Joslin

name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A suburb of Adelaide in the city of Norwood Payneham and St Peters, South Australia. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    An unincorporated community in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. countable, uncountable

Etymology

English surname, borrowed through French from a Germanic name, from *Gauzelin, a diminutive of names formed from Gaut, from Proto-Germanic *gautaz (“Geat”). The name was also influenced by French Josse (see Joyce).

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