Baby name

FADING GIRL · HEBREW-FRENCH-ENGLISH
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Jackie

/JAK · ee/


“Supplanter”

Short form of Jacqueline, itself the French feminine of Jacques (James, from Hebrew Ya'akov meaning 'supplanter'); gained global fame through Jackie Kennedy.

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How it ages.

Peaked with Jackie Kennedy's era - feels unmistakably mid-20th century American now.

The cultural moment.

Very common in the US from the 1950s-1970s; now rare for newborns.