Jocelyn

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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 in Brittany, France and was introduced to England after the Norman 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".

Contents 1 Given name 1.1 Jocelyn 1.2 Joscelin 1.3 Jocelin 1.4 Jocelyne 2 Surname 3 Opera

[edit] Given name

[edit] Jocelyn

• 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 Stoker

[edit] Joscelin

• 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 lord

[edit] Jocelin

• Jocelin (d. 1199), abbot of Melrose
• Jocelin of Soissons (d. 1152)
• Jocelin of Wells, a 13th century bishop of Bath and Wells

[edit] Jocelyne

• Jocelyne Lanois, French-Canadian singer
• Jocelyne Villeton, French long-distance runner

[edit] Surname

• For the Jocelyns of Hyde Hall near Sawbridgeworth, see the Earl of Roden

[edit] Opera

• Jocelyn composed by Benjamin Godard