English Explanatory Dictionary

Joslin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A suburb of Adelaide in the city of Norwood Payneham and St Peters, South Australia.
  3. An unincorporated community in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States.

Word forms

Joslin Joslins Josselyn

Etymology

English surname, borrowed through French from a Germanic name, from *Gauzelin, a diminutive of names formed from Gaut, from Proto-Germanic *gautaz (“Geat”). The name was also influenced by French Josse (see Joyce).

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