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The name was in rare, occasional use in the Southern United States in the 1800s. It first appeared among the 1,000 most used names for American newborn girls in 1898 and reached peak usage in 1950, when it was the 55th most popular name given to American girls. It was regarded by American parents as a feminine version of the name Jack. [3]
Jacqueline, Jackie Jackeline is a feminine given name . It is variant of Jacqueline , [ 1 ] a French feminine form of Jacques which in turn comes from Jacob , a Hebrew name meaning "supplanter" or possibly "may God protect".
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs, which are written differently but pronounced the same).
Jacqueline, Jackie Jaclyn , often abbreviated to "Jackie", is a feminine given name . It is variant of Jacqueline , [ 2 ] a French feminine form of Jacques which in turn comes from Jacob , a Hebrew name meaning "supplanter" or possibly "may God protect".
The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Jagge, from Cambridgeshire dated 1251, in the "Chartulary of Ramsey Abbey", during the reign of King Henry III, who was known as "The Frenchman", 1216 – 1272, a witness in the Assize Court Rolls of Cambridgeshire in 1260.
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Jacqueline Netter-Minne-Guerroudj (27 April 1919 – 18 January 2015) [1] was a Frenchwoman condemned to death as an accomplice of Fernand Iveton during the Algerian War. [2] She was never executed, partly due to a campaign on her behalf conducted by Simone de Beauvoir .
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929–1994), American wife of President John F. Kennedy and Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, and fashion icon; Jackie Lee (Irish singer), born Jacqueline Flood in 1936; Jacqueline Jackie Loughery, first winner of the Miss USA competition; Jackie Maxwell (born 1956), Canadian theatre director