Joycelyn
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning joyful; a form of Joyce or Jocelyn.
Joycelyn by the numbers
Joycelyn was given to 36 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 156 babies in 1955, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Jocelyn
Like Joycelyn, 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.
- Joslynjoyful; a form of Jocelyn284 in the US (2017)
- 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)
- Jocelinlittle jouster; a form of Jocelyn19 in the US (2017)
- Jocelynnelittle jouster; a form of Jocelyn19 in the US (2017)
- Yocelinjoyful; a form of Jocelyn19 in the US (2017)
Other names that come from Joyce
Like Joycelyn, each of these traces back to Joyce: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Joycelyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jocelyncheerful or joyful; from Jocundus1,828 in the US (2017)
- Joscelynmember of the Gauts tribe; a form of Jocelyn15 in the US (2017)
- Joycelynnjoyful; a form of Joyce with -lyn suffix12 in the US (2017)
- Jaycelyn12 in the US (2017)
- Joselynjoyful; a modern spelling of Jocelyn330 in the US (2017)
- Jocelynnjoyful; a spelling variant of Jocelyn196 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Joycelyn
Names that are said the same way as Joycelyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- 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)
- Jocelynecheerful, merry; a form of Jocelyn39 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean joy
Like Joycelyn, 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 Joycelyn
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