User Contributed Dictionary
Etymology
feminine diminutive form of Jacques ( = James). From 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.Proper noun
- A given name.
French
Proper noun
Jacqueline- A given name, feminine form of Jacques.
German
Alternative spellings
Proper noun
Jacqueline- A given name borrowed from French.
Extensive Definition
Jacqueline may refer to:
People
Television, stage, and film
- Jacqueline Amuzie, American artist and former fashion model
- Jacqueline Beer, former actress and present Chair of the Board of Directors of the Thor Heyerdahl Research Centre
- Jacqueline Bisset, British actress
- Jacqueline Bracamontes, actress
- Jacqueline Brookes, American stage actress
- Jacqueline Collen, actress
- Jacqueline Dane, French actress
- Jacqueline Ellen Last O'Neil Henderson, Australian radio host known as "Jackie O"
- Jacqueline Hennessy, Canadian actress and journalist
- Jacqueline Hill, British actress
- Jacqueline Kelly, producer and actress
- Jacqueline Kim, Korean-American actress best known for the role of Lao Ma in the American television series Xena: Warrior Princess
- Jacqueline Logan, silent film actress
- Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress
- Jacqueline Pearce, British actress
- Jacqueline Pillon, voice actress best known for the role of Matthew in the PBS cartoon series CyberChase
- Jacqueline Relke, actress
- Jacqueline Rouillard, actress
- Jacqueline Saunders, actress
- Jacqueline Wu, Hong Kong actress
Sports
- Jacqueline Batteast, US basketball player
- Jacqueline Cruz Silva, Brazilian beach volleyball player
- Jacqueline Moore, American professional wrestler
Military
- Jacqueline M. Anderton, Ensign, Chief Communication Officer of USS Magellan
- Jacqueline Barnes, Rear Admiral and the Pentagon's On-Site Inspection Agency director
Political
- Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994), wife of the U.S. President John F. Kennedy, and former First Lady of the United States
- Jacqueline Jill Smith English politician
Literature
- Jacqueline Briskin, writer
- Jacqueline Susann, writer
- Jacqueline Wilson, writer
Music
- Jacqueline Boyer, singer
- Jacqueline du Pré, (1945 – 1987) British cellist
Science
- Jacqueline Barton, German-American observational astronomer
- Jacqueline Chen, Sandia National Laboratories Combustion Research Facility scientist
- Jacqueline Labofish, astrologer and mother of Sylvester and Frank Stallone
- Jacqueline McGlade, environmental scientist, head of the European Environment Agency
- Jacqueline Mitton, Cambridge-trained astronomer
- Jacqueline Olin, chemist, and a retired Smithsonian Institution researcher
Fictional
- Jacqueline Ingrid Bouvier, a TV cartoon character on The Simpsons
- Jacqueline Beulah Burkhart, character from That '70s Show
- Jacqueline Falsworth, daughter of James Montgomery Falsworth in the Union Jack comics
- Jacqueline "Jacqui" Bernadette Malota, character from the long-running soap opera Hollyoaks.
- Jacqueline Natla, main antagonist and final boss from Tomb Raider and Tomb Raider Anniversary video games
- Jacqueline Andrea Suzette Tyler, a character from the 2005 Doctor Who television series
- Jacqueline Payne Marone
- Jackie Wilcox
Other
- Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut
- Jacqueline Aguilera Marcano, 1995 Miss World representative of Venezuela.
- Jacqueline Bracamontes, beauty pageant titleholder
- Jacqueline Cochran, American aviatrix
- Jacqueline Zadoc-Kahn, disciple of Benjamin Jekhowsky
- 1017 Jacqueline, an asteroid
- Jacqueline (painting), a 1961 portrait by Pablo Picasso
- Jacqueline, a song by Scottish band Franz Ferdinand from their debut album Franz Ferdinand
Jacqueline in German: Jacqueline
Jacqueline in French: Jacqueline
Jacqueline in Polish: Jakubina
Jacqueline in Polish: Żaklina