# Joslin

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #75,099

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A suburb of Adelaide in the city of Norwood Payneham and St Peters, South Australia.
3. An unincorporated community in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States.

## Etymology
English surname, borrowed through French from a Germanic name, from *Gauzelin, a diminutive of names formed from Gaut, from Proto-Germanic *gautaz (“Geat”). The name was also influenced by French Josse (see Joyce).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/joslin