Joss (first name)

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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

  1. ^ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Joss. Retrieved April 30, 2019 .