Jacqueline

French, feminine diminutive of Jacques

"supplanter"

Jacqueline Origin and Meaning

The name Jacqueline is a girl's name of French origin meaning "supplanter".

Jacqueline originated as a feminine form of Jacques, the French variation of James, and therefore Jacob. Jacob was ultimately derived from the Hebrew name Ya’aqov, and gets its meaning, "supplanter" from the story of Jacob supplanting his brother Esau as the first-born son in the Bible. Jacqueline was first used in France in the Middle Ages.

To most Americans, the French Jacqueline still recalls the Kennedy era and its elegant First Lady, although it's lost a good measure of its glamorous image and Gallic gloss. Jacqueline and Jackie peaked as names in 1961, the age of Camelot, reaching a high of Number 37.

The name was imported into England by a French sister-in-law of Henry V (known as Dame Jack) and had reached the Top 50 in this country by the 1920s. It's one of those names with a bunch of different spellings, the most common of which is Jacqueline.

Barbara Walters named her only child Jacqueline.

Jacqueline Rank in US Top 1000

# 539 in the US

Jacqueline Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 345 on Nameberry

Jacqueline Popularity

• 539 US 2023
• 345 Nameberry 2024
• 300 Mexico 2021

20 Names Similar to Jacqueline

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Jacqueline.

• Stephanie
• Jackie
• Frederica
• Joanna
• Marilyn
• Nicole
• Jocelyn
• Rebecca
• Johanna
• Jennifer
• Mary
• Katherine
• Irene
• Jessica
• Lauren
• Julianna
• Carmen
• Catherine
• Virginia
• Cali

Famous People Named Jacqueline

• Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Bouvier Kennedy Onassis former First Lady of the United States as wife of President John F. Kennedy
• Jacqueline "Jackie" Evancho American child opera singer
• Jacqueline Emerson American singer/actress
• Jacqueline Laurita American reality TV personality, "Real Housewives of New Jersey"
• Jacqueline "Jackie" Joyner Kersee, American Olympic heptathlete
• Jacqueline Wilson British author
• Jacqueline Carey American author
• Jacqueline Hennessy Canadian TV presenter; twin sister Jill Hennessy
• Jacqueline Samantha "Jackie" Sandler American actress and wife of Adam Sandler
• Jacqueline Léonore Léopoldine de Lannoy Princess de Ligne
• Jacqueline Joe New Zealand actress
• Jacqueline Mary Jossa English Actress
• (Winifred) Jacqueline Fraser Bisset English actress
• Jacqueline Jill "Jackie" Collins English novelist
• Jacqueline DeLois Moore American pro wrestler
• Jacqueline Mary du Pré English cellist
• Jacqueline Rayner English novelist
• Jacqueline Susann American novelist
• Jacqueline Fernandez Bollywood actress and Miss Sri Lanka Universe 2006
• Jacqueline Cochran (born Bessie Lee Pittman) American aviatrix
• Jacqueline Dena Guber (b. 1968) daughter of journalist Barbara Walters and Lee Guber
• Jacqueline Donovan (b. 2000) stillborn daughter of basketball coach Billy Donovan
• Jacqueline Jean Messier (b. 2005) daughter of ice hockey player Mark Messier

Jacqueline in Pop Culture

• Jacqueline "Jack" Barrett character on TV's "Jack & Jill"
• Jacqueline character in "Le Medecin malgre lui" by Moliere
• Jacqueline Andrea Suzette "Jackie" Tyler character on TV's "Doctor Who"
• Jacqueline Beulah "Jackie" Burkhart character on TV's "That 70's Show"
• Jacqueline "Jackie" Wilcox character on TV's "Heroes"
• Jacqueline "Jackie" Marone Knight character on American soap "The Bold and the Beautiful"
• "Jacqueline" song by Franz Ferdinand
• Jacqueline Voorhees character from TV series "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"
• Jacqueline "Jacqui" Briggs character in video game series "Mortal Kombat"
• Jacqueline "Jackie" main character from "Cyberchase"
• 'Jacqueline' song by Bobby Helms
• Jacqueline Bouvier née Gurney Marge Simpson, Selma Bouvier, and Patty Bouvier’s mother from The Simpsons
• Jacqueline "Jack" Sloane character on TV series "NCIS"