Jocelyn
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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, 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, 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
- 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, officer in the British Royal Navy
- 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 (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 (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
- 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
