| The girl name Jackie [ 2 syll. jac-kie, ja-ck-ie ] is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being slightly more popular. It is pronounced JHAEKiy KEY. Jackie has its origins in the Hebrew language and it is used largely in English. Jackie is a pet form of the French Jacqueline. Jackie is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1961 with 0.204% of baby girls being named Jackie. It was #112 in rank then. The baby name has substantially dropped in popularity since then, and is used only on an infrequent scale today. In 2007, among the family of girl names directly related to Jackie, the French Jacqueline was the most regularly used. Although there were times from 1904 to 1996 that Jackie was more popular with girls, today it is somewhat used more commonly as a boy name. Baby names that sound like Jackie include the English Jacky, the Frisian Jesca, the English Jesse, the English Jessi, the English, German, and Scottish Jessie, the English and German Jessy, the Scandinavian Jonna, the French Josée, the German Josi, the English Josie, the Italian Gioia, the German Gisa, the English and German Jessica, the English and German Jessika, the English and German Jo, the English and German Joy, the English Joyce, and the Polish Joasia. KEY: Pronunciation for Jackie: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"
A famous person named Jackie is Basketball Player Jackie Stiles, born 21 December 1978, Kansas City, Kansas. |