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[ 2 syll. jac-kie, ja-ck-ie ] The girl name Jackie is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being slightly more popular. It is pronounced JHAEKiy †. Jackie has its origins in the Hebrew language and it is used largely in English. Jackie is a pet form of the English and 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 2008, among the family of girl names directly related to Jackie, 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 Jacki, the English Jacky, the name Jaki, the English Jacci, the English Jacey, the French Jacqui, the French Jacquie, the Polish Jaga, the name Jakaya, the Polish Jasia, the Indian Jaya, the English Jaycee, the name Jazzie, the English Jecca, the German Jella, the Frisian Jesca, the English Jescie, the English Jesey, the English Jesi, and the English Jessa. A famous person named Jackie is Basketball Player Jackie Stiles, born 21 December 1978, Kansas City, Kansas.
† 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)"   |
