Girl name origins & meanings French : Supplanter, substitute; feminine variation of Jacob or James Girl name variations Jacqueline Jacquelyn Jackelyn Jaklyn Jaclyn Jackie Jackey Jackee Jacqui Jacquetta Jacquith Family name origins & meanings English : from a pet form of Jack.South German and Swiss German (Jäcklin) : from a pet form of Jack, a South German name based on Jacob. Compare Jackley.