love [name]Jacqueline[/name]
a beautiful name for a bub, little girl and lady. good luck
[name]Annetta[/name]
thanks! i think Jaqs is cute and a nice alternative to [name]Jackie[/name]. i also thought of [name]Jax[/name] as another spelling that is nice and unusual.
thanks again for everybody’s encouraging replies. i think i may just stick with jacqueline. 
My friend was named [name]Jacinta[/name] when she was born. After 3 months, her Mum decided she wasn’t happy with the name and changed it to [name]Julie[/name]. She’s now in her 30s and has no probs with the fact her mum changed her name. It’s a good story that always gets a laugh in a good way. She thinks it’s funny that all her baby cards are addressed to [name]Jacinta[/name].
Go ahead and change it if you’re not happy with it. It’s a good, character building story. She’ll be dining out on it for years to come.
Well, it would definitely be better to change it sooner rather than later. I would do it now if I were you, rather than waiting until she gets any older. I agree that it sounds like it was very rushed, and I can understand that you were probably under A LOT of pressure, and a name might have seemed to fit at the time that doesn’t seem quite right now. I would definitely start looking into some other names and choose one that you KNOW you love.
I did it!
My son’s birth name was [name]David[/name] [name]Jayden[/name]. His father and grandfather are also named [name]David[/name], but both go by ‘[name]Dave[/name]’ - a name which I LOATHE! What I did not expect to happen, was for our friends and family to endearingly refer to our new baby as [name]Dave[/name] [name]Jr[/name]. and [name]Junior[/name]!! Despite MANY plea’s to use his given name, the 'pet names innocently continued and I decided that my son would now be officially going by his middle name. I haven’t legally changed it since he was named after my father and his father, but people were cooperative and understanding. I honestly never felt comfortable referring to him as ‘[name]David[/name]’ from the beginning. [name]Just[/name] do what feels right to you. [name]Don[/name]'t worry about if anyone says anything about it being too late or any other type of nonsense, it’s not their place to say so!
Good luck and rmbr you don’t need to worry what other people are going to say or think, you MADE your baby and YOU are the parent!
I don’t think it would be weird…I think once you met your baby, you knew that that name just isn’t her…I hope you find something that fits perfectly!
I love short names too…I like [name]Veda[/name], [name]Maisie[/name], [name]Daisy[/name], [name]Margo[/name], [name]Helen[/name], [name]Molly[/name], and even [name]Polly[/name]!!!
I guess these things can happen, people fantasize for a long time over names and then don’t seem like good choices on a real person. I don’t know that’s what happened. I kinda like the name [name]Jacqueline[/name], but I can understand liking names that are shorter. At least a name like [name]Elizabeth[/name] can be [name]Liz[/name] or [name]Beth[/name] (or [name]Betsy[/name]? [name]Bess[/name]? [name]Lizzie[/name]? [name]Eliza[/name]? I don’t know what’s going on these days sometimes), where you can call her [name]Jackie[/name] or Jaqs, I can understand where that just doesn’t seem like her name now that she’s here, or that you’re projecting the future where you’ll have to be cornered into lists of names that go together with it instead of the kinds of names you prefer.
You can change it, but really think it through. Call the name out to her, I think changing the name right now would stick you with the same dilemma. Call her other names that you like until one feels really good and try that out for at least a week. If you do wait too long, I think you’ll be stuck, but it’s a fine and dandy name, strong, professional, pretty.
If you sort of like [name]Jacqueline[/name] but you think it’s too long and complicated, try:
[name]Ellen[/name]
[name]Helen[/name]
[name]Ella[/name]
[name]Stella[/name]
[name]Lena[/name]
[name]Nina[/name]
[name]Nila[/name] ([name]Neela[/name], [name]Neala[/name])
[name]Keane[/name]
[name]Renee[/name]
If you sort of like [name]Jacqueline[/name], but you sort of not really liking the prominent [name]Jack[/name] area of the name, try:
[name]Jocelyn[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Lenora[/name]
If you sort of like [name]Jacqueline[/name], but you think maybe you wish you could just simply call her [name]Jacqui[/name], try:
Changing her official name to [name]Jacqui[/name].
[name]Jacqueline[/name] sounds classic and would look good on future college applications. 
I think you can get away with calling her any J name as a nn, like [name]Jane[/name], [name]Jaycee[/name], [name]Jenny[/name] (may be pushing it…)
My [name]SIL[/name] changed her son’s name from [name]Cameron[/name] to [name]Adam[/name] when he was a couple of months old after her eldest (18 months at the time) got cinfused as it was so similar to his own name and everyhting was fine! 
3 days after I brought my son [name]Owen[/name] [name]James[/name] home from the hospital my husband and I briefly discussed changing his name to [name]Lucas[/name] [name]Owen[/name] [name]James[/name]. I was holding him while we were talking about this. He looked up at me and gave me a look that said, “My name is [name]Owen[/name].” and that was that, he was and still is [name]Owen[/name]!
I love [name]Jacqueline[/name], nn [name]Jackie[/name], but if you’re sure you want to change it, go for it - as soon as possible.
I know someone who let the husband choose the name of their son, but after a few weeks she absolutely hated it, so insisted they change it (the name was … [name]Bruce[/name]).
