Josslyn

A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning joyful; a form of Jocelyn.

Babies a year
108
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Josslyn by the numbers

Josslyn was given to 108 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 179 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

Other names that come from Jocelyn

Like Josslyn, 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.

  • Jocelynnjoyful; a spelling variant of Jocelyn196 in the US (2017)
  • Yoselinjoyful; a form of Jocelyn127 in the US (2017)
  • Joselinjoyful; a modern spelling of Jocelyn54 in the US (2017)
  • Jacelynncheerful or joyful; a spelling variant of Jocelyn53 in the US (2017)
  • Joselinegod will increase; variant of Josephine or Jocelyn51 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)

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Joselynjoyful; a modern spelling of Jocelyn330 in the US (2017)
  • Joslynjoyful; a form of Jocelyn284 in the US (2017)
  • Jesslynwealthy; a form of Jessica with -lyn suffix99 in the US (2017)
  • Josselynmember of the Gauts people; a form of Jocelyn94 in the US (2017)
  • Josalynjoyful; a modern spelling of Jocelyn45 in the US (2017)
  • Josilyngod will increase; a form of Josiah19 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Josslyn

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

  • Joslinjoyous; cheerful; a diminutive of jocelyn22 in the US (2017)
  • Joslynn102 in the US (2017)
  • Josslynn16 in the US (2017)
  • Joslynne6 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean joy

Like Josslyn, 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)
  • Jocelyncheerful or joyful; from Jocundus1,828 in the US (2017)
  • Tatumcheerful or bringer of joy1,159 in the US (2017)
  • Joyjoy; gladness and pleasure971 in the US (2017)

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