People with the name Jocelyn have a deep inner desire to inspire others in a higher cause, and to share their own strongly held views on spiritual matters.
The word heaven spelled backwards. It became popular after the musician Sonny Sandoval from the rock group P.O.D. gave it to his daughter in 2000. Over the next few years it rapidly climbed the rankings in America, peaking at the 25th rank for girls in 2010.
The meaning of this name is not known for certain. It could be derived from Hungarian bél meaning “guts, bowel” or Slavic бѣлъ (belu) meaning “white”. This was the name of four Hungarian kings.