- Jocelyn
Jocelyn is a surname and first name, It is a unisex (male/female) name. Variants include Joscelyn, Joscelin, Josceline, Jocelin, Jocelyne, Joslin, Joslyn, and Josslyn; people that have this name may find it is often misspelled by others. The name may derive from
Josselin inBrittany ,France and was introduced to England after theNorman Conquest . It may also derive from the Germanic name Gauzlin, also spelled Goslin.In French, particularly in
Québec , the spelling "Jocelyn" is exclusively male. The female counterpart is spelled "Jocelyne".Given name
Jocelyn
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Jocelyn Angloma , French-Guadeloupean soccer player
*Jocelyn Bell Burnell , Irish scientist
*Jocelyn Brown , American singer
*Jocelyn de Brakelond , 12th century chronicler
*Jocelyn Enriquez , American singer
*Jocelyn Jee Esien , British comedian
*Jocelyn Moorhouse , Australian film director
*Jocelyn Pook , English violist
*Jocelyn Thibault , Canadian hockey player
*Jocelyn Wildenstein , the Swiss "Cat Woman"
*Joss Stone , real name Jocelyn Eve StokerJoscelin
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Joscelin, Bishop of Paris , 9th century French cleric
*Joscelin I, Count of Edessa , Crusader lord
*Joscelin II, Count of Edessa , Crusader lord
*Joscelin III of Edessa , Crusader lordJocelin
* Jocelin (d. 1199), abbot of Melrose
*Jocelin of Soissons (d. 1152)
*Jocelin of Wells , a 13th century bishop of Bath and WellsJocelyne
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Jocelyne Lanois , French-Canadian singer
*Jocelyne Villeton , French long-distance runnerurname
*For the Jocelyns of Hyde Hall near
Sawbridgeworth , see theEarl of Roden Opera
*"Jocelyn" composed by
Benjamin Godard
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