Jocelyne as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Jocelyne

What is the meaning of the name Jocelyne ?

The baby name Jocelyne is a girl name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced zhaw-seh-LEEN.

Jocelyne is French, Germanic in Origin.

Jocelyne is the French feminine spelling of Jocelyn, a name transmitted through Old French Jocelin or Joscelin. Its older medieval forms include Goscelin and Latinized Gauzlinus/Joscelinus, from a Germanic base usually identified as Gaut-/Gauz-, the ethnonym of the Gauts, Geats, or Goths, with the diminutive suffix -lin. The literal sense is therefore little Gaut or little Goth, not joyful.

The masculine Joscelin was carried to England by Norman families after 1066, appearing among clerics and nobles in the Middle Ages. In French, Jocelyne developed as a feminine form, while English later favored Jocelyn for girls, especially in the twentieth century. Related spellings include Joceline, Joseline, Josceline, and Jocelynn; Gosselin survives more often as a surname. Modern use is especially familiar in France and French-speaking Canada, with Quebec records showing notable mid-twentieth-century presence.