Jacqueline

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Jackeline in FR France, BR Brazil, VE Venezuela and 8 more, ז'קלין in IL Israel and Жаклин in RU Russia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Jacqueline is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name1.7M records spelled Jacqueline4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Philippines

  Languages: French, Romanian

• Spanish given name1.5M records spelled Jacqueline7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, United States

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Jácqueline, Jacqüeline, Jacquelíne, Jacqueline'

• Dutch given name59K records spelled Jacqueline2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Netherlands, United States, Belgium, South Africa

  Also written Jacqueĺine

• Indonesian given name15K records spelled Jacqueline4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay, Malagasy

  Also written Jäcqüelïnë

84 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Jacqueline is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Feminine of Jacques, from Hebrew Ya'akov, 'supplanter'.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In English, French feminine of Jacques; from Hebrew 'supplanter'

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• In English, Feminine form of Jacques, the French form of Jacob or James.

  as a name·Irish first names

• Feminine diminutive form of lacanes the French version of James. In the 1960s it became very popular in the United States and elsewhere, influenced in part by the fame and stylish image of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, whose family is of French extraction. Pet forms: Jackie, Jacky, Jacqui (all now very common).

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• Feminine pet form of JACQUES. See main dictionary.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 133 years between 1891–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Jacqueline Cochranb. 1906USAmerican aviator and businesswoman (1906–1980)
• Jacqueline Kennedy Onassisb. 1929USFirst Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963
• Jackie Collinsb. 1937GBnot in their usual nameBritish-American writer and actress (1937–2015)
• Jacqueline Boyerb. 1941FRFrench singer
• Jacqueline Bissetb. 1944GBEnglish actress
• Jacqueline du Préb. 1945GBBritish cellist (1945–1987)
• Jackie Joynerb. 1962USnot in their usual nameAmerican track and field athlete
• Eva Longoriab. 1975USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress and producer (born 1975)
• Stana Katicb. 1978CAnot in their usual nameCanadian actress
• Jackie Evanchob. 2000USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,779 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Jacqueline?

We estimate roughly 1.0 million people bear Jacqueline (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Jacqueline have the most bearers?

Jacqueline is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled jacqueline.

Where is Jacqueline most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Jacqueline is densest in France — about 1 in 182 people — even though United Kingdom holds more of our records for it.

How common is Jacqueline compared with other names?

In the United Kingdom, Jacqueline is the 89th most common given name of 369,273 given names recorded there.

Is Jacqueline a male or female name?

Jacqueline is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Jacqueline mean?

Recorded meaning: Feminine form from Jacob, a Biblical name; means 'God replaces'.