| The girl name Jacqueline [ 3 syll. jac-que-li-ne, ja-cquel-ine ] is pronounced JHAEKWahLahN, JHAEKLahN, or JHAEKahLahN KEY. Jacqueline's language of origin is Hebrew and it is predominantly used in French. The name Jacqueline means 'Yahweh may protect; holder of heel; supplanter'. Biblical name derived from yahweh 'name of God' ; aqeb 'heel' ; aqab 'to supplant, to cheat'. The name is considered a diminutive of Jacques. The name was first used by English speakers in the 13th century, although it was only popular in the mid 20th century, promoted by the celebrity status of Jacqueline Kennedy (1929-1994), the wife of President John F. Kennedy; she was of French roots. Jacqueline is the feminine version of the Dutch, English, and Scandinavian Jacob. Forms of Jacqueline include the English names Jacklyn, Jaclyn, Jacquelyn, Jaime, Jaimie, Jami, Jamie, and Jayme. The pet forms Jackie (English) and Jacky (English), and the spelling variant Jaqueline (French) are other forms of the name. Jacqueline is a popular baby girl name. The name grew in popularity from the 1900s up to the 1960s. At the height of its usage in 1964, 0.613% of baby girls were named Jacqueline. It had a ranking of #37 then. The baby name has seen a drop in frequency since then. In 2007, it ranked at #131 with a usage of 0.125%, but it was nevertheless the most popular within all girl names in its family. Jacqueline was 90% more popular than the 2nd ranked name, the English Jamie, in 2007. Baby names that sound like Jacqueline include the English Jacquelyn, the French Jaqueline, the English Jillian, the Dutch Jolien, the German Jolina, the English and German Josceline, the French and German Juliane, the English Julianne, the French Julienne, the English Gillian, the English Jacklyn, the English Jaclyn, the French Joceline, the English and German Jocelyn, the English Jolene, the German Joline, the German Joseline, the English Joselyn, the Dutch, English, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Juliana, the English Julianna, and the Italian Giuliana. KEY: English pronunciation for Jacqueline: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; W as in "we (W.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"
A famous person named Jacqueline is Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, U.S. First Lady, born Jacqueline Lee Bouvier 28 July 1929 - 19 May 1994, Southhampton, New York. |