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Jacquita
How to Pronounce Jacquita
Pronounced jah-KEE-tuh /dʒɑːˈkiːtə/Medium
Meaning: Jacquita joins Jacque, the short form of Jacqueline, with the diminutive -ita. Jacqueline is the French feminine of Jacques, from James and the Hebrew Yaakov, meaning holder of the heel or supplanter.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Jacquita is a diminutive of Jacque or Jacqueline, capped with the affectionate Spanish-style -ita. Jacqueline is the French feminine of Jacques, from James and ultimately the Hebrew Yaakov, holder of the heel or supplanter. This form appears in United States records from around nineteen-thirty-one, peaked in the late nineteen-eighties, and stayed a rarity of a couple dozen girls a year.
The name rides the mid-century Jacqueline wave and its many elaborations, and a Jacquita of the nineteen-eighties would be in her thirties now. It reads as a warm, personal spin on Jacqueline and has stayed rare.
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What does the name Jacquita mean?
As a diminutive of Jacqueline it traces to James and the Hebrew Yaakov, holder of the heel or supplanter.
How do you pronounce Jacquita?
It is said jah-KEE-tuh /dʒɑːˈkiːtə/, three syllables.
Is Jacquita a boy or girl name?
Jacquita is used as a girl's name.
Is Jacquita a common name?
No. It was always rare, a diminutive given to just a couple dozen girls a year at its peak.