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.
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.
Jacqueline is a very popular female first name, 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.
Arabic: جاكلين
Armenian: Ժագլին
Bulgarian: Жаклин, Zhaklina
Simplified Chinese: Jié kuí lín, 杰奎琳
Traditional Chinese: Jié kuí lín, 賈貴琳
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
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 Batteast, US basketball player
Jacqueline Cruz Silva, Brazilian beach volleyball player
Jackie Gayda, American professional wrestler, former WWE Diva, and former TNA Knockout
Jacqueline Moore, American professional wrestler, former WWE Diva, and former TNA Knockout
Jacquie Phelan, American professional mountain bike champion
Jacqueline Pusey (born 1959), Jamaican sprint athlete
Jacqueline Todten (born 1954), German javelin thrower
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier 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.
Jacqueline Briskin, writer
Jacqueline "Jackie" French, Australian children's writer
Jacqueline Susann, writer
Jacqueline Wilson, writer
Jacqueline Woodson, writer
Jacqueline Boyer, singer
Jacqueline du Pré, British cellist
Jacqueline Marie "Jackie" Evancho, Classical crossover singer
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
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
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
