Given name & surname
Jacquelin
“the supplanter”
Jacquelin is a variant of Jacqueline. In French use, Jacqueline carries the interpretation “the supplanter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jacquelin 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 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jacquelin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9,686
- 0 boys · 9,686 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 211 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,317 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −31%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,317 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 30.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 211 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,127 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 83,387 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jacquelin’s family of names
In German usage, Jacquelin has a related form in Jacqueline.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jacquelin
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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