Jacqueline
JAK-uh-leen
A French feminine form of Jacques, ultimately tied to the name Jacob and the long tradition around St. James.
Meaning
Jacqueline is the French feminine form of Jacques, which comes from the same root as Jacob. In the excerpted material, it is also linked with the saint of Liège, showing how the name was shaped by local Christian naming traditions as well as by the older biblical name family.
Origin
FrenchLatinHebrewfeminine
Fun fact
The excerpt notes that Jacqueline was used in France, and that similar forms like Jacquette and Jacolyn/Jacomyn turn up in old registers, though the name did not spread widely elsewhere in the same way.
Confidence: mixed. Sources: History of Christian Names.