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'''Jocelyn''' is a surname and first name, It is a unisex (male/female) name. Variants include '''Joscelyn''', '''Joscelin''', '''Josceline''', '''Jocelin''', '''Jocelyne''', '''Joslin''', '''Joslyn''', and '''Josslyn'''; people that have this name may find it is often misspelled by others. The name may derive from [[Josselin]] in [[Brittany]], [[France]] and was introduced to England after the [[Norman Conquest]]. It may also derive from the [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] name '''Gauzlin''', also spelled '''Goslin'''.
In [[French language|French]], particularly in [[Québec]], the spelling "Jocelyn" is exclusively male. The female counterpart is spelled "Jocelyne".
==Given name==
===Jocelyn===
* [[Jocelyn Angloma]], French-Guadeloupean soccer player
* [[Jocelyn Bell Burnell]], Irish scientist
* [[Jocelyn Brown]], American singer
* [[Jocelyn de Brakelond]], 12th century chronicler
* [[Jocelyn Enriquez]], American singer
* [[Jocelyn Jee Esien]], British comedian
* [[Jocelyn Moorhouse]], Australian film director
* [[Jocelyn Pook]], English violist
* [[Jocelyn Thibault]], Canadian hockey player
* [[Jocelyn Wildenstein]], the Swiss "Cat Woman"
* [[Joss Stone]], real name Jocelyn Eve Stoker
===Joscelin===
*[[Joscelin, Bishop of Paris]], 9th century French cleric
*[[Joscelin I, Count of Edessa]], Crusader lord
*[[Joscelin II, Count of Edessa]], Crusader lord
*[[Joscelin III of Edessa]], Crusader lord
===Jocelin===
* [[Jocelin]] (d. 1199), abbot of Melrose
* [[Jocelin of Soissons]] (d. 1152)
* [[Jocelin of Wells]], a 13th century bishop of Bath and Wells
===Jocelyne===
* [[Jocelyne Lanois]], French-Canadian singer
* [[Jocelyne Villeton]], French long-distance runner
==Surname==
*For the Jocelyns of Hyde Hall near [[Sawbridgeworth]], see the [[Earl of Roden]]
==Opera==
*''[[Jocelyn (Godard)|Jocelyn]]'' composed by [[Benjamin Godard]]
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