Jacqueline
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from French. From French Jacqueline, a feminine diminutive form of Jacques (“James”), from Hebrew יעקב (ya'akóv, “Jacob”), from the root עקב (‘akev, “heel”), because the biblical patriarch Jacob was born just behind Esau, and was grasping Esau’s heel in an effort to prevent him from being born first.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Jacqueline (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Jacqueline has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1999. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 19 |
| 1999 | 25 |
| 2000 | 14 |
| 2001 | 20 |
| 2002 | 17 |
| 2003 | 15 |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2005 | 11 |
| 2006 | 15 |
| 2007 | 17 |
| 2008 | 10 |
| 2009 | 9 |
| 2010 | 20 |
| 2011 | 13 |
| 2012 | 18 |
| 2013 | 17 |
| 2014 | 16 |
| 2015 | 12 |
| 2016 | 10 |
| 2017 | 11 |
| 2018 | 10 |
| 2019 | 10 |
| 2020 | 7 |
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 5 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 869 |
| 2000 | 884 |
| 2001 | 906 |
| 2002 | 940 |
| 2003 | 966 |
| 2004 | 980 |
| 2005 | 998 |
| 2006 | 1,040 |
| 2007 | 1,070 |
| 2008 | 1,098 |
| 2009 | 1,123 |
| 2010 | 1,135 |
| 2011 | 1,163 |
| 2012 | 1,197 |
| 2013 | 1,223 |
| 2014 | 1,238 |
| 2015 | 1,256 |
| 2016 | 1,269 |
| 2017 | 1,288 |
| 2018 | 1,311 |
| 2019 | 1,335 |
| 2020 | 1,337 |
Jacqueline in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Jacqueline.Hi! My name is Jacqueline.
- Har du träffat Jacqueline? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Jacqueline? She started working here on Monday.
- Jacqueline har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Jacqueline has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jacquelines mamma är lärare.Jacqueline's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Jacquelines mamma is Jacqueline's mum.
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Questions about Jacqueline
How do you pronounce Jacqueline in Swedish?
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What does the name Jacqueline mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from French. From French Jacqueline, a feminine diminutive form of Jacques (“James”), from Hebrew יעקב (ya'akóv, “Jacob”), from the root עקב (‘akev, “heel”), because the biblical patriarch Jacob was born just behind Esau, and was grasping Esau’s heel in an effort to prevent him from being born first.
How popular is Jacqueline in Sweden?
5 babies were named Jacqueline in 2022. In 2020, 1,337 people in Sweden had Jacqueline as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1999 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.