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Jocelyn Male Female Unisex
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Origin: Germanic

From the Middle English male given name from Old French Joscelin, German Gautzelin, diminutive of names beginning with the tribal name Gaut (“a Geat, a Goth”), the root form of which probably comes from Proto-Germanic *Gautalinþiz (from *gautaz + *linþaz); also used as a diminutive form of the Breton name Josse (= Joyce). It survived as a surname and was revived as a given name in the nineteenth century. * Jocelyn is currently popular among U.S.

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Male Male Rank #4790 Female Female Rank #1302

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Male Male Rank #2775 Female Female Rank #1636

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