Given name
Josceline
In English use, Josceline is used as a variant of Jocelyn.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Josceline is a variant of Jocelyn. Jocelyn has been associated with English and Germanic naming traditions. The precise derivation is uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English use, Josceline is used as a variant of Jocelyn.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Josceline through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 84
- 0 boys · 84 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 125 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.
Josceline’s family of names
Josceline has a related form in Jocelyn.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 Josceline
- Josceline Percy, 11th Earl of NorthumberlandEnglish noble (1644-1670)
- Josceline de BohonNorman bishop of Salisbury1111–1184
- Josceline Amherstpolitician (1846-1900)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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