Jossilyn
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Jossilyn by the numbers
Jossilyn was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Jossilyn
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jossilyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Josslynjoyful; a form of Jocelyn108 in the US (2017)
- Josselynmember of the Gauts people; a form of Jocelyn94 in the US (2017)
- Josilyngod will increase; a form of Josiah19 in the US (2017)
- Jossalyncheerful; a variant of Jocelyn9 in the US (2017)
- Jessilyn11 in the US (2017)
- Joselynjoyful; a modern spelling of Jocelyn330 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Jossilyn
Names that are said the same way as Jossilyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Jocelyncheerful or joyful; from Jocundus1,828 in the US (2017)
- Jocelynnjoyful; a spelling variant of Jocelyn196 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)
Names about as common as Jossilyn
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