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in reply to a message by cona
SORRY THE OTHER MESSAGE SEEMS TO GO NO WHERE BUT TYPED IT IN A HURRY. I WAS WONDERING IF ANYONE KNEW THE MEANING OF THE NAME JACQUINA. MY MOTHER TOLD ME SHE READ IT IN A BOOK AND IT WAS AMERICAN INDIAN FOR JOY. BUT SINCE JACQUINA IS A PLANT NAME WAS WONDERING IF ANYONE KNEW OF ANOTHER TRANSLATION. I HAD NO IDEA THE WORD WAS A WORD TILL ANON TOLD ME ABOUT THE PLANT. HAD NEVER SEEN OR HEARD OF IT BEFORE
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Two things cast doubt on that theory of mine:
1.This plant-name is more often (and more correctly) written 'Jacquinia'.
2.Jacquin(i)a looks a LOT like 'Jacquin', which is the name of a famous botanist (the Dutch born Austrian Baron Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727-1817), who was professor of botany and chemistry at the University of Vienna). Needless to say this is a more probable origin of the plant-name than some unknown word from a native language.
On the plus side, I'm fairly sure I now know the origin of Jacquina: it is like the French name Jacquine, which means the same as Jacqueline. The 'a' at the end is just a bit of Spanish influence.
See http://nominis.cef.fr/index.php?page=pn&x1=1025 for Jacquine
1.This plant-name is more often (and more correctly) written 'Jacquinia'.
2.Jacquin(i)a looks a LOT like 'Jacquin', which is the name of a famous botanist (the Dutch born Austrian Baron Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727-1817), who was professor of botany and chemistry at the University of Vienna). Needless to say this is a more probable origin of the plant-name than some unknown word from a native language.
On the plus side, I'm fairly sure I now know the origin of Jacquina: it is like the French name Jacquine, which means the same as Jacqueline. The 'a' at the end is just a bit of Spanish influence.
See http://nominis.cef.fr/index.php?page=pn&x1=1025 for Jacquine
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http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week261.shtml
Jacquina pungens - Cudjoewood
Theophrastaceae
THIS IS WHERE I FOUND THE PLANT. BUT SO FAR THIS IS ALL I HAVE FOUND OUT. LIKE I SAID MOM FOUND THE NAME IN A BOOK...SOMEONE THAT WROTE THE BOOK MAY HAVE JUST USED THE PLANT NAME AS A NAME AND MADE UP A MEANING FOR THE STORYLINE. MOM NEVER DID SAY IF THE BOOK WAS FICTION OR NON FICTION. I JUST ENJOYED FINDING MY NAME SOMEWHERE.THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR HELP
Jacquina pungens - Cudjoewood
Theophrastaceae
THIS IS WHERE I FOUND THE PLANT. BUT SO FAR THIS IS ALL I HAVE FOUND OUT. LIKE I SAID MOM FOUND THE NAME IN A BOOK...SOMEONE THAT WROTE THE BOOK MAY HAVE JUST USED THE PLANT NAME AS A NAME AND MADE UP A MEANING FOR THE STORYLINE. MOM NEVER DID SAY IF THE BOOK WAS FICTION OR NON FICTION. I JUST ENJOYED FINDING MY NAME SOMEWHERE.THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR HELP
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Hi also my name is jacquina, and I would also like to know its meaning, my sister is called jacqueline, my brother jacquiel, hence my mother created that name jacquina.
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It's a feminized pet form of Jacques, from Hebrew via Latin Iacobus. The exact meaning is uncertain, but a prominent Yaqobal (said to mean "may the lord protect") who lived in Edom is mentioned in a contemporary Egyptian document. Much of the biblical story plays on the resemblance of the name to the Hebrew word for 'heel" and it's derivatives, such as "supplant", "trip" and "betray". The name may have been altered to remove reference to "bal" (lord), a term which became synonymous with pagan Canaanite deities.
This message was edited 4/11/2018, 7:21 AM
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