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I don't consider Jasmine trashy. I know some lovely Jasmines who are far from trashy. Unfortunate about the bc pill (which incidentally has a bad rep for causing blood clots in some women) stealing an otherwise perfectly good name. Wish drug companies wouldn't do that to people.

I think both names are pretty, but I prefer Yasmine, as here in Australia it isn't popular at all. I don't think I've ever met a Yasmine/Yasmin actually!

I feel about Jasmine the same I do about Ariel; its just a dated Disney princess name. That's really all I get from both names. As much as I love flower names thanks to Disney I will never be able to appreciate Jasmine as a flower name. Unfortunately, most people I have met with the name do lend to it a pretty tacky image overall, especially with all the variations going on out there. A name I liked as a kid because of Jasmine, and then grew out of because of Jasmine. :/ Yasmine is lovely though, unique without being too strange, and I like the ties it has for you. I am pretty sure the pill is pronounced differently than the name anyway.

One of my bff's is named Jasmine but shes over 30 so the name was much more unique when her mom chose it in the late 70s. I rarely run into other Jasmines and my opinion of it is that it's a very free spirit, down to earth yet sophisticated name. I prefer it to Yasmin

I prefer Yasmin. I have a cousin named Yasmin Sophia, which I love.

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Jasmine strikes me as tawdry. Anything that reminds me of plastic toys (from Disney) repels me.

It does "feel downmarket" a little bit - and dated. It goes with Chelsea date-wise, and goes with Amber and Kendra stylewise IMO. And it also goes with other Disney princess names Tiana and Ariel, stylewise.

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However it's still one of my favorite names and I would totally use it. It's not my first pick, but I would not mind being a Jasmine at all. I personally would hesitate to use Yasmin, because for some reason that's obscure to my conscious mind, that spelling evokes sensuality to me - it seems pornstarrish or underwear-modelish, and that dovetails with the contraceptive name. Anyway if spelling it Yasmin was meaningful to me, that would not stop me from using Yasmin. It's likely that my associations with Yasmin are idiosyncratic. And it's an ordinary enough name that my impressions wouldn't seriously affect my impressions of a real life Yasmin.

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To me, a name being a little bit "downmarket" is often on the plus side. I'm not a fan of names that seem to aspire to be classy; that style seems tacky in a different way to me. Like, if Jasmine or Yasmin is really up your alley, but you're all anxious that it seems downmarket because of all the Jazzmyns out there or the name of a contraceptive brand ... so you name your daughter Jocelyn instead ... that seems yuckier IMO.

Jasmine's nice, but overall I prefer Yasmina. I'm not that bothered by the pill association, plenty of pills have girls' names (there's a brand called Diane and I think another Phaedra).

This message was edited 12/17/2011, 1:02 PM

I like Jasmine, Yasmin, and Yasmine. I know a Yasmin (yaz-MEEN) but everybody calls mer YAZ-min. She doesn't mind, but if you want yaz-MEEN you might want to go for Yasmine.

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I like Jasmine because it sounds "cool" (like the ocean or a light breeze) and I like the delicate, white imagery of Jasmine flowers. And the smell of Jasmine tea. :)

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I know it's a Disney princess and there are a lot of trendy spinoffs like Jazzmynn, etc. but I can't help but like Jasmine itself. Especially when it's paired with an elegant, sophisticated middle name.

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I think Yasmin(e) sounds and looks warmer than Jasmine, a little more exotic and definitely doesn't carry any of the unwanted baggage that Jasmine does.