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Jocelyn

//ˈd͡ʒɒsəlɪn// name

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  1. 1
    A male given name from the Germanic languages. dated
  2. 2
    A surname originating as a patronymic.
  3. 3
    A female given name from the Germanic languages.

    "I drove Dorothy immediately to King George V Hospital and two hours later she delivered a beautiful baby daughter. We named her Jocelyn."

  4. 4
    A township in Ontario, Canada.

Etymology

From the Middle English male given name from Old French Joscelin, German Gautzelin, diminutive of names beginning with the tribal name Gaut (“a Geat, a Goth”), the root form of which probably comes from Proto-Germanic *Gautalinþiz (from *gautaz + *linþaz); also used as a diminutive form of the Breton name Josse (= Joyce). It survived as a surname and was revived as a given name in the nineteenth century. * Jocelyn is currently popular among U.S. Hispanics, and in the Philippines, by folk etymology explained as a feminine diminutive form of José (Joseph).

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