Given name & surname
Josselin
Josselin is a masculine given name. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
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
Josselin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 859
- 0 boys · 859 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 64 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,491 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −29%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,491 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 29.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 64 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,205 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.
Josselin’s family of names
In French usage, Josselin has a feminine form in JOSSELINE. In French usage, Josselin has a related form in Jocelyn. In French usage, Josselin has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jocelyn.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Josselin has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Breton roots to each of them.
10 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
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 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Joselinequivalent
- Jossequivalent
- Josselinefeminine form · French
- JocelinDutch
- Josseequivalent
- JoscelinPolish, English
- Josselequivalent
- JuscelinoPortuguese
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People named Josselin
- Joscelin III of EdessaCount of Edessa1134
- Josselin OuannaFrench tennis playerborn 1986
- Josselin de RohanFrench politicianborn 1938
- Josselin GarnierFrench mathematicianborn 1971
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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