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Meaning of the nameJackeline

Jackeline is a feminine name, a spelling variant of Jaqueline, the Brazilian form of the French Jacqueline, the feminine of Jacques.

Meaning

The meaning of Jackeline is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
17,496
Rank in Brazil
#1,159
Median age
31 years
2010 Census
19,291
people

Jackeline in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jackeline, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (6,087 people).

17,425 women 71 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Jackeline is most common

States with the highest share of people named Jackeline in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Amapá 0.024%
  2. Amazonas 0.023%
  3. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.016%
  4. Pará 0.016%
  5. Goiás 0.016%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo3,2810.007%
Pará1,3210.016%
Minas Gerais1,2090.006%
Goiás1,1420.016%
Rio de Janeiro9390.006%
Bahia9180.007%
Amazonas9110.023%
Pernambuco9060.010%
Maranhão8550.013%
Paraná7070.006%
Mato Grosso5320.015%
Paraíba5290.013%
Santa Catarina4850.006%
Alagoas4820.015%
Ceará4700.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul4510.016%
Espírito Santo3730.010%
Rio Grande do Norte3410.010%
Distrito Federal3020.011%
Piauí2790.009%
Sergipe2410.011%
Tocantins2170.014%
Rio Grande do Sul1920.002%
Amapá1760.024%
Rondônia1080.007%
Roraima700.011%
Acre590.007%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Jackeline

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Jackeline among the spelling variants of Jaqueline, and Behind the Name gives Jaqueline as the Brazilian form of Jacqueline, the French feminine of Jacques. Jacques is the French form of Iacobus, the New Testament Latin form linked to the Hebrew Yaʿaqov, the name of the patriarch Jacob. For Jacob, Behind the Name presents the traditional meaning 'holder of the heel' or 'supplanter' alongside other theories, and treats the etymology as uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 17,496 people named Jackeline, a name almost always female, with a median age of 31. The spelling uses CK where Jaqueline has QU and appears mainly among people born in the 1980s and 1990s.

This is the most common spelling in the group and the one the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records as a spelling variant of Jaqueline; proportionally, it is most common in Amapá.

Other spellings of Jackeline

SpellingPeople (2022)
Jackeline17,496
Jakeline10,739

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Jacqueline · behindthename.com · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Jacques · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Jacob · behindthename.com · origin
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Jaqueline · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Jackeline

What does the name Jackeline mean?

The meaning of Jackeline is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Jackeline in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 17,496 people with the first name Jackeline, which ranks it number 1,159 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Jackeline a boy's or a girl's name?

Jackeline is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 17,425 women and 71 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Jackeline?

Jackeline is a name of French, Latin and Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Jackeline most common?

Proportionally, in Amapá: 0.024% of the state's population is named Jackeline (176 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Jackeline?

Jakeline. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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