Jocelyn is a girl's name of French origin meaning “a Geat, a Goth.” In 2024 it was given to 808 girls in the United States.
Jocelyn belongs to the French tradition. Its meaning — “a Geat, a Goth” — is the sense carried by its French roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Jocelyn first appears in Social Security records in 1900. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #50 in 2007, and in 2024 808 babies received the name — 112,257 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Jocelyn means “a Geat, a Goth” in its French roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Jocelyn is a girl name. In 2024, 808 babies received the name in the US.
Jocelyn comes from the French tradition.
Jocelyn first appears in US records in 1900. Its best-ever ranking was #50 in 2007, and 808 babies were given the name in 2024.
Jocelyn is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɒsəlɪn/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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