My Grandfather, who died when my dad was 13 was French and his name was Jacques. I was the first grandchild and therefore I was named Jacqui in honor of him. I love my name.
In French Jacky is a very common nickname for the male name Jacques (Jacob/James). Jacqui could be another transcription of Jacky or Jackie but it's more used for Jacqueline, the female form.
I think it would make more sense to use this Jacqui spelling as a nickname for Jacqueline. I don't understand why people use spellings like Jackie, Jacki and (heaven forbid) Jakki, when there is no "k" in the original name.
― Anonymous User 12/28/2009
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This spelling actually makes more sense if your name is spelled Jacqueline. But I don't really like Jacqui or Jacqueline. Too harsh and just has too many elements. I mean a Ja- sound, a qui, and an eline. Too much!
I kinda like diminutives of names that don't change much to the spellings of their full versions.
By the way in the USA, the spelling of Jacquie is more popular than the spelling of Jacqui.
https://www.names.org/n/jacquie/about
http://www.nancy.cc/baby-name/Jacquie/
https://www.names.org/n/jacqui/about
http://www.nancy.cc/baby-name/Jacqui/