Jocelyn is a surname and first name. It is a

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(male/female) name. 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 Josselin (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Morbihan Departments of France, department in Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in northwestern France. History St Meriadek is said to have founded a chapel there during the 4th c ...

, a locality in

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, and have been introduced to

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after the

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. It derives from the Germanic name Gauzlin. In

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, the spelling "Jocelyn" is exclusively male. The female counterpart is spelled "Jocelyne".

Given name

Goscelin

Goscelin Goscelin of Saint-Bertin (or Goscelin of Canterbury, born c. 1040, died in or after 1106) was a Benedictine hagiographical writer. He was a Fleming or Brabantian by birth and became a monk of St Bertin's at Saint-Omer before travelling to Engla ...

, 11th-century hagiographer, also known as Jocelyn

Jocelyn

Joss Ackland Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland (29 February 1928 – 19 November 2023) was an English actor who appeared in more than 130 film, radio and television roles. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for portraying ...

, British actor whose birth name is Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland * Jocelyn Angloma, French-Guadeloupean football player * Jocelyn Barrow, British educator, community activist and politician *

Jocelyn Bell Burnell Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell (; Bell; born 15 July 1943) is a Northern Irish physicist who, as a doctoral student, discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967. This discovery later earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1974, but she was not ...

, British astronomer *

Jocelyn Bioh Jocelyn Bioh is a Ghanaian-American writer, playwright and actress. She graduated from Ohio State University with a BA in English and got her master's degree in Playwriting from Columbia University. Jocelyn's Broadway credits include '' The Curio ...

, Ghanaian-American writer and actor *

Jocelyn Bolante Jocelyn "Jocjoc" Isada Bolante (born August 27, 1951Joc Joc Bolante: A Capizeño
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, Filipino politician * Jocelyn Brooke, British author *

Jocelyn Brown Jocelyn Lorette Brown (born November 25, 1950), sometimes credited as Jocelyn Shaw, is an American Rhythm and blues, R&B and dance music, dance singer. She has a Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart entry solely in her name. Brown sang ...

, American singer * Jocelyn Burdick, American politician *

Jocelyn de Brakelond Jocelyn or Jocelin de Brakelond or Brakelonde (; century) was an English Benedictine monk at Bury St. Edmunds Abbey in Suffolk, England. He is only known through his work, the Chronicle of the Abbey of St. Edmunds, which narrates the fortunes ...

, 12th-century chronicler *

Jocelyn Casker Jocelyn is a surname and first name. It is a unisex (male/female) name. Variants include Jocelin, Joceline, Jocelyne, Jocelynn, Jocelynne, Joscelin, Josceline, Joscelyn, Joscelynn, Joscelynne, Joseline, Joselyn, Joselyne, Joslin, Joslyn, Josselin ...

, American CrossFitter * Jocelyn Chia, American comedian *

Jocelyn Enriquez Jocelyn Enriquez (born December 28, 1974) is a Filipino American dance-pop singer born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her most popular songs are " Do You Miss Me", " A Little Bit of Ecstasy", and the Stars on 54 (Enriquez alongside Ul ...

, American singer *

Jocelyn Erickson Jocelyn Erickson (born September 27, 2003) is an American college softball player for the Florida Gators. She previously played for Oklahoma. She was named the NFCA National Player of the Year in 2024. High school career Erickson attended San ...

, American softball player *

Jocelyn Gill Jocelyn Gill (1916–April 26, 1984) was an American astronomer who worked for NASA. Biography Jocelyn R. Gill graduated from Wellesley College in 1938. She worked at Mount Holyoke College as a laboratory assistant and instructor of astronomy ...

, American astronomer *

Jocelyn Godefroi Jocelyn Godefroi (1880 in Kensington – 30 March 1969) was a British translator. Educated at Haileybury College and Trinity College, Oxford, he worked for the Lord Chamberlain's Office for over four decades. He translated several works of Fren ...

, British translator *

Jocelyn Jee Esien Jocelyn Jee Esien (born 7 May 1974) is a British comedian, actress and writer of Nigerian origin. She stars in the hidden-camera show '' 3 Non-Blondes'', and her own comedy sketch show, '' Little Miss Jocelyn''.Laura Barnett"Jocelyn Jee Esien: ...

