[ANSTHRLD] Joselin

[Tim McDaniel]

On Wed, 12 Dec 2012, Herald of Hellsgate
<herald at hellsgate.ansteorra.org> wrote:
> The intended region is France in the later part of our period ...
> The name appears in the Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names
[Withycombe]
> as a male name with the statement "The use of Jocelyn as a girl's
> name seems to be quite modern."

Withycombe is discussing English use (indeed, she is not reliable when
describing name use outside England).  As for use as a girl's name, I
think that's referring to use *primarily* or *exclusively* as a girl's
name.  If you check the introduction for men's names used for women,
you should see what I was writing about before, the use of men's names
by women in England.

Denyel de Lyncoln
-- 
Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com