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{{about|the personal name}}
'''Jocelyn''' is a surname and first name. It is a [[unisex name|unisex]] (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]], a locality in [[Brittany]], [[France]], and have been introduced to [[England]] after the [[Norman Conquest]]. It derives from the Germanic name Gauzlin.
In [[French language|French]], the spelling "Jocelyn" is exclusively male. The female counterpart is spelled "Jocelyne".
==Given name==
===Goscelin===
* [[Goscelin]], 11th-century hagiographer, also known as Jocelyn
===Jocelyn===
* [[Joss Ackland]], 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]], British astronomer
* [[Jocelyn Bioh]], Ghanaian-American writer and actor
* [[Jocelyn Bolante]], Filipino politician
* [[Jocelyn Brooke]], British author
* [[Jocelyn Brown]], American singer
* [[Jocelyn Burdick]], American politician
* [[Jocelyn de Brakelond]], 12th-century chronicler
* [[Jocelyn Chia]], American comedian
* [[Jocelyn Enriquez]], American singer
* [[Jocelyn Erickson]], American softball player
* [[Jocelyn Gill]], American astronomer
* [[Jocelyn Godefroi]], British translator
* [[Jocelyn Jee Esien]], British comedian
* [[Jocelyn Lovell]], Canadian cyclist
* [[Jocelyn McCallum]], Australian softball player
* [[Jocelyn Moorhouse]], Australian film director
* [[Joce Nuttall|Jocelyn Nuttall]], New Zealand professor of education
* [[Jocelyn Pook]], English violist
* [[Jocelyn Thibault]], 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]] (died 1131), Crusader lord
*[[Joscelin II, Count of Edessa]] (died 1159), Crusader lord
*[[Joscelin III of Edessa]] (1159 – after 1190), Crusader lord
*[[Joscelin of Louvain]], Brabantian/English nobleman
===Josceline===
*[[Josceline de Bohon]], Bishop of Salisbury
*[[Josceline Percy (Royal Navy officer)|Josceline Percy]], officer in the British Royal Navy
*[[Lord Josceline Percy|Josceline Percy]], English politician
*[[Josceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland]], English nobleman
*[[Josceline Dimbleby]], British cookery writer
===Joscelyn===
*[[Joscelyn Godwin]], British composer, musicologist, and translator
*[[Joscelyn Roberson]], American artistic gymnast
*[[Joss Stone]], British singer whose birth name is Joscelyn Eve Stoker
===Jocelin===
* [[Jocelin (Bishop of Glasgow)|Jocelin]] (d. 1199), abbot of Melrose, and Bishop of Glasgow
* [[Jocelin of Soissons]] (d. 1152)
* [[Jocelin of Wells]], a 13th-century bishop of Bath and Wells
* [[Jocelin de Dijon]] ([[floruit|fl.]] 1200–25), trouvère
===Jocelyne===
* [[Jocelyne Betty Okagua Apiafi]], Nigerian politician
* [[Jocelyne Lanois]], French-Canadian singer
* [[Jocelyne Villeton]], French long-distance runner
===Joycelyn===
*[[Joycelyn Elders]], American Public Health Administrator
===Joselyn===
* [[Joselyn Cano]], American Model
* [[Joselyn Dumas]], Ghanaian television host
* [[Joselyn Alejandra Niño]], Mexican criminal
===Joseline===
* [[Joseline Hernandez]], Puerto Rican reality television personality, rapper and actress
===Juscelino===
* [[Juscelino Kubitschek]], Brazilian President
* [[Juscelino Filho]], Brazilian federal deputy and cabinet minister
==Surname==
{{see also|Costello (surname)}}
*[[Frances Jocelyn, Viscountess Jocelyn]], British photographer
*[[Harry Jocelyn]] (1933–2000), Australian Latinist and classical scholar
*[[John Joscelyn]], an English antiquarian
*[[Nathaniel Jocelyn]], American painter
*[[Ralph Josselyn]], Lord Mayor of London
*[[Ralph Josselin]], English priest
*For the Jocelyns of Hyde Hall near [[Sawbridgeworth]], see the [[Earl of Roden]]
==See also==
*[[Gauzlin (disambiguation)|Gauzlin]]
*[[Joslin (surname)|Joslin]]
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[[Category:Feminine given names]]
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