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Help[Opinions] Question about Jocelyn
The name Jocelyn has been a name that I’ve strongly considered for a future baby girl but I’m worried it might be too close to my nephew’s and friend’s son’s names. My nephew is Jaxon and my friend’s son is Jackson. I also have a nephew named Jayce. I’m worried that these will be too close to the name Jocelyn and that I’ll be setting my future kid up for name mix ups any time we hang out with my nephews or friend’s son. I’m close with all the parents and our kids would be together a lot so I want to make sure any baby name I choose isn’t too close to their kids. This is why I’m wondering if I would be better off to take the name off my list or if it would be alright to use?
Jocelyn would be pronounced as “JAHS-lin” if that makes a difference.
Thank you for your help!
Jocelyn would be pronounced as “JAHS-lin” if that makes a difference.
Thank you for your help!
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I know one Jocelyn who sometimes goes by Joc (pronounced Joss), otherwise they all seem to use the full name Jocelyn.
I don't think Jocelyn is too similar to either of those other J names. Jaxon and Jackson would obviously get confused, but that "Jack" syllable is a totally different vowel from "Jayce" and also from the "Joss" sound in Jocelyn. Yes it's a lot of J names and they all have an s sound following the J, but the vowels are different enough. If you're trying to get someone's attention it's the vowel that will stick out the most. Jax/Jack would be more likely confused with Max than Jayce or Jocelyn.
I wouldn't deliberately leave out the "e" in my pronunciation of Jocelyn, even though that does tend to happen. I guess I would aim for joss-eh-lin, but I wouldn't complain if it slurred into joss-lin because it's somewhat inevitable. I just wouldn't consider it the official pronunciation.
I don't think Jocelyn is too similar to either of those other J names. Jaxon and Jackson would obviously get confused, but that "Jack" syllable is a totally different vowel from "Jayce" and also from the "Joss" sound in Jocelyn. Yes it's a lot of J names and they all have an s sound following the J, but the vowels are different enough. If you're trying to get someone's attention it's the vowel that will stick out the most. Jax/Jack would be more likely confused with Max than Jayce or Jocelyn.
I wouldn't deliberately leave out the "e" in my pronunciation of Jocelyn, even though that does tend to happen. I guess I would aim for joss-eh-lin, but I wouldn't complain if it slurred into joss-lin because it's somewhat inevitable. I just wouldn't consider it the official pronunciation.
I don't think they are too similar. Jocelyn is lovely.
I don't think it's too close to Jayce and it may be a bit close to Jaxon/Jackson, but as long as they are not siblings, I think it is fine. I'm a Stacey with a cousin Lacey, we have always been close and are both adults now and I can only think of one time where there was even a moment of confusion in our entire lives and I was the one confused. I thought I was in trouble and getting yelled at, but she was.
I think it would be fine.
I don't think the other kids' names are close enough in sound to Jocelyn to be easily confused. I mean, if she already had a brother named Joshua, that might be pushing it a bit.
PS: Jocelyn is usually pronounced with three syllables: Jahs-a-lynn, with the middle syllable not very strong.
PS: Jocelyn is usually pronounced with three syllables: Jahs-a-lynn, with the middle syllable not very strong.
I've never heard it that way, and I know one.
It's fine. Even if there are some mix ups, everyone would survive.
Not too close
So they all start with J; so what? Everything else is different. Jane or Jacqueline would be problematic, but Jocelyn is different enough.
I don’t think Jocelyn is too similar to any of them! Of course individual pronunciation may make a difference but I think it’s fine. Personally I don’t think names sounding too similar matters that much unless they are siblings but that’s just me.
This message was edited 10/4/2024, 11:31 PM