Jocee

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How to Pronounce Jocee

Pronounced JOH-see /ˈdʒoʊ.si/Medium

Meaning: Jocee is a bright modern respelling of Josie or the short form of Jocelyn. Jocelyn arrived through the Normans from a Germanic name tied to the Gauts or Geats, an ancient people, and was long a boy's name before becoming chiefly feminine. Jocee keeps the sound while updating the look.Low

In 30 seconds: Jocee is a modern spelling of Josie or short Jocelyn, from a Germanic name for the Gaut people. Rare, it peaked around the year 2010 (said JOH-see).

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Origin LowEnglish, Germanic

MeaningJocee is a bright modern respelling of Josie or the short form of Jocelyn. Jocelyn arrived through the Normans from a Germanic name tied to the Gauts or Geats, an ancient people, and was long a boy's name before becoming chiefly feminine. Jocee keeps the sound while updating the look.

U.S. rank (2023)#11634 ↗ Rising

2023 U.S. births8 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)

Peak year2010

Total births (all-time)≈ 255

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Jocee is a fresh phonetic spelling of Josie, the pet form of Jocelyn. Jocelyn came to England with the Normans from a Germanic root naming the Gauts or Geats and served for centuries as a masculine name before turning feminine. Jocee simply modernizes the spelling of that heritage.

Jocee is a young name and was never common, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak around the year 2010, riding the fashion for short, vowel-bright respellings. A girl named Jocee then is in her mid-teens today.

Did you know? The tidy little name Jocee traces back through Jocelyn to a medieval name for the Gauts, a people of what is now Sweden, and it once belonged to boys before becoming a girls' name.

Overall data confidence 40%

References - Jocee — Respelling of Josie/Jocelyn; Germanic Gaut root

Variations

JosieJocelynJosee

Nicknames

JoCee

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Jocee mean?

As a form of Josie and Jocelyn it traces to a Germanic name for the Gaut people; its own charm is the short, sunny sound.

How do you pronounce Jocee?

It is said JOH-see /ˈdʒoʊ.si/, two syllables with the stress on the first.

Is Jocee a boy or girl name?

Jocee is used here as a girl's name.

How popular is Jocee?

It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak around the start of the twenty-tens.