, British comedian *

Jocelyn Lovell Jocelyn Charles Bjorn Lovell (19 July 1950 – 3 June 2016) was a Canadian and World cycling champion. He won dozens of Canadian national titles for track and road cycling in the 1970s and early 1980s, as well as gold medals at the Commonweal ...

, Canadian cyclist *

Jocelyn McCallum Jocelyn McCallum (born December 1984 in Mount Isa, Queensland) is an Australian softball player. She is a pitcher and represents Queensland in state competitions. She has also represented Australia on the junior and senior level. She was close ...

, Australian softball player *

Jocelyn Moorhouse Jocelyn Denise Moorhouse (born 1960 or 1961) is an Australian screenwriter and film director. She is best known for directing films '' Proof'', '' How to Make an American Quilt'', '' A Thousand Acres'' and '' The Dressmaker''. Moorhouse has al ...

, Australian film director * Jocelyn Nuttall, New Zealand professor of education *

Jocelyn Pook Jocelyn Pook (, rhyming with "book") (born 14 February 1960) is an English composer who is known for her scores for many films, including ''Eyes Wide Shut'', ''The Merchant of Venice'' and '' The Wife''. Her principal instrument is the viola. ...

, English violist *

Jocelyn Thibault Joseph Régis Jocelyn Thibault (born January 12, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Avalanche, Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blac ...

, Canadian hockey player * Jocelyn Wildenstein, Swiss-American socialite known for having a cat-like appearance due to extensive cosmetic surgery

Joscelin

* Joscelin, Bishop of Paris, 9th-century French cleric *

Joscelin I, Count of Edessa Joscelin I (died 1131) was a Frankish nobleman of the House of Courtenay who ruled as the lord of Turbessel, prince of Galilee (1112–1119) and count of Edessa (1118–1131). The County of Edessa reached its zenith during his rule. Captured ...

(died 1131), Crusader lord *

Joscelin II, Count of Edessa Joscelin II (died 1159) was the fourth and last ruling count of Edessa. He was son of his predecessor, Joscelin I, and Beatrice, daughter of Constantine I of Armenia. Biography Youth In 1122, Joscelin I was captured by Belek Ghazi. The next ...

(died 1159), Crusader lord *

Joscelin III of Edessa Joscelin III (c. 1139 – after 1190) was the titular count of Edessa, who during his lifetime managed to amass enough land to establish a lordship in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Early life Joscelin III was the son of Joscelin II and Beat ...

(1159 – after 1190), Crusader lord *

Joscelin of Louvain Joscelin of Louvain, also spelled Jocelin de Louvain and Jocelyn of Leuven, (1121/36–1180) was a nobleman from the Duchy of Brabant who settled in England after his half-sister Adeliza of Louvain married King Henry I. There Joscelin married a ...

, Brabantian/English nobleman

Josceline

Josceline de Bohon Josceline de Bohon or Bohun ( c. 1111–1184) was an Anglo-Norman religious leader. Life Josceline was a great-grandson of Humphrey de Bohun, one of the companions of William the Conqueror. Savaric FitzGeldewin, who was bishop of Bath from 1192 ...

, Bishop of Salisbury * Josceline Percy, officer in the British Royal Navy * Josceline Percy, English politician * Josceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland, English nobleman *

Josceline Dimbleby Josceline Rose Dimbleby (née Gaskell; born 1943) is a British cookery writer. She has written seventeen cookery books, and was cookery correspondent of ''The Sunday Telegraph'' for 15 years. Early life and education Dimbleby was born in 1943. S ...

, British cookery writer

Joscelyn

Joscelyn Godwin Joscelyn Godwin (born 16 January 1945 at Kelmscott, Oxfordshire, England) is a composer, musicologist, and translator, known for his work on ancient music, paganism, and music in the occult. Biography He was educated as a chorister at Chri ...

, British composer, musicologist, and translator *

Joscelyn Roberson Joscelyn Michelle Roberson (born February 8, 2006) is an American artistic gymnast and member of the USA national gymnastics team. She was a member of the gold medal winning team at the 2023 World Championships. Early life Roberson was bor ...

, American artistic gymnast *

Joss Stone Joscelyn Eve Stoker (born 11 April 1987), known professionally as Joss Stone, is an English singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to prominence in late 2003 with her multi-platinum debut album, ''The Soul Sessions'', which made the 2004 Merc ...

