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Jocelyn

American  
[jos-uh-lin, jos-lin] / ˈdʒɒs ə lɪn, ˈdʒɒs lɪn /
Or Jocelin,

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Joyce.


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Jocelyn Juarez, 24, participated in her first run that day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

That was particularly true in areas like saltier snacks, said Jocelyn Carter, senior strategic marketing director for private label at ingredient developer Kerry.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Jocelyn Benson, the sitting secretary of state, easily won the Democratic primary for governor and is favored in November.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

He invoked the deaths of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old student in Georgia, and Jocelyn Nungaray, a 12-year-old girl in Houston, in cases that led to murder charges against Venezuelan migrants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

Further encouragement for the existence of black holes came in 1967 with the discovery by a research student at Cambridge, Jocelyn Bell-Burnell, of objects in the sky that were emitting regular pulses of radio waves.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

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