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Jocelyn

31 replies

CityDweller · 01/10/2015 22:09

This week I really like the name Jocelyn for a boy or a girl. DH likes it ok for a girl but point blank refuses to consider it for a boy, claiming he'd get beaten up for it. Thoughts? Would I be dooming my poor little Jos to a childhood of playground torture?

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bigbadbarry · 01/10/2015 22:18

I went to school with a male Joselyn and he was really teased. Not just because of his name but it didn't help. My friend's gorgeous 10-year-old DD, on the other hand, rocks the name

williaminajetfighter · 01/10/2015 22:15

I have known a few bits named Joss although they did get called Josh a lot by mistake. joss seems kinder for s boy than Jocelyn which seems in the same vein as Evelyn for a man. On the other hand Brooklyn has become quite popular for a boy and it's not v different.

EugenesAxe · 01/10/2015 22:15

Love it for a girl; I know one and she is aka Jo.

RJnomaaaaaargh · 01/10/2015 22:15

What about josiah?

Jocelyn is a slightly bossy girl with plaits.

Vixxfacee · 01/10/2015 22:14

Awful name. All I can think of is joseline hernandez.

VerbenaGirl · 01/10/2015 22:13

Like it for a girl. No for a boy. Just Jos might work though?

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