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First name: Jaclyn
 

Origin

: English

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Meaning

: English female version of Jacob; About the male form of Jacob, meaning actually "He (God protect) should" but already in the Old Testament interpreted as Folk etymology "heel holder" and "he's cheating / he displaced ", in the Old Testament Jacob is a son of Isaac and the father of 12 sons, who create the 12 tribes of Israel, to Jacob at the birth of his twin brother Esau have held fast to the heel to the first-born to be (hence the above name interpretation); in the New Testament, James the Younger and James the changes older two apostles are Jes
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