Meaning 
The name Joselyn has the following meaning: It means 'a member of the Gauts tribe'. The current trend is in favour of names ending with '-lyn'. It used to be popular as a male's name in the medieval ages, and then as a female's first name.
This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.
Popularity 
As a baby girl name, Joselyn is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 459 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).
In 2009, the name Joselyn fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 29 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 335 in the Top 1000 charts.
The following chart shows the popularity of the name Joselyn in the USA, over the past 100 years.
Origins  Related names  The following names are baby names related to Joselyn and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Joselyn: Boys - Wilbur, Girls - Adelia, Adelle, Berdie, Deloise, Harriett, Henriette, Herminia, Karla, Theda, Willa, Both genders - Alice
Variants 
The name Joselyn is a variant of Jocelyn. Other popular variants of the name Jocelyn are: Joce (Nickname), Jocelin, Jocelinda, Joceline, Josalind, Josaline, Joselina, Joselyn (English), Josilyn, Joslin, Josline, Joss (Nickname), Josselyn, Jossie (Nickname), Joycelin, Joycelyn, Jozlyn
Style 
We think the name Joselyn should fall under the following style category: Everlasting. See other Everlasting names
Impression 
Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Joselyn to be: A sweet, playful country girlIn one word, you might describe Joselyn as a(n) " playful" person. See other "playful" names for boys and girls.
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