Given name & surname
Jacqueline
“the supplanter”
In French use, Jacqueline carries the interpretation “the supplanter.”
Original FrenchJacques
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French use, Jacqueline carries the interpretation “the supplanter.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
How it developed
Jacqueline is used as a feminine counterpart of Jacques.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1891. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jacqueline through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 427,479
- 1,391 boys · 426,088 girls
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 12,023 babies
- 2025
- 541
- #558 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −36%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 541 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 558 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 35.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11,975 in 1964. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (72). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 331,316 as a first name in 2020; 226 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.
Jacqueline’s family of names
In English usage, Jacqueline has a diminutive in Jack. Jacqueline is a feminine form of Jacques. Jacqueline has a related form in Jackie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jacqueline has relatives in 19 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 59
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Jacquesvariant · French, English
- Jacquelynvariant · French, English
- Jaquelinevariant · French, Spanish
- Jaclynvariant · French, English
- Jacquelinvariant · French, German
- Jacquerinevariant · French
- Jackdiminutive · English
- Jackiediminutive · English
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- Jacklynvariant · English
- Jacquelynnvariant
- Jackydiminutive · English, Spanish
- Jaquelinvariant
- Jacquediminutive · English
- Jackelynvariant
- Jacquellinelikely variant
- Jacquelinnelikely variant
- Jackidiminutive · English
- Jacquiediminutive · English
- Jacquidiminutive · English
- Jaquettavariant
- Jaquelynnvariant
- Jaklynvariant
- Jaculinevariant
- Jacquettevariant
- Jacquettavariant
- Jacquenettevariant
- Jacquelynnevariant
- Jacquelynevariant
- Jacquellevariant
- Jacquellavariant
- Jacquelinavariant
- Jacqueleenvariant
- Jacquelvariant
- Jacqualinevariant
- Jacolynvariant
- Jaclinvariant
- Jackquelinevariant
- Jacklynnevariant
- Jacklinvariant
- Jackalinvariant
- Jacalynnvariant
- Jacalynvariant
- Jacqquelinelikely variant
- Jaccquelinelikely variant
- Jaquenettavariant
- Jaguithvariant
- Jaguelynvariant
- Jakleenvariant
- Jacquinevariant
- Jacquenettavariant
- Jacqueleanvariant
- Jacquałynvariant
- Jacglynvariant
- Jacgivariant
- Jackettevariant
- Jackettavariant
- Jackalinnevariant
- Jacalinvariant
- Yaquelínvariant · German, Spanish
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 19
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Jacqueline
- Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisFirst Lady of the United States from 1961 to 19631929–1994
- Jacqueline FernandezSri Lankan actressborn 1985
- Jacqueline BoyerFrench singerborn 1941
- Jacqueline du PréBritish cellist (1945–1987)
- Jackie CollinsBritish-American writer and actress (1937–2015)
- Jacqueline WilsonEnglish novelistborn 1945
- Jacqueline CochranAmerican aviator and businesswoman (1906–1980)
- Jackie EvanchoAmerican singerborn 2000
- Jacqui SmithBritish politician (born 1962)
Characters named Jacqueline: Jacqueline Bouvier (character on The Simpsons), Jackie Tyler (Doctor Who character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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