Given name
Jocelyne
“from the tribe of Gauts”·“one who is cheerful, happy”
Jocelyne is a variant of Jocelyn. Interpretations include “from the tribe of Gauts” and “one who is cheerful, happy”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jocelyne is a variant of Jocelyn. Interpretations include “from the tribe of Gauts” and “one who is cheerful, happy”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1945. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jocelyne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,228
- 0 boys · 4,228 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 461 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,136 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −66%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,136 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 65.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 461 in 1996. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,916 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jocelyne’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Jocelyne has a related form in Jocelyn. In French usage, Jocelyne has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jocelyn. In French usage, Jocelyne has a related form in Joceline.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jocelyne has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jocelyne
- Jocelyne LaGardeFrench Polynesian actor (1924-1979)
- Jocelyne SaabLebanese film director and journalist (1948–2019)
- Jocelyne LarocqueCanadian ice hockey playerborn 1988
- Jocelyne LamoureuxAmerican ice hockey playerborn 1989
- Jocelyne VilletonFrench athleteborn 1954
- Jocelyne KhoueiryLebanese militant and activist1955–2020
- Jocelyne Roy-VienneauCanadian lieutenant governor1956–2019
- Jocelyne SaucierCanadian novelist and journalistborn 1948
- Jocelyne LoewenCanadian actressborn 1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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