Entry № 1146 · French, Hebrew origin

Jacqueline Jacqueline — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ JAK-uh-lin /
Gender
Girl
Origin
French, Hebrew
Meaning
"Supplanter (Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, First Lady)"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 350
First recorded
Medieval (French)

A name that means "supplanter (jacqueline kennedy onassis, first lady)".

Jacqueline is the French feminine of Jacques — from the Hebrew *Yaʿaqov* ("supplanter, holder of the heel"). **A top-50 US baby name from 1942 to 1962, peaking at #41 in 1959**. **Jacqueline "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994)** — **First Lady of the United States 1961-1963 as wife of John F. Kennedy; after JFK's 1963 assassination, married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis (1968-1975); later became a senior book editor at Doubleday (1978-1994)**. **The first First Lady to win an Emmy (1962, for her televised White House tour)**. **Restored the White House interiors (1961-63); her style — pillbox hats, Oleg Cassini gowns, the pink Chanel suit — defined American fashion for a generation; *Time* called her the 20th century's most-photographed woman**. **Jacqueline Bisset (born 1944)** — British actress; *The Deep* (1977), *Class* (1983), Golden Globe (2014). **Jacqueline du Pré (1945-1987)** — English cellist; her 1965 recording of the Elgar Cello Concerto is among the most-recorded of any classical work. **Jacqueline Woodson** — American National Book Award winner.

Subject of countless 20th-century American culture profiles.

Supplanter. First Lady 1961-63; first First Lady to win an Emmy (1962 White House tour).

The name in its native script.

Jacqueline
Transliteration
Jacqueline
Pronunciation
/ ˈdʒæk.ə.lɪn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Jacqueline stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 350 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 41 in 1959
Babies named Jacqueline · last year
765 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
1884
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · #41 NOW · #350

Jacquelines before her.

Real people
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
US First Lady.
1929 – 1994
Jacqueline Bisset
British actress.
born 1944
Jacqueline du Pré
English cellist.
1945 – 1987
Jacqueline Woodson
American novelist.
born 1963
In fiction
Jacqueline
Various French literature.

Names connected to Jacqueline.

The number behind Jacqueline.

5

The Free Spirit

Jacqueline reduces to five — the number of First Lady.

Why families chose this name.

"Kennedy's elegance. Ten letters. Jacqueline."
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