jacqueline

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Definition of jacqueline in English English dictionary

A female given name

Jacqueline was so named simply because their mother had liked the ring of the word, sounding Parisian and worldly and auguring, to her mind, a good life.

borrowed from the French feminine form of Jacques (Jacob or James)

Cochran Jacqueline Jacqueline Joyner Onassis Jacqueline Kennedy Jacqueline Bouvier

{i} female first name

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Hyphenation

Jac·que·line

Turkish pronunciation

cäklîn

Pronunciation

/ˈʤaklən/ /ˈʤæklɪn/

Etymology

() French feminine diminutive form of Jacques ( = James). From Hebrew יעקב (Ya‘akov), from the Hebrew root עקב (‘akev), heel, because Jacob was born just behind Esau, and was grasping Esau’s heel in an effort to prevent him from being born first.