Joss (first name)
Joss is a male and female given name .
Origin and meaning
The name is the English short form of Jocelyn .
Variants include Jocelyne , Josseline , Joceline, Yoselin and Göta .
Well-known namesake
Female
- Joss Stone (* 1987), British soul singer and actress
Male
- Joss Ackland (born 1928), British actor
- Joss Advocaat (* 1995), Canadian speed skier
- Joss Christensen (* 1991), American freestyle skier
- Joß Fritz , also Joss Fritz (around 1470 – around 1525), Baden farmer leader and initiator of the Bundschuh movements
- Joss Whedon (* 1964), American screenwriter, producer, director and comic book writer
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Joss. Retrieved April 30, 2019 .