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Josselyn

Josselyn means “a Gaut, a Goth (debated)” (Germanic origin). 3,330 US babies since 1940, peak 2007.

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What it means

“a Gaut, a Goth (debated)”

GermanicSpelling of Jocelyn

In US birth records

Peak year: 2007

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3,330 US babies were named Josselyn between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Josselyn (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

1 in 57 Jocelyns spell it Josselyn

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2007)