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[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

Can you think of any girls names that have the nickname Jack/Jackie other than Jacqueline?

I want to honor both my grandpa and my husbands grandpa with future kids - his is Donald, mine is Jack.  I want to have girl and boy versions of both names since we can't control what gender we'll have.  So far all I can think of is Jacqueline and I am not fond of the name.

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[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

It's a bit of a stretch but maybe it could be a nickname for Jocelyn?

My other thought was Jacinta.

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

You could always do a first/middle combination of Ja--- C--- or Ja--- K---that would allow you to derive Jack as a nn. For example: Jane Katherine or Jamie Claire.

[a-tergo-lupi.livejournal.com]

Oooh. I like this suggestion.

I also like Jocelyn.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

Since Jack was originally a nickname for John, perhaps you could choose one of the female variations of John? It'd be a bit of a stretch, but nicknames don't *have* to make sense. I knew a girl named Alyssa in high school, and everyone called her Fred! I never did find out where that one came from...

[hwar.livejournal.com]

I was thinking that too. Maybe Joan, Joanna, Johanna, or Josephine. Alternatively you could do Jacqueline as a middle name. I also like the Jacinta suggestion above.

[greyhowl.livejournal.com]

Middle name her Jack! When I was pregnant with DS1, our girl name was Alice Jack. I still love it! (2 sons later...and a third on the way)

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

We'll probably end up doing this. :)

[kaoriz.livejournal.com]

Jacquette/Jacquetta
Jaclyn
Jacinda

this could help: http://www.thinkbabynames.com/beginning/0/Jac

[pixietangerine.livejournal.com]

Aw, Jacqueline is so sweet and elegant! It might grow on you. :)

Jacoba or Jacobina would be another option. Or just Jackie, if you don't mind her name being a bit nickname-ish.

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

That reminds me of how I went to high school with a girl named Jessica that everyone called Tom. To the point where if you would ask for Jessica, people would look at you for a while and then say, "Oh Tom. . ." It was short for Tomato.

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

No, but Jill or Jillian might be a cute counterpoint to use instead. You could always nickname her Jack. :)