Girl · French, from Hebrew
Jaclyn
Say it: JAK-lin
Meaning
A spelling of Jacqueline, the French feminine of Jacques (James, from Hebrew Yaakov).
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A simplified American spelling most used in the 1970s and 1980s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1970s
In the United States
- 49,334 babies given this name since 1923
- At its height in 1979, about 1 in 697 girls
- 116 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jacklyn, Jacquelyn, Jaclynn
| French | Jacqueline |
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Famous bearers
- Jaclyn Smith, American actress
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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