Jocelino as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Jocelino

What is the meaning of the name Jocelino ?

The baby name Jocelino is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced Portuguese: /ʒu.seˈli.nu/ (zhoo-seh-LEE-noo); Spanish: /xo.seˈli.no/ (ho-seh-LEE-no); English approximation: /ˌdʒoʊsəˈliːnoʊ/ (jo-suh-LEE-noh).

Jocelino is Germanic, Portuguese, Spanish in Origin.

Jocelino is the Portuguese and Spanish masculine form of the medieval name Jocelin/Joscelin, Latinized as Jocelinus. The root lies in a Germanic element gaut/gauz, referring to the Goths or Geats, joined to the diminutive -lin; the -ino ending reflects the Latin -inus masculine form. As a result, the name carries senses such as “little Goth,” “of the Gauts,” or more broadly “member of a Germanic tribe.”

Norman use spread the name across France and England, where it appears in 12th–13th‑century records and later yielded the English given name and surname Jocelyn/Joslin. In the Lusophone and Hispanic world Jocelino has been modestly used, with a notable boost in Brazil via the variant Juscelino (e.g., President Juscelino Kubitschek). Variants and related forms include Joscelin, Jocelin, Jocelyn/Josselin (French), Joslin (English), and Iberian spellings Jocelino, Joscelino, and Juscelino. Nicknames include Jô, Celo, and Lino.