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Conference oass::babynames

Title:A list of All the BABYNAMES (shadow copy)
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Moderator:OASS::BURDEN_D
Created:Tue Feb 13 1996
Last Modified:Fri May 30 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:996
Total number of notes:7139

76.0. "Josalyn" by 36903::SARANITA () Fri Jan 23 1987 12:21

    I've always thought this such a pretty name...any info?
    
    I've heard it Josalyn, and Joslyn....Josy, Josi for short.
    The "o" in this is pronounced as the "o" in Job. (as in work).
    
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76.1I found a meaning7300::OSTIGUYMon Mar 23 1987 07:238
    I couldn't find this name under your spelling.  What I did find
    out was:
    
    Jocelyn    Latin: "just".  var: Joceline, Jocelyne, Jocelynne,
    		Joscelyn, Joslyn, Joslynne.
    
    Anna
    
76.2Prefer this spellingGIGI::TRACYMon Jul 27 1987 10:1410
    I've always liked Jocelyn (no nickname).  So many of the "J" names
    (Jennifer, Jason, Justin, Jessica, etc.) have gotten SO popular,
    I'm wondering how common Jocelyn is/will be.  Do any of you have
    a Jocelyn or know of one?
    
    (We're already looking for names for number two, but we want a name
    that is pretty uncommon.)
    
    -Tracy
    
76.3I know one JocelynSMAUG::LINDSEYMon Aug 10 1987 22:289
    
    My cousin's 4 year old daughter is named Jocelyn, and that's the
    first one I have heard of.  They named their other little girl
    Janessa, for her parents, Jim and Tess.
    
    I think it is a very pretty name.
    
    
    Sue
76.4not that commonCLOVAX::SARANITAThu Sep 17 1987 10:326
    
    I Knew a girl in College named Jocelyn, but everyone called her
    Joce (joc- e). That's the first person I met with it so I don't
    think it's  all that common, but wasn't it more common many many
    years ago??  
    
76.55 girls, 2 guysKAOA05::LEWISMichaelFri Sep 25 1987 14:096
    I know of at least 5 girls named Jocelyn, two of which are from
    a French Canadien background.   The female French Canadien form
    is pronounced "Jois lyn", and you hold the last "N" for a long time.
    I know of two men with the male French Canadien form, which is
    pronounced "Jois len", with a very short "N".  The female form is
    spelled with an extra 'e' o the end.
76.61 year old...name after sister's friend..TWEED::E_FINKELSENWed May 18 1988 11:418
    My sister babysits for a Jocelyn.  My 3 year old nephew calls her
    Joc (which sounds more like JAWS da na da na....) and she is a go
    getter so it seems appropriate!
    
    He aunt (17) nicknamed her Beanie....(try to figure that one out...I
    haven't...)
    
    LN
76.7JOCELYNNETMAN::STACEYSandy Dismuke-DECie gone tempWed Jul 20 1988 09:283
    My girlfriend has a 14 month old named Jocelyn Ann.
    Pretty name.  Pretty girl.
    
76.8Another French VersionCIMNET::BULLARDThu Oct 20 1988 16:575
    Back to the French-Canadian version.  I have a cousin who spells
    her name, Ghyslaine (prounced like shus-lin).  
    
    I have no idea where the name comes from, but it's just as unique
    and beautiful as she is (she looks like Merril Streep). 
76.9JocelynKAOA01::MCKAYMon Nov 14 1988 10:5112
I'm new to notes, so please bear with me.
    
    Having had this name for 30 years plus, I can tell you that I have
    only liked the name for about the past 10.
    
    When younger, people had trouble not only spelling, but pronouncing
    it and I was always correcting them.
    
    I got use to it after 20 years or so and no longer mind correcting
    them.  (except when they call me Joyce Lyn)
    
    Jocelyn McKay
76.10I have a JocelynODIXIE::RICHARDSONAre we there yet??Tue Aug 23 1994 16:2814
    I have a 4 year old Jocelyn and so far she loves the name.  I wasn't
    too keen on it when we came up with it (the nurse was really pressuring
    us for a name onthe birth certificate since she was already a day old -
    we just KNEW it was going to be a boy).
    
    anyway - I like it a lot now.  Her friends call her Jocie (NOT JOSEY)
    and we call her Jos (rhymes with boss).  It suits her perfectly - she's
    also beautiful (of course I'm her mother).
    
    The only problem I have with it is that we have found several people
    who can't pronounce it (her grandfather being one of those).  Some
    people have problems with the "s" sound in the middle and say JOSHLYN
    instead.  It use to bother me until I realized they just can't
    pronounce it for some reason - so she'll always be unique to "POP".