Joslyn
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Origin of the name Jocelyn:
A transferred use of the surname derived from the French Joscelin. Joscelin is derived from the obsolete Gautzelin, which finds its root in the Germanic tribal name Gauts. Jocelyn was originally bestowed upon male children, but now it is an exclusively female name.
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I get a lot of comments on how pretty my name is. But I'm often misheard as "Jaqueline" and I spend my whole life spelling my name for people, because they think it's Jocelyn.
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