Jacqueline (given name)

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Jacqueline
PronunciationEnglish:
Jaclyn, Jacky, Jacqui
Popularitysee popular names

Jacqueline is a female given name.

Origins

Jacqueline comes from

Hebrew
meaning 'may God protect' or 'supplanter'.

Supplanter refers to a person who replaces someone or a thing of lesser value, and this Hebrew meaning refers to Jacob's supplanting Esau as recorded in the Hebrew Bible. 'May God protect' has a more positive connotation and is, therefore, the preferred meaning for the name.

Jacqueline was first used in 17th century England.

Variant and diminutive forms

It has spelling variations and many variants in both spelling and pronunciation have come into use, such as Jacquelyn, Jacqueline, Jackeline, Jackielyn, Jacklyn and Jaqueline. The diminutive for Jacqueline is Jac, Jackie, Jaque or Jacqui, which also has many variants.

Popularity

Jaqueline is a very popular female first name,[2] used in the United States, Canada, England, France, Australia, South Africa and elsewhere.

One of the most famous persons to bear the name in the twentieth century is Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, née Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, often referred to as Jackie Kennedy following her marriage to U.S. President John F. Kennedy from 1953 to 1963.

Transliterations

  • Amharic: ጃክሊን (Jakilīni)
  • Arabic: جاكلين
  • Armenian: Ժագլին, Ժաքլինը (Zhak’liny)
  • Bangla: জ্যাকুলিন (Jyākulina)
  • Bulgarian: Жаклин, Zhaklina
  • Simplified Chinese: Jiékuílín, 杰奎琳
  • Traditional Chinese: Jiékuílín, 賈桂琳
  • Cantonese: 積琦蓮
  • Croatian: Jaklina
  • Czech: Jakubka, Jakuba
  • Danish: Jacobine, Bine, Iben
  • Dutch: Jacoba, Jacobina, Jacobine, Coba, Jacomina
  • French: Jacquette, Jacquetta, Jacqui, Jacquine, Jaquette
  • Galician: Xaquelina
  • Georgian: ჟაკლინ (Zhaklin)
  • Greek: Iakovina (Ιακωβινα)
  • Gujarati: Jēkvēlina (જેક્વેલિન)
  • Hebrew
    : ז'קלין, ג'קי
  • Hindi: Jaikalina, जैकलिन
  • Hungarian: Zsaklin
  • Italian: Giachetta, Giacomina, Giacoma
  • Irish: Séamaisíona, Seacailín, Siacailín
  • Japanese: Jakurīn (ジャクリーン)
  • Kannada: Jākvelin, ಜಾಕ್ವೆಲಿನ್
  • Korean: Jaekeullin, 재클린
  • Latin: Iacoba
  • Lithuanian: Žaklina
  • Macedonian: Жаклина (Quaklin)
  • Malayalam: ജാക്വലിൻ (Jākvalin)
  • Marathi: जॅकलिन (Jĕkalina)
  • Mongolian: Жаклин (Jaklin)
  • Nepali: जैकलिन (Jaikalina)
  • Polish: Jakubina, Żaklina, Żaklin
  • Persian: ژاکلین
  • Portuguese
    : Jaqueline
  • Punjabi: Jaikalīna, ਜੈਕਲੀਨ
  • Russian: Zhaklin, Яковина, Якубина, Жаклин
  • Serbian: Жаклина, Žaklin
  • Scottish: Jamesina
  • Spanish: Jacoba
  • Tamil: Jākkuliṉ, ஜாக்குலின், Jākki ஜாக்கி
  • Telugu: Jākvelin, జాక్వెలిన్, Jākī జాకీ
  • Thai: Cæ̆kh ke x līn, แจ๊คเกอลีน
  • Ukrainian: Zhaklin, Жаклін
  • Welsh: Jacelin
  • Yiddish: Jaklin, דזשאַקלין, Jackye דזשאַקקיע

Notable people

Television, stage, and film

Sports

Literature

Music

Science

Other

Fictional characters

  • Jacqueline Ingrid Bouvier, TV cartoon character on The Simpsons
  • Jacqueline Beulah Burkhart
    , character from That '70s Show
  • Jacqueline "Jacqui" Bernadette McQueen
    , character from the long-running soap opera Hollyoaks
  • Jacqueline Natla
    , main antagonist and final boss from Tomb Raider video games
  • Jacqueline Andrea Suzette Tyler, a character from the 2005 Doctor Who television series
  • Jacqueline Payne Marone
    , character from The Bold and the Beautiful
  • Jackie Wilcox
    , character from the TV series Heroes
  • Jacqueline De Bellefort (De Severac in the stage version), character from Agatha Christie's novel Death on the Nile
  • Jacqueline Barrett, character from Jack & Jill
  • Jacqueline Falsworth-Crichton
    , comic book character
  • Jacqueline de Ghent, character from Ever After

See also

References

  1. ^ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Jacqueline". Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  2. ^ 1990 U.S. Census

External links

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