Given name
Josslyn
“from the tribe of Gauts”·“one who is cheerful, happy”
Josslyn 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
Josslyn 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 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Josslyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,171
- 0 boys · 2,171 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 179 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,289 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −62%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,289 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 61.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 179 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,844 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.
Josslyn’s family of names
Josslyn has a related form in Jocelyn.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Josslyn
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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