Skip to content
BrazilNames BrazilNames
PT

Meaning of the nameJackline

Jackline is a female name, an alternative spelling of Jacqueline, which is the feminine form of the French Jacques, linked to the biblical name Jacob.

Meaning

“feminine form of Jacques (Jacob), 'the one who holds the heel' or 'the one who supplants'”

Source: Behind the Name: Jacqueline · Behind the Name: Jacques · Behind the Name: Jacob

People (2022)
1,181
Rank in Brazil
#7,395
Median age
32 years
2010 Census
1,146
people

Jackline in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jackline, 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 (389 people).

1,175 women 0 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 Jackline is most common

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

  1. Pará 0.002%
  2. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pará1640.002%
São Paulo1630.000%
Amazonas840.002%
Rio de Janeiro700.000%
Bahia700.001%
Pernambuco580.001%
Minas Gerais510.000%
Maranhão510.001%
Ceará500.001%
Paraná470.000%
Goiás470.001%
Santa Catarina430.001%
Mato Grosso390.001%
Paraíba320.001%
Alagoas310.001%
Rio Grande do Norte220.001%
Espírito Santo210.001%
Rondônia190.001%
Distrito Federal180.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul180.001%
Amapá180.003%
Piauí170.001%
Sergipe150.001%

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

About the name Jackline

Behind the Name lists Jackline among the variants of Jacqueline, the French feminine form of Jacques. Jacques is the French form of Iacobus, which the same site links to Hebrew Yaʿaqov, Jacob. That name is usually glossed as 'the one who holds the heel' or 'the one who supplants', and there is also a hypothesis of an origin in Yaʿaqovʾel, 'may God protect'. The meaning cited is that of the base name. IBGE recorded 1,181 people named Jackline, almost always women, with the most records among those born in the 1980s and 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Jacqueline · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Jacques · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Jacob · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Jackline

What does the name Jackline mean?

Jackline means “feminine form of Jacques (Jacob), 'the one who holds the heel' or 'the one who supplants'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Jackline in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,181 people with the first name Jackline, which ranks it number 7,395 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Jackline is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,175 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Jackline?

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

In which Brazilian state is Jackline most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.002% of the state's population is named Jackline (164 people), according to the 2022 Census.

More names of French origin

See all

Spotted a mistake? Report a correction for Jackline with a source. See the methodology.