, British singer whose birth name is Joscelyn Eve Stoker

Jocelin

* Jocelin (d. 1199), abbot of Melrose, and Bishop of Glasgow *

Jocelin of Soissons Jocelin of Soissons (died 24 October 1152) was a French theologian, a philosophical opponent of Peter Abelard. He became bishop of Soissons, and is known also as a composer, with two pieces in the ''Codex Calixtinus''. He was teaching at the Paris ...

(d. 1152) *

Jocelin of Wells Jocelin of Wells (died 19 November 1242) was a medieval Bishop of Bath (and Glastonbury). He was the brother of Hugh de Wells, who became Bishop of Lincoln. Jocelin became a canon of Wells Cathedral before 1200, and was elected bishop in 1 ...

, a 13th-century bishop of Bath and Wells * Jocelin de Dijon (

fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...

1200–25), trouvère

Jocelyne

* Jocelyne Betty Okagua Apiafi, Nigerian politician * Jocelyne Lanois, French-Canadian singer *

Jocelyne Villeton Jocelyne Villeton (; born 17 September 1954) is a French retired long-distance runner who won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 1987 World Championships. Jocelyne Villeton only occasionally practiced athletics in her teens in the 1970s. F ...

, French long-distance runner

Joycelyn

Joycelyn Elders Minnie Joycelyn Elders (born Minnie Lee Jones; August 13, 1933) is an American pediatrics, pediatrician and public health administrator who served as Surgeon General of the United States from 1993 to 1994. A Vice Admiral (United States), vice admi ...

, American Public Health Administrator

Joselyn

* Joselyn Cano, American Model *

Joselyn Dumas Joselyn Dumas (; born 31 August 1980) is a Ghanaian television host and actress. In 2014, she starred in '' A Northern Affair'', a role that earned her a Ghana Movie Award and an Africa Movie Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Early li ...

, Ghanaian television host *

Joselyn Alejandra Niño Joselyn Alejandra Niño (died on 13 April 2015), commonly referred to by her alias La Flaca (English: The Skinny One), was a Mexican suspected assassin of the Gulf Cartel, a criminal group based in Tamaulipas, Mexico. She gained popularity on so ...

, Mexican criminal

Joseline

Joseline Hernandez Joseline Hernandez (born November 3, 1986) is a Puerto Rican reality television personality, rapper, and actress. She is best known for starring in the first six seasons of the VH1 reality television series '' Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta'' and the s ...

, Puerto Rican reality television personality, rapper and actress

Juscelino

Juscelino Kubitschek Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira (; 12 September 1902 – 22 August 1976), also known by his initials JK, was a Brazilian politician who served as the 21st president of Brazil from 1956 to 1961. Kubitschek's government plan, dubbed "50 years i ...

, Brazilian President *

Juscelino Filho José Juscelino dos Santos Rezende Filho (born 6 November 1984) is a Brazilian physician and politician who had served as Ministry of Communications (Brazil), Minister of Communications in the cabinet of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva fro ...

, Brazilian federal deputy and cabinet minister

Surname

* Frances Jocelyn, Viscountess Jocelyn, British photographer * Harry Jocelyn (1933–2000), Australian Latinist and classical scholar *

John Joscelyn John Joscelyn, also John Jocelyn or John Joscelin, (1529–1603) was an English clergyman and antiquarian as well as secretary to Matthew Parker, an Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. Joscelyn was involved ...

, an English antiquarian * Nathaniel Jocelyn, American painter *

Ralph Josselyn Sir Ralph Josselyn (or Jocelyn) KB (died 25 October 1478) was a 15th-century English politician who held several political offices, including two terms as Lord Mayor of London. Family background Ralph Josselyn was the son of Jeffrey Josselyn ...

, Lord Mayor of London * Ralph Josselin, English priest *For the Jocelyns of Hyde Hall near

Sawbridgeworth Sawbridgeworth (traditionally or , now also ) is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, close to the border with Essex. It is east of Hertford and north of Epping, Essex, Epping. It is the northernmo ...

, see the

Earl of Roden Earl of Roden is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1771 for Robert Jocelyn, 2nd Viscount Jocelyn. This branch of the Jocelyn family descends from the 1st Viscount, prominent Irish lawyer and politician Robert Jocelyn, the s ...

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