Jocelin
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Jocelin is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: A female given name from the Germanic languages, of modern usage, variant of Jocelyn.
- CLChile≈1 in 27K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 138K
- DODominican Republic≈1 in 26K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 126 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 26K (inferred from the name graph)
2,406 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Dominican Republic, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A female given name from the Germanic languages, of modern usage, variant of Jocelyn.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jocelin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 2,406 | 1 in 138K | 2.3K | Jocelin | 126 |
| CL Chile | ≈680 est. | ≈1 in 27K | 1 | Jocelin | 30 |
| CN China | ≈600 est. | ≈1 in 2.3M | — | Jocelin | 3 |
| FR France | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 141K | 555 | Jocelin | 2 |
| DO Dominican Republic | ≈400 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Jocelin | 15 |
| GA Gabon | ≈21 est. | ≈1 in 108K | 2 | — | — |
| MQ Martinique | ≈8 est. | ≈1 in 54K | 5 | — | — |
2,406 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 972 (Martinique); Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Jocelin is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
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Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Joscelin de Courtenayb. 1034not in their usual name(born 1034)
- Jocelin Winthrop Youngb. 1919British head teacher
- Jocelin Wiederholdb. 1959FRFrench politician
- Jocelin Donahueb. 1981USAmerican actress
- Jocelin Cavagnib. 1981FRFrench politician
- Jocelin Echazabalb. 2005Cuban athletics competitor (born 2005)
- Jocelin de DijonFrench composer
- Jocelin AntonyEnglish Member of Parliament
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 33 sources across 22 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.3K | #6,615 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2014 | 555 | #2,026 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2007 | 180 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2006 | 168 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2003 | 123 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2008 | 118 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2005 | 113 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2004 | 108 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 107 | #6,615 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 8 | — |
| MQ Martinique | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 972 (Martinique) | 1954 | 5 | #199 |
| GA Gabon | Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative) | 2025 | 2 | #94 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Jocelin mean, and where does it come from?
- A female given name from the Germanic languages, of modern usage, variant of Jocelyn. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Jocelin a male or female name?
- Jocelin is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Jocelin have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 2.4 thousand people named Jocelin, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jocelin.
- How common is the name Jocelin?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,406 people named Jocelin in 2020, about 1 in 138 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jocelinThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jocelin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.