Jacqueline (given name)
(Redirected from Jakelin)
| Pronunciation | English: /ˈdʒæklɪn/ JAK-lin French: [ʒaklin] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Usually female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew through French |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Jackie, Jack, Jacquelin, Jacquelyn, Jacques, Jaclyn, Jacky, Jacqui |
| Popularity | see popular names |
Jacqueline is a given name, the French feminine form of Jacques, also commonly used in the English-speaking world. Older forms and variant spellings were sometimes given to men.
Origins
[edit]Jacqueline comes from French, as the feminine form of Jacques (English James). Jacques originated from Jacob, which is derived from the Hebrew.[citation needed]
Variant and diminutive forms
[edit]Many variants in both spelling and pronunciation of the name Jacqueline have come into use, such as Jacquelyn, Jackeline, Jakelin, Jackielyn, Jacklyn, and Jaqueline. The diminutive for Jacqueline is Jac, Jack, Jackie, Jaque or Jacqui, which also has many variants.
Popularity
[edit]Jacqueline has been a popular female first name, used in the United States, Canada, the UK, France, Australia, South Africa, and elsewhere, but its popularity has diminished since the 1960s.[1]
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.[citation needed]
Transliterations
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- 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
[edit]Television, stage, and film
[edit]- 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 Boatswain (born 1962), English actress
- Jacqueline Bracamontes, Mexican actress
- Jackie Brambles, British television presenter
- Jacqueline Brookes, American stage actress
- Jacqueline Fernandez, Bahraini–Sri Lankan actress and model
- Jacqueline Ellen Last O'Neil Henderson, Australian radio host known as "Jackie O"
- Jacqueline "Jackie" Emerson, American actress
- Jacqueline (Jackée) Harry, American actress
- Jacqueline Hennessy, Canadian actress and journalist
- Jacqueline Hill, British actress
- Jacqueline Jossa, English actress
- Jacqueline Kim, Korean-American actress best known for the role of Lao Ma in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess
- Jacqueline Laurence (1932–2024), French-born Brazilian actress and theatre director
- Jacqueline Leonard, Scottish actress
- Jacqueline Logan, American silent film actress
- Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress
- Jacquelyn Mills, Canadian documentary filmmaker
- 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
- Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg (1876–1976), Dutch actress
- Jacqueline Scott (1931–2020), American actress
- Jaclyn Smith, American actress and businesswoman
- Jacqueline Toboni, American actress
- Jacqueline Wu, Hong Kong actress
Sports
[edit]- Jacqueline Batteast, US basketball player
- Jacqueline Delord (born 1970), French swimmer
- Jackie Silva, Brazilian beach volleyball player
- Jackie Gayda, American semi-retired professional wrestler
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American retired track and field athlete
- Jacqueline Moore, American semi-retired professional wrestler
- Jacqueline Perkins (born 1965), Australian long-distance runner
- Jacquie Phelan, American professional mountain bike champion
- Jacqueline Pusey (born 1959), Jamaican sprint athlete
- Jacqueline Todten (born 1954), German javelin thrower
Literature
[edit]- Jacqueline Bishop, Jamaican writer, visual artist and photographer
- Jacqueline Briskin, writer
- Jacqueline "Jackie" French, Australian children's writer
- Jacqueline Jackson, author and peace activist
- Jacqueline Susann, writer
- Jacqueline Wilson, writer
- Jacqueline Woodson, writer
Music
[edit]- Jacqueline Boyer, singer
- Jacqueline "Jacky" Clark Chisholm, singer
- Jacqueline du Pré, British cellist
- Jacqueline Marie "Jackie" Evancho, Classical crossover singer
- Jacqueline Govaert, Dutch singer
- Jacqueline Sagana (born 1984), known as Jackie Sagana, Spanish R&B singer
- Jacqueline Taïeb, French singer
Science
[edit]- Jacqueline Barton (born 1952), American chemist
- Jacqueline Beggs (born 1962), New Zealand entomologist and ecologist
- Jakelin Caal, Guatemalan immigrant child who died while under the care of US border control
- Jacqueline Chen, American applied mathematician and mechanical engineer
- Jacqueline Dewar, American mathematician
- Jacqueline McGlade (born 1955), British-born Canadian environmental scientist
- Jacqueline Noonan (1928–2020), American pediatric cardiologist
Other people
[edit]- Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (1401–1436)
- Jacqueline Felice de Almania (fl. 1322), Italian physician
- Jacqueline Auriol, (1917–2000), French aviator
- Jacqueline Bishop, Jamaican writer, visual artist and photographer
- Jacqueline Bracamontes, beauty pageant titleholder
- Jacqueline Cochran (1906–1980), American aviator and business executive, first woman pilot to break the sound barrier and head of the Women Airforce Service Pilots for part of World War II
- Jacqueline de Jong (1939–2024), Dutch painter, sculptor and graphic artist
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, (1929–1994), widow of US President John F. Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis
- Jakelin de Mailly, a Frankish knight (male) who took part in the Battle of Cresson in 1187
- Jacqueline Aguilera Marcano, 1995 Miss World representative of Venezuela
- Jacqueline Perkins (diplomat), British diplomat and ambassador
- Jacqueline de Quattro (born 1960), Swiss politician
- Jacqueline Saburido, victim and survivor of a high-profile drunk-driving incident
- Jacqui Smith (born 1962), British politician, former Home Secretary
- Jackie Stallone (1921–2020), American astrologer, mother of actor Sylvester Stallone and singer Frank Stallone
- Jacqueline Thomas, victim in a high-profile 1960s English murder case
- Jakelin Troy (born 1960), Australian linguist
- Jacqueline Grennan Wexler, American Roman Catholic nun and university president
- Jacqueline Winsor (1941–2024), Newfoundland-born American sculptor
Fictional characters
[edit]- 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Campbell, Mike. "Popularity for the name Jacqueline". Behind the Name. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Meaning of Jacqueline on Thinkbabynames.com
- Meaning of Jacqueline Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine on Babynameworld.com
- Meaning of Jacqueline on BabyNamer.com
- Meaning of Jacqueline on Baby Names Pedia
- Meaning of Jacqueline on NaamIsm
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