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I like Jacqueline! I prefer the nickname Jackie, spelled this way.
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I like it, good name.
I would say Jackie is the best nick-name. Even where I live, a French-speaking area, there are some women named Jacqueline, and they use the nick-name Jackie, that spelling.
Jacqui looks like it should be said "Jack-quee".
I would say Jackie is the best nick-name. Even where I live, a French-speaking area, there are some women named Jacqueline, and they use the nick-name Jackie, that spelling.
Jacqui looks like it should be said "Jack-quee".
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I like Jacqueline - especially when it's pronounced the way Jackie-O pronounced her name: jak-LEEN. And I only like this spelling - to me, the modernized Jaclyn looses so much of the initial name's charm.
And Jackie is far better. IMO, Jacqui is trying too hard to be "unique."
And Jackie is far better. IMO, Jacqui is trying too hard to be "unique."
This message was edited 4/15/2017, 9:22 AM
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Love!! It's been a favorite of mine for a long time and I love the nickname Jackie.
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It's a nice name. Strangely, there was a girl who lived near me growing up who was a friend of one of my cousins. Her name was Jacqueline, and she and her family, and therefore everybody else who knew her, pronounced her name Jack-wuh-Lyn, pronouncing the q. I have rarely heard it pronounced this way anywhere else, and the usual Jack-uh-lyn pronunciation seems weird to me.
Logically, Jacqui or Jacquie makes sense, but it just looks very off to me. Jackie is better.
You could also probably use Jacy/Jaci/Jacie if you wanted to change things up a bit.
Logically, Jacqui or Jacquie makes sense, but it just looks very off to me. Jackie is better.
You could also probably use Jacy/Jaci/Jacie if you wanted to change things up a bit.
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About the "Jack-wuh-Lyn" pronunciation... my grandma almost named my aunt Jacqueline, and she would've pronounced it that way. I have no idea why she'd want to pronounce it that way, since I don't think it's attractive at all, but there you go.
She also considered Aprile for my aunt. No, that's not a typo - she wanted to stick an E at the end of April. An English word. I guess my grandma was super trendy for 1968.
Eventually my aunt was named Cheryl, and I can't imagine her being called anything else.
EDIT--Turns out Aprile is the Italian form of April (we're of Italian descent), except in Italian it's pronounced ah-PREEL-(uh). But she would've still said it like April.
She also considered Aprile for my aunt. No, that's not a typo - she wanted to stick an E at the end of April. An English word. I guess my grandma was super trendy for 1968.
Eventually my aunt was named Cheryl, and I can't imagine her being called anything else.
EDIT--Turns out Aprile is the Italian form of April (we're of Italian descent), except in Italian it's pronounced ah-PREEL-(uh). But she would've still said it like April.
This message was edited 4/15/2017, 10:34 AM
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I'm a bit torn when it comes to Jacqueline. I am French/Austrian and in each of these countries people get a very different image of this name. In France it is a very old classic, the feminine version of Jacques. It was at its most common in the 1940s and has been hardly used since the 70s. It is considered to be dated, but it still has a bit of a classic vibe to it even though it isn't stylish at the moment.
In Austria this name is considered to be trashy. Extremely trashy. It has become a bit of a joke name. I think it is silly to judge people by their names, but this has such a bad image in Austria now that using it could be a burden for a child. Again, I disagree with this. It was common in the 80s and 90s and then almost completely disappeared due to negative associations.
In English speaking countries I guess it has a classic association due to Jacqueline Kennedy but it also seems a bit dated. But the English pronunciation differs a lot from the French one. Sometimes I think it would be nicer to just use Jaclyn instead, for some reason it looks nice to me and reflects the English pronunciation more accurately.
I dislike Jackie in general. A lot. I would go with the full name. I think 99% of all people will spell it Jackie anyway so I would just go with that if I wanted to use this nickname. But Jacqui looks nicer.
In Austria this name is considered to be trashy. Extremely trashy. It has become a bit of a joke name. I think it is silly to judge people by their names, but this has such a bad image in Austria now that using it could be a burden for a child. Again, I disagree with this. It was common in the 80s and 90s and then almost completely disappeared due to negative associations.
In English speaking countries I guess it has a classic association due to Jacqueline Kennedy but it also seems a bit dated. But the English pronunciation differs a lot from the French one. Sometimes I think it would be nicer to just use Jaclyn instead, for some reason it looks nice to me and reflects the English pronunciation more accurately.
I dislike Jackie in general. A lot. I would go with the full name. I think 99% of all people will spell it Jackie anyway so I would just go with that if I wanted to use this nickname. But Jacqui looks nicer.
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