THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Jacqueline
Jacqueline is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Jackie Lou Blanco, Jacqueline Schubert. This snapshot links the name to 2 distinct Wikidata person records. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Spanish
- /ʝakeˈlin/
- [ɟ͡ʝa.keˈlĩn]
- /ʃakeˈlin/
- [ʃa.keˈlĩn]
- /ʒakeˈlin/
- [ʒa.keˈlĩn]
- /ˈʝakelin/
- [ˈɟ͡ʝa.ke.lĩn]
- /ˈʃakelin/
- [ˈʃa.ke.lĩn]
- /ˈʒakelin/
- [ˈʒa.ke.lĩn]
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
From French Jacqueline, a feminine diminutive form of Jacques (“James”), from Hebrew יעקב (ya'akóv, “Jacob”), from the root עקב (‘akev, “heel”), because the biblical patriarch Jacob was born just behind Esau, and was grasping Esau’s heel in an effort to prevent him from being born first.
A female given name from French.
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SpanishEtymology & source
Borrowed from French Jacqueline.
a female given name
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EnglishEtymology & source
From Middle English Iacob, from Late Latin Iācōbus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ, literally “May He Heel”), from the third-person singular masculine imperfective form of the Semitic verb "to heel" (with various meanings), in turn from עָקֵב (ʿāqēḇ, “heel of the foot”). Doublet of James, Yaakov, and Yakub.
A male given name from Hebrew.; One of the sons of Isaac and Rebecca, and twin brother of Esau; father of the Israelites (Jews and Samaritans) by 12 sons by 4 consorts, most famously Judah and Joseph who fathered Manasseh.; The fifth son of Lehi and one of the younger brothers of Nephi, author of one of the books in the Book of Mormon.
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People with the name Jacqueline
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Jackie Lou Blanco
Filipino actress
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
1
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
2
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Jackie Lou Blanco, Jacqueline Schubert
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Jacqueline in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
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Similar names to Jacqueline
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Jacquiline♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Adeline♀Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Angeline♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Pauline♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Augustine·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Caroline♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Catherine♂♀Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Evangeline♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Jacqueline?
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Explore Jacqueline further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q391321 — Jacqueline (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Jackie Lou Blanco (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q391321 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Jacqueline Schubert (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q391321 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Jacqueline (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Jacqueline (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Jacqueline (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Jacqueline (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.