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Jocelyn

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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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VerbenaGirl · 01/10/2015 22:13

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

Vixxfacee · 01/10/2015 22:14

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

RJnomaaaaaargh · 01/10/2015 22:15

What about josiah?

Jocelyn is a slightly bossy girl with plaits.

EugenesAxe · 01/10/2015 22:15

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

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.

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

ashesandfire · 01/10/2015 22:18

I like Jocelyn a lot for a girl, but would avoid for a boy. Joss or Josiah are cool though. Or maybe Joseph nn Joss??

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CityDweller · 01/10/2015 22:21

Love a bossy girl in plaits RJ having been a bossy girl in plaits once myself Don't like Josiah (too biblical)

Hadn't thought of the Jos/Josh mix-up william. That would irk me. I know a little boy called Evelyn!

NN Jo doesn't work with our surname, unfortunately. I guess another reason to avoid Jocelyn. Hmmm.

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Thelastthneed44 · 01/10/2015 22:22

Lovely for a girl, bit O wouldn't use it for a boy...

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CityDweller · 01/10/2015 22:23

If we used it for a girl, I'd probably shorten it to Josie. Or Jos.

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RiverTam · 01/10/2015 22:23

I automatically assumed you meant for a boy, not sure why! Um. Not really all that keen either way.

badg3r · 01/10/2015 22:30

I had a female roommate called Jocelyn who went by Joy. Really liked it!

SmugairleRoin · 01/10/2015 22:40

Lovely for a girl, don't like it on a boy.
The only Jocelyn I know of is a drag queen on Rupauls drag race - it's her stage name. But she was a very lovely drag queen!

Sophronia · 01/10/2015 23:15

I like it for a boy spelled Joscelin or Jocelin.

Radiatorvalves · 01/10/2015 23:22

I know a boy Jocelyn. It's his "proper" name, but he has always been known as Joss, which really suits him. No serious teasing. He doesn't like the full version of his name.

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CityDweller · 02/10/2015 09:52

Yes, I guess Jocelin would be a more masculine spelling. I like it more and more for a boy the more I think about it. And Joss is such a lovey nn...
Like Joy as a female nn too.

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NotTodaySatan · 02/10/2015 09:53

Joslyn Fox. Wah wah

It's ok but not my favourite for a girl. Awful for a boy.

Owllady · 02/10/2015 09:53

I like it for a girl
How about plain old Joseph for a boy? I like Joseph

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CityDweller · 02/10/2015 11:45

I don't know who/what Joslyn Fox is...Confused
Joseph a no go, unfortunately, which is a shame as it's a good, honest name!

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SmugairleRoin · 02/10/2015 14:26

NotTodaySatan your username Grin Baloney bitch, baloney!
I'd forgotten she spelled it Joslyn...

Joslyn Fox is that drag queens full name City. Do you like Jonah?

mewkins · 02/10/2015 14:27

Lovely for a girl

Sophronia · 02/10/2015 14:36

The one I know (male) is Jocelin nn Joss.

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CityDweller · 02/10/2015 18:15

Yes, love Jonah but it doesn't work with our last name.

Joslyn Fox sounds awesome. I have no issue with DD/DS's name having that association!

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carmugz · 02/10/2015 21:02

i might be temporarily confused if i heard a boy called jocelyn or even joslyn/jocelin but im sure i'd get used to it and its certainly a classy name. we had jocelyn/jocelin on the list for DD.

Bodicea · 06/10/2015 21:46

yes for a girl. Absolutely love it.
No for a boy.