Josseline
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JOS-a-leen
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Josseline is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “one of the Gauts, a Germanic tribe”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Josseline mean?
Germanic: spelling of Joseline, itself a variant of Jocelyn
“one of the Gauts, a Germanic tribe”
A variant of Jocelyn, a medieval Norman name derived from Gautselin.
Meaning borrowed from Joseline.
Is Josseline a girl's or a boy's name?
Josseline is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Josseline in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Josseline, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 46 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had more girls named Josseline than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Josseline in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Josseline in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 46 | #3,530 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,483 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
Nicknames for Josseline
- Joss 16 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Josseline
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caroline, Giselle, Emmeline, Juliette, Avery, Amelie, Isabelle, Jade, Annalise, Emmaline, Emery, Jasmine
Names related to Josseline
Joselyn, Josselyn, Joseline, Joselin, Josslyn, Joselynn, Josselin, Josslynn
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Josseline: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/josseline, updated 20 October 2026.