Gender Feminine
Pronounced Pron. /ˈd͡ʒæz.mɪn/(English) /ʒas.min/(French)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

From the English word for the climbing plant with fragrant flowers that is used for making perfumes. It is derived via Arabic from Persian یاسمین (yāsamīn), which is also a Persian name. In the United States this name steadily grew in popularity from the 1970s, especially among African Americans [1]. It reached a peak in the early 1990s shortly after the release of the animated Disney movie Aladdin (1992), which featured a princess by this name.

Related Names

Other Languages & CulturesYasmeen, Yasmin, Yasmine, Yasmina(Arabic) Jasmina(Bosnian) Jasmina, Jasminka(Croatian) Jasmína(Czech) Jasmijn(Dutch) Jasmin(Finnish) Jasmin(German) Yasmin(Hebrew) Jázmin(Hungarian) Gelsomina(Italian) Jasmina(Macedonian) Yasaman, Yasamin(Persian) Jaśmina(Polish) Yasmin(Portuguese) Iasmim, Yasmim(Portuguese (Brazilian)) Iasmina(Romanian) Jasmina(Serbian) Jasmina(Slovene) Jazmín, Yasmin, Yasmina(Spanish) Yasemin(Turkish) Yasmeen, Yasmin(Urdu)

People think this name is

youthful   formal   upper class   natural   wholesome   delicate   refined   strange  

Images

Jasmine (Jasminum officinale)Jasmine (Jasminum officinale)

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Sources & References

  1. Evans, Cleveland Kent. The Great Big Book of Baby Names. Publications International, 2006, page 460.
Entry updated October 6, 2024