The French equivalent of the male name : James. Jacques in French is James and not (jack=John) as in the mistranslated children"s song. some famous Jacquelines include the former first Lady- Jacqueline Onassis, and the aviatrixes Jacqueline Auriol (l9l7-2000) and Jacqueline Cochran ( US wasp leader in WW2)/ The speed rivalry between them in the fifties and sixties was called the War of the Two Jacquelines by the French Press. In real life, they got along very well!