Meanings
alternative Jaqueline · alternative Jacquelyn · alternative Jacklyn · alternative Jaclyn
- A female given name from French.
Jacqueline was so named simply because their mother had liked the ring of the word, sounding Parisian and worldly and auguring, to her mind, a good life.
1993, Oscar Hijuelos, The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien, →ISBN, page 6
Origin
- Hebrewיעקב“Jacob”
- FrenchJacqueline
- EnglishJacqueline
From French Jacqueline, a feminine diminutive form of Jacques (“James”), from Hebrew יעקב (ya'akóv, “Jacob”), from the root עקב (‘akev, “heel”), because the biblical patriarch Jacob was born just behind Esau, and was grasping Esau’s heel in an effort to prevent him from being born first.
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Chinese Mandarin 傑奎琳 /杰奎琳, 賈桂琳 /贾桂琳
- 傑奎琳 /杰奎琳 (Jiékuílín)female given name
- 賈桂琳 /贾桂琳female given name
Dutch Jacqueline
- Jacquelinefemale given name
French Jacqueline
- Jacquelinefemale given name
German Jacqueline
- Jacquelinefemale given name
Italian Giacomina
- Giacominafemale given name
Polish Jakubina, Żaklina
- Jakubinafemale given name
- Żaklinafemale given name
Spanish Jacqueline
- Jacquelinefemale given name
Cite this entry
Jacqueline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jacqueline
“Jacqueline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jacqueline. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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