Jocilyn

A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning cheerful; a modern respelling of Jocelyn.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jocilyn by the numbers

Jocilyn was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 28 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

Other names that come from Jocelyn

Like Jocilyn, each of these traces back to Jocelyn: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Yoselinjoyful; a form of Jocelyn127 in the US (2017)
  • Josslynjoyful; a form of Jocelyn108 in the US (2017)
  • Jacelynncheerful or joyful; a spelling variant of Jocelyn53 in the US (2017)
  • Yoselyncheerful or joyful; a variant of Jocelyn41 in the US (2017)
  • Jocelynecheerful, merry; a form of Jocelyn39 in the US (2017)
  • Joycelynjoyful; a form of Joyce or Jocelyn36 in the US (2017)
  • Jocelinlittle jouster; a form of Jocelyn19 in the US (2017)
  • Jocelynnelittle jouster; a form of Jocelyn19 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jocilyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Jocelyncheerful or joyful; from Jocundus1,828 in the US (2017)
  • Josilyngod will increase; a form of Josiah19 in the US (2017)
  • Jocilynn5 in the US (2017)
  • Joclyn5 in the US (2017)
  • Joselynjoyful; a modern spelling of Jocelyn330 in the US (2017)
  • Joslynjoyful; a form of Jocelyn284 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jocilyn

Names that are said the same way as Jocilyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Jocelynnjoyful; a spelling variant of Jocelyn196 in the US (2017)
  • Josselynmember of the Gauts people; a form of Jocelyn94 in the US (2017)
  • Joselinjoyful; a modern spelling of Jocelyn54 in the US (2017)
  • Joselinegod will increase; variant of Josephine or Jocelyn51 in the US (2017)
  • Joselynngod will increase; a form of Josephine50 in the US (2017)
  • Josalynjoyful; a modern spelling of Jocelyn45 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean joy

Like Jocilyn, each of these has joy in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Abigailmy father's joy10,557 in the US (2017)
  • Asherhappy, blessed6,076 in the US (2017)
  • Edendelight, paradise594 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Tatumcheerful or bringer of joy1,159 in the US (2017)
  • Joyjoy; gladness and pleasure971 in the US (2017)
  • Felicityhappiness or good fortune330 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Jocilyn

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