Given name & surname
Jacklin
“the supplanter”
Jacklin is a variant of Jacqueline. In French use, Jacqueline carries the interpretation “the supplanter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jacklin is a variant of Jacqueline. In French use, Jacqueline carries the interpretation “the supplanter.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1924. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jacklin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 890
- 0 boys · 890 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 25 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,272 as a first name in 2020; 881 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jacklin’s family of names
Jacklin has a related form in Jacqueline.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
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