Name meaning & stats
Jocelyn
Jocelyn means “a Gaut, a Goth (debated)” (Germanic origin). 112,150 US babies since 1940, peak 2007.
What it means
“a Gaut, a Goth (debated)”
GermanicDebated
In US birth records
Peak year: 2007
112,150 US babies were named Jocelyn between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Jocelyn (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 59% of the family
- Jocelyn 59%
- Joselyn 10%
- Joslyn 6%
- Jocelynn 4%
- Jocelyne 2%
- Joselin 2%
- Joseline 2%
- Josselyn 2%
- Joslynn 2%
- Jocelin 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2007)