Jacqueline (name)

Origin of Name

Jacqueline is a French female (initially diminutive) form of the male name Jacques ( fr. Jacques ), a French version of the biblical (Hebrew) name Jacob ( dr.-Heb. יעקב [ jaʕăˈqoːv] , in the Russian version Jacob , Jacob; now the female form the name does not occur). Another French female diminutive of Jacques is Jacquetta.

Use in quality noun in France

Since the Middle Ages, the name Jacqueline in France (similar to his male equivalent, Jacques , see Jacquerie ) has been associated with the designation of a dull, stupid, or near woman. In the Walloon language there is the eponyms Walloon. jaguelène and valon . jakelène with the same meaning ( stupid , rustic ). In the dialect of Rush , common in the territory of French Eno And part of the Belgian province of Eno , picard. jaquelène means talker , taratorka ^[1] .

From the 17th century Under the name jacqueline and jaqueline, ceramic pot-bellied pots are very common in Flanders . The potters depicted grotesque heads on them, while the face was on the side of the spout, and the neck coincided with the handle. The name of these pots is probably associated with the name of the Allegedly, Countess of Gennegau (known in France under the name of Jacqueline of Bavaria), who personally supervised the production of pots after giving up land holdings and titles. In Quebec, the meaning of the word has been further developed and now means a pot with a lid and a handle.

In Argo, the word began to denote a manly woman , a nymphomaniac and, especially, a prostitute . Sometimes, in a less marked speech , this word means simply a mistress, a girlfriend.

The meaning of the stick , which Jacques received (according to the staff of pilgrims walking to the tomb of St. James ), passed on to its female counterpart, and jacqueline began to denote any object similar to a stick or cane, including, for example, a sword.

English speaking countries

The first mention of the name in England falls on the 13th century, but only from the middle. 20 century., With the expansion of the English-speaking onomasticon the inclusion of French, Spanish, Italian female names, it is widely spread on both sides of the Atlantic . In the 1960s The name became very popular in the USA and other English-speaking countries, helped by the fame of Jacqueline Bouvier-Kennedy-Onassis , which had French roots. The Kennedy couple - the Bouvier is often called simply Jack and Jackie ( Eng. Jack and Jackie ), and Jacqueline herself and everything connected with it, simply called Jackie ( Eng. Jackie ).

English diminutive forms: Jackie (originally diminutive of the male name Jack; name that was often called (even without a surname) Jacqueline Kennedy), also Jacki, Jacky, Jacqui (the latter is sometimes used as a full name), Jacquie, Jaqui, Jaki, Jakki, Jackey, Jacqi. Diminutive options for naming women (girls) have been used in English since the 1930s.

Jackalyn, Jacalyn, Jacqualine, Jacquelene, Jacquelyn (contamination with the suffix -lyn, the popular suffix of female names from the middle of the 20th century.) .

The name Jacqueline influenced the English spelling ( Eng. Jacquetta ) of the Italian name Giachetta, a female diminutive from Italian. Giaco or ital. Giacomo , in turn, are the Italian versions of the biblical name Jacob.

Under this name were known:

• Jacob Bavarian (1401-1436) - Countess Gennegau, in French sources known as Jacqueline of Bavaria.
• Jacqueline de Bouy (1588-1651) - Countess de Moret, favorite of the King of France Henry IV.
• Jacqueline Kennedy (1929–1994) - the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963.

• Jacqueline (values)
• List of articles beginning with the words (a) "Jacqueline"

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