Given name & surname
Jacqui
“the supplanter”
In English use, Jacqui is an affectionate form of Jacqueline. In French use, Jacqueline carries the interpretation “the supplanter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Jacqui is an affectionate form of Jacqueline. In French use, Jacqueline carries the interpretation “the supplanter.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jacqui is a diminutive of Jacqueline. Jacqueline comes from French, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English use, Jacqui is used as a spelling variant of Jackie.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1945. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jacqui through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 888
- 13 boys · 875 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 43 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 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 43 in 1961. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,854 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jacqui’s family of names
In English usage, Jacqui is a diminutive of Jacqueline. Jacqui has an alternative spelling in Jackie. Jacqui is an affectionate form of Jacqueline.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Jacqui
- Jacqui SmithBritish politician (born 1962)
- Jacqui McSheeBritish folk singerborn 1943
- Jacqui CooperAustralian freestyle skierborn 1973
- Jacqui SafraSwiss-American banker and art collector (born1947/1950)
- Jacqui AbbottEnglish pop rock singerborn 1973
- Jacqui Frazier-LydeAmerican boxerborn 1962
- Jacqui KatonaAustralian activistborn 1966
- Jacqui DrolletFrench politicianborn 1944
- Jacqui CookCanadian rowerborn 1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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