Jacqueline (given name)

Jacqueline (/ˈdʒæklɪn/; French pronunciation: ​[ʒaˈklin]) is a female given name.

Origins

Jacqueline comes from French, as the feminine form of Jacques (English James). Jacques originated from 'Jacob', which is derived from the Hebrew meaning 'may God protect' or 'supplanter'.

Supplanter refers to a person who replaces someone or thing of lesser value, and this Hebrew meaning refers to Jacob 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 the United Kingdom in the 17th century.

Variant and diminutive forms

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

Popularity

Jacqueline is a very popular female first name,^[2] used in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, 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. The name's popular image of elegance may derive at least in part from its association with her.

Transliterations

• Arabic: جاكلين
• Armenian: Ժագլին
• Bulgarian: Жаклин, Zhaklina
• Simplified Chinese: Jié kuí lín, 杰奎琳
• Traditional Chinese: Jié kuí lín, 賈桂琳
• Cantonese: 積琦蓮
• Croatian: Żaklina
• Czech: Jakubka, Jakuba
• Danish: Jacobine, Bine
• Dutch: Jacoba, Jacobina, Jacobine, Coba
• French: Jacquette, Jacquetta, Jacqui, Jacquine, Jaquette
• Galician: Xaquelina
• Greek: Iakovina (Ιακωβινα)
• Gujarati: Jēkvēlina (જેક્વેલિન)
• Hebrew: ז'קלין, ג'קי
• Hindi: Jaikalina, जैकलिन
• Hungarian: Zsaklin
• Italian: Giachetta, Giacomina
• Irish: Séamaisíona, Seacailín, Siacailín
• Japanese: Jakurīn (ジャクリーン)
• Kannada: Jākvelin, ಜಾಕ್ವೆಲಿನ್
• Korean: Jaekeullin, 재클린
• Latin: Iacoba
• Lithuanian: Žaklina
• Macedonian: Жаклина
• Polish: Jakubina, Żaklina
• Persian: ژاکلین
• Portuguese: Jaqueline
• Punjabi: Jaikalīna, ਜੈਕਲੀਨ
• Russian: Zhaklin, Яковина, Якубина, Жаклин
• Serbian: Жаклина, Žaklin
• Spanish: Jacoba
• Tamil: Jākkuliṉ, ஜாக்குலின், Jākki ஜாக்கி
• Telugu: Jākvelin, జాక్వెలిన్, Jākī జాకీ
• Thai: Cæ̆kh ke x līn, แจ๊คเกอลีน
• Ukrainian: Zhaklin, Жаклін
• Yiddish: Jaklin, דזשאַקלין, Jackye דזשאַקקיע

Notable people

Television, stage, and film

• Jacqueline Beer, former actress and present Chair of the Board of Directors of the Thor Heyerdahl Research Centre
• Jacqueline Bisset (born 1944), British actress
• Jacqueline Bracamontes, Mexican actress
• Jackie Brambles, British television presenter
• Jacqueline Brookes, American stage actress
• Jacqueline Fernandez, Sri Lankan Model & Indian Actress
• Jacqueline Ellen Last O'Neil Henderson, Australian radio host known as "Jackie O"
• Jacqueline Emerson, American actress
• Jacqueline Hennessy, Canadian actress and journalist
• Jacqueline Hill, British actress
• Jacqueline Jossa, British actress
• Jacqueline Kim, Korean-American actress best known for the role of Lao Ma in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess
• Jacqueline Logan, silent film actress
• Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress
• Jacqueline Obradors, American actress
• Jacqueline Pagnol, French actress
• Jacqueline Pearce, British actress
• Jacqueline Pillon, voice actress best known for the role of Matthew in the PBS cartoon series CyberChase
• Jaclyn Smith, American actress and businesswoman
• Jacqueline Wu, Hong Kong actress
• Jacqueline (Jackée) Harry, American actress

Sports

• Jacqueline Batteast, US basketball player
• Jacqueline Cruz Silva, Brazilian beach volleyball player
• Jackie Gayda, American professional wrestler
• Jacqueline Moore, American professional wrestler
• Jacquie Phelan, American professional mountain bike champion
• Jacqueline Pusey (born 1959), Jamaican sprint athlete
• Jacqueline Todten (born 1954), German javelin thrower

Political

• Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, (1929-1994), former First Lady of the United States, former widow of the U.S. President John F. Kennedy, widow of Aristotle Onassis
• Jacqui Smith, British politician, former Home Secretary.

Literature

• Jacqueline Briskin, writer
• Jacqueline "Jackie" French, Australian children's writer
• Jacqueline Susann, writer
• Jacqueline Wilson, writer
• Jacqueline Woodson, writer

Music

• Jacqueline Boyer, singer
• Jacqueline du Pré, British cellist
• Jacqueline Marie "Jackie" Evancho, Classical crossover singer
• Jacqueline Govaert, Dutch singer

Science

• Jacqueline Barton, the Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor of Chemistry and Chair of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology.
• Jacqueline McGlade, environmental scientist, head of the European Environment Agency

Fictional

• 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

Other

• Jacqueline Felice de Almania, physician, 1322
• Jacqueline Saburido, victim and survivor of a drunk-driving accident
• Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut
• Jacqueline Aguilera Marcano, 1995 Miss World representative of Venezuela
• Jacqueline Bracamontes, beauty pageant titleholder
• Jacqueline Cochran, American aviator
• Jacqueline Thomas, victim in a high-profile English murder case from the 1960s
• Jacqueline Auriol, (1917 - 2000) most famous French aviator
• Jacqueline Labofish, astrologer and mother of Sylvester and Frank Stallone
• Jacqueline Grennan Wexler, American Roman Catholic nun and university president

See also

• Jacquelyn
• Jacqui
• Jackie
• Jackeline
• Jaclyn
• All pages beginning with "Jacqueline"

References

External links

• Meaning of Jacqueline on Thinkbabynames.com
• Meaning of Jacqueline on Babynameworld.com
• Meaning of Jacqueline on BabyNamer.com
• Meaning of Jacqueline on Baby Names Pedia