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The first name 
Jackie

Jackie is a first name for all genders. The name is given about equally often as boys and girls name.

Jackie – well-known but still special!

Few children have been named Jackie in recent years. Although it is used several times each year, only approximately 5 out of 100,000 children are currently called Jackie. Whether you’re a boy or a girl, you will most likely be the only person with the special name Jackie at your school. In our SmartGenius ranking, Jackie is number *** on the list of most common first names.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Jackie

Jackie has 6 letters 
and begins with a J

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter J is a very popular first letter for given names. That’s because 8.3% of all common first names in the US begin with this letter. Only the initial letter A is more common for first names.

With six letters, the name Jackie is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

That means that if 8.3% of all first names start with a J, this initial letter occurs more than two times as often as all other letters on average.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Jackie

If your name is Jackie and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Jackie

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Jackie, you can simply say:

Joker

Apple

Cat

Koala

Igloo

Elephant

This is how the name Jackie is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Jackie in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Jackie

Jackie

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Jackie

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Jackie is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

J
A
C
K
I
E

Have you ever waved the name Jackie

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

J
A
C
K
I
E

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Jackie sounds like this: