Baby Girl Names - Beginning with J

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Jacqueline: The French feminine form of the name Jacques.

Jade: Taken from the precious stone which in Spain was known as the Stone of the Bowels.

Jane: From the old French name Jehanne. Has unfortunate historical associations with figures such as Jane Seymour who died shortly after giving birth to Henry VIII’s first son.

Janine: A simplified form of the French name Jeannine.

Jasmine: Taken from the name of the sweet smelling plant.

Jennifer: The Cornish form of Guinever thereby meaning ‘beautiful’.

Jessica: Invented by Shakespeare as the daughter of Shylock in the Merchant of Venice.

Jody: A modern name of uncertain origin.

Judith: From the Hebrew meaning ‘woman of Judea’. Judith was the wife of Esau whose parents had opposed their wedding as she came from a heathen tribe.

Justine: The French feminine form of Jusin.