Jasmina Explained

Jasmin, Jasminko / Jasmina, Jasminka
Gender:	Male / Female
Meaning:	Gift of God; God's gift
Region:	between Central, Western and South Asia
Origin:	Persian^[1]
Related Names:	Yasmin, یاسمین, یاسمن ، Jasmin, Jasmina, Jessamine, Ismenia, Jaslyn, Jaslynn, Jasmyn, Jassmine Jasmine

Jasmina (Serbian: Јасмина), sometimes Jasminka,^[2] as a feminine variant, and Jasmin (Serbian: Јасмин), sometimes Jasminko, as a masculine variant, are given names used in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Bulgaria and Slovenia, and same as a given name Jasmine, which is the common form in German, Romance and English-speaking countries, although almost always as a feminine variation.

Origin

These given names, both feminine and masculine variation, refer to a flower of a genus of Jasmine^[3] shrub and vine in the olive family, whose taxon name ultimately derives etymologically from the Old Persian, Yasameen, used in Persian as given name Yasmin

Variants and spelling

In Serbo-Croatian, Slovenian and Macedonian, Jasmine (feminine), and Jasmin (masculine), is a common spelling, however, there are other variations of these names, such as: Jasminko for masculine, and Jasminka for feminine variation, and ways of spelling them, such as: Yasmin and Yasmina, etc. However, it's assumed that Jasmina and Jasmin variation are most popular with Bosnian Muslim population, while variation Jasminka and Jasminko with Serbian, Croatian and other former-Yugoslavs.^[2]

Usage

Notable people with the name include:

Female

• • Jasmina Cibic, a Slovenian performance, installation and film artist
  • Jasmina Đokić, Serbian painter
  • Jasmin Darznik (born 1973), Iranian–American writer
  • Jasminka Domaš, writer, journalist and scientist
  • Jasmina Hostert (born 1982), Bosnian-German politician
  • Jasmin Hutter (born 1978), Swiss politician
  • Jasmina Ilić (born 1985) Serbian professional basketball player
  • Jasmina Jankovic (born 1986) Bosnian-born Dutch team handball player
  • Jasmina Kajtazović (born 1991) Slovenian-born Bosnian tennis player
  • Jasmina Keber (born 1988) Slovenian badminton player
  • Jasmina Mihajlović (born 1960) Serbian writer and literary critic
  • Jasmina Mukaetova (born 1981) Macedonian pop singer
  • Jasmin Ouschan (born 1986), Austrian pool player
  • Jasmina Perazić (born 1960) former Serbia n basketball player
  • Jasmin Schornberg (born 1986), German canoeist