[name]How[/name] about [name]Poppy[/name], [name]Lucy[/name], or [name]Thisbe[/name] (nn [name]Issy[/name])?
I hope this helped!
I have a friend whose legal name is [name]Ann[/name] [name]Katherine[/name], but ever since she was a baby, her parents have refered to her as [name]Katrina[/name]. They couldn’t decide on a name and their theory was that they would call her [name]Katrina[/name] until she was old enough to choose what she’d rather go by - [name]Ann[/name] or [name]Katherine[/name]. Not sure that I agree with the theory - and she spent about 2 days in third grade trying to go by the name [name]Annie[/name] except she’d never respond to it - but, alas, [name]Katrina[/name] she is.
She recently got married and given the option to legally change her first name to [name]Katrina[/name] when she was changing legal documents to take her husband’s last name, she declined. She said, while she loves the name [name]Katrina[/name] and it is very much who she is, the given name of [name]Ann[/name] [name]Katherine[/name] is also a part of who she is and she’d like to keep it legally, while still being refered to as [name]Katrina[/name].
If jacqueline is to older sounding to you and your not a fan of [name]Jackie[/name], what about just slightly changing the name? To maybe [name]Jaclyn[/name]. Its more simple and rarely used as the common version is the [name]Jacqueline[/name]. Turn it into 2 syllables and then it won’t be a big change for everyone, it would be a very smooth transition.
I also like really classic names like [name]Jane[/name] and [name]Charlotte[/name]. [name]Jacqueline[/name] is a harder one to come up with nicknames for though. These nicknames may be totally off, but I was looking at the name and trying to come up with viable nicknames. I think if you really don’t like the name though you should change it.
[name]Lina[/name]
[name]Gigi[/name]
[name]Jaci[/name] (JA see)
I’ve been through this myself. Two months is long enough for a name to start feeling right. If you don’t feel good about it, change it. This name is for the child’s whole life – two months is nothing in the big scheme of things. If you had always loved [name]Jacqueline[/name], I would say it’s just post-partum hormones and exhaustion making you anxious and doubtful. But it sounds like you had to make a quick decision which might not have been the right one for you and your family. We picked three new names and then used each of them for two days (at the end of two days, we “rated” them). Eventually we just went with a gut feeling (which one made us feel happiest inside when we said it).
I will share with you as I shared with another lady that is experiencing baby name remorse. I experienced a similar situation with my first daughter almost 5 years ago. At six months of age, I had her name changed on the birth certificate. For me, it was the best decision ever. I found a peace with being able to change it to something I loved and then be proud of my daughter’s name. We changed both the first and middle name to something compeletly different. My husband came to terms with the change when he found out how important it was to me. Now, he can’t imagine her with a different name…we all adjusted just fine. Nothing is wrong with changing your daughter’s name. You should feel no shame. As new moms, we all learn as we go sometimes. You have had some time now to either adjust to the name you gave her or still ponder a name change. [name]Do[/name] you still long for a different name? Only you truly know how you are feeling. Go with your heart’s desire and follow your “mother’s instinct”. If you still feel like you want a different name, my advice is to not wait until she is 6 months old. Change is better sooner than later. Make the decision now and the adjustment will be even easier for you than it was for me. Or perhaps you have grown to love the name that you selected for her in the hospital. If so, then that is wonderful! Either way, I hope you have found a peace.
Blessings!
I thought I’d throw my two cents in!
Are you a person that struggles with decisions and tends to second guess? I know I am! And yes I definitely doubted my son’s name several times postpartum. It’s kind of a crazy time with all those hormones rushing around! Luckily my hubby deals well with all my crazies and always reassured me.
My son is over a year now and I know we picked the right name for him. [name]Feel[/name] free to change the name if you are sure you want to, but be sure to take some quiet time to yourself and just relax and breathe before making such a big decision.
[name]Jacqueline[/name] is a lovely, elegant name! [name]Remember[/name] you can call her something entirely unrelated if you so desire! Such as “[name]Precious[/name]!” (completely joking)
As others have suggested, you can refer to her by her middle name, or change/add to her middle name the name you prefer and call her that! You could also call her by her initials: “J J”, “J M”, etc.
Some nicknames I can think of for [name]Jacqueline[/name] (I’m definitely stretching it with some of these but oh well!):
[name]Laney[/name]
[name]Lin[/name]/[name]Lynn[/name]
[name]Kelli[/name]
[name]Colleen[/name] ( from-queline)
[name]Lina[/name]
[name]Janey[/name]
[name]Jay[/name]
[name]Jaycee[/name]
[name]Jem[/name]
[name]Nina[/name]
[name]Jayla[/name]
[name]Jaime[/name]
Li-li
[name]Calin[/name] ([name]CAL[/name]-in)
[name]Just[/name] tossing out some crazy ideas in case something helps!
Hugs to you and congrats on your beautiful little girl!
Thought of another nn:
[name]Jo[/name]!
Oooh, these are some really nice nicknames!! Think about all your options carefully, then go with your heart.
Definitely go with your heart! It’s not too late to change it, as she doesn’t yet know her name. I would also really look at all the possible nicknames. I think [name]Lin[/name]/[name]Linny[/name] would be adorable!