Given name & surname · also Germanic
Joselyn
“from the tribe of Gauts”·“one who is cheerful, happy”
Joselyn 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
Joselyn 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
Where it comes from
Joselyn is a form of Jocelyn. Jocelyn probably comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1933. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Joselyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18,219
- 5 boys · 18,214 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 1,577 babies
- 2025
- 142
- #1,504 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −38%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 142 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,504 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 38.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,577 in 2007. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (21). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 16,968 as a first name in 2020; 104 as a surname in 2010.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Joselyn’s family of names
Joselyn has a related form in Jocelyn.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Joselyn
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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