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Female version of Jack

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rumtumtugger · 15/03/2013 16:38

We'd like to honour my father in law, but need a female name. Not Jacqueline please!

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EmilyAlice · 15/03/2013 17:06

Hadn't occurred to me before, but Jacinthe in French is Hyacinth in English.

BikeRunSki · 15/03/2013 17:05

I went to school with a Jacinth.

FunSizedMum · 15/03/2013 17:04

What about Sian (pronounced Sharn) which is the welsh version on Jane?

MewlingQuim · 15/03/2013 17:04

Jocelyn?

peppertree · 15/03/2013 17:03

Jack = Jane

CheeseStrawWars · 15/03/2013 17:03

This might help www.thinkbabynames.com/beginning/0/Jac (but really, no-one calls their child "Jackette", do they?!)

GloriaPritchett · 15/03/2013 17:02

Or you could translate John, so Giovanni/ Giovanna?

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rumtumtugger · 15/03/2013 17:00

Can't use Jill, is also a family name

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djelibeybi · 15/03/2013 16:59

Does "Jill" have too much of a nursery rhyme feel?

fivesacrowd · 15/03/2013 16:59

Joanna, derived from Jane, both female versions of John.

GloriaPritchett · 15/03/2013 16:56

Jane has the same meaning I think (god is gracious).

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rumtumtugger · 15/03/2013 16:52

Ooh Jacquetta, that's interesting....

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NoTimeForS · 15/03/2013 16:51

I was going to say Lucy, because I read once a theory that Jack was popular because it was the closest name to the word Luck. And I guess Lucy is the female name most like Lucky. But that might be a bit too roundabout!!

EmilyAlice · 15/03/2013 16:51

Second Jacintha. Bit Chalet School but nice.

CremeEggThief · 15/03/2013 16:49

Do you like any female versions of John?
Jacquetta? The mother of the White Queen (Elizabeth Woodville).

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rumtumtugger · 15/03/2013 16:48

Sorry, x post

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rumtumtugger · 15/03/2013 16:48

Aiieee, too 'Goody'. Sorry, being picky here, thank you all for your suggestions!

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baskingseals · 15/03/2013 16:47

i do know someone called Jacaranda. she is always known as Jac.

i am not sure that is the right spelling though.

lolalou22 · 15/03/2013 16:47

Jade?

PipkinsPal · 15/03/2013 16:46

Thanks Cakes.

dinkystinky · 15/03/2013 16:45

I think you're going to struggle.

There's Jackson - but is traditionally a boys name.

Could you not just use a J name to honour fil?

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rumtumtugger · 15/03/2013 16:44

Yes...although when you google it the first thing that comes up is the nurse that killed herself following the Hoax phone call to Kate Middleton's hospital...

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noisytoys · 15/03/2013 16:43

I know a girl called Jack. Just Jack. It suits her

MakesCakesWhenStressed · 15/03/2013 16:42

jass-in-ther

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