Jocasta
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Jocasta is also the name of a character in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series.
-- Moody 12/17/2005
The name means "light-hearted". I know, because my name is YoKasta, which is the Spanish spelling of the same name!
-- Anonymous User 1/29/2006
I LOVE this! It has a million cute nicknames too. Josie, Joey, JoJo, Jo, Cassie, Casta, Jasta, Jassie, Asta...
-- claraelizabethann 10/7/2006
I've heard it pronounced "YO-cast-ah" and "HO-cast-ah."
-- Emmasj 3/6/2007
I love this name! But it should never be given to a child. After all, would you enjoy thinking that your grandson would grow up to have sex with his mother, Jocasta? Not to mention that she would be incredibly teased throughout school - and no one would want to marry her, considering the boys would be afraid that one day, their son would come and murder them. Great name, though! ^.^
-- Emmasj 3/6/2007
I like this name a lot, although the Oedipus myth precludes most chance of it being used by anyone.
-- Anonymous User 4/1/2007
Can also be spelled Iocasta, since classical Latin does not use the letter "J".
-- Anonymous User 5/29/2007
In a series called The Land Of Elyon, jocastas are magical rocks that give the owner the power to speak with animals. They also have tiny messages etched into them.
-- Anonymous User 12/31/2007
It's pretty cool, I mean, I like the 'casta' part.
-- Anonymous User 5/8/2008
This name should be taboo. It's associated with a "MILF", and I knew why without even reading the myth. I also hate the "joke" and "cast" in this name.
-- bananarama 11/19/2008
I like this name a great deal. The association with the character doesn't bother me.
-- vomiting 6/10/2010
I like the name Jocasta. The librarian in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones bore this name, which I think is cool!
-- Anakin Skywalker77 2/16/2011
Sounds like a surname...
-- ThatMazerunnerfan 9/4/2014
The name Jocasta sounds like a name intelligent, artistic parents would give to their little girl. It has a playful sound to it when spoken outloud. I think most people would try to shorten it--it is sort of a mouthful. I suppose she could be called Cassie or Jo. Very unique.
-- GigiGogo 8/3/2015
I LOVE the name - since I have the name! My parents went to a James Cagney movie in 1950's - A Tribute To A Bad Man- and the girl in the movie (a Native American girl) was named JoKasta - which is how they first learned the name. I am the youngest of 4 children and my name has been a conversation piece for my entire life. Most people think it is two names - it is a great name and I don't go by the Greek Mythology namesake!
My parents spelled it with a capital K instead of a lower case c. It's a great name and has made me the person I am- UNIQUE!
My parents spelled it with a capital K instead of a lower case c. It's a great name and has made me the person I am- UNIQUE!
-- jackarhonda65 10/4/2016
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