Yocelin
A girls’ name of Germanic origin, meaning joyful; a form of Jocelyn.
Yocelin by the numbers
Yocelin was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 117 babies in 2007, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Jocelyn
Like Yocelin, 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.
- Joselynjoyful; a modern spelling of Jocelyn330 in the US (2017)
- Joslynjoyful; a form of Jocelyn284 in the US (2017)
- Jocelynnjoyful; a spelling variant of Jocelyn196 in the US (2017)
- Josslynjoyful; a form of Jocelyn108 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)
- Jacelynncheerful or joyful; a spelling variant of Jocelyn53 in the US (2017)
- Joselinegod will increase; variant of Josephine or Jocelyn51 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Yocelin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Yocelin
Names that are said the same way as Yocelin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Yosselyn5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean joy
Like Yocelin, 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)
Names about as common as Yocelin
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