a combination of Gauta (from the same root as the folkname Gothic) and the suffix lin (= English -ling) which was not originally a diminutive. E. Förstemann, Altdeutsches Namenbuch gives many examples of the name from the 7th to the 11th C, including several in the form Joscelin. The name was introduced into England by the Normans (Gozelinus occurs 11 times and Goselinus and Goscelinus 8 times in Domesday Book), and it was common throughout the Middle Ages, giving rise to the surnames Joslin, Josselin, Joscelyne, Gosling, and many other variants. It was rare after the 14th C, but has never altogether died out. The use of Jocelyn as a girl’s name seems to be quite modern and is not mentioned by Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed. 1884.
Gozelinus Domesday Book 1086. Goscelinus Domesday Book 1086. Goselinus Domesday Book 1086. Goscelinus Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum 1087-97. Jocelin, Jocelinus Curia Regis Rolls 1196, Hundred Rolls 1373, Feudal Aids 1385. Joscelin Curia Regis Rolls 1199. Gauselin Close Rolls 1292. Goslinus Yorks Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379.
A variant of both Jocelin and Joceline.
A Latin name, meaning: Playful.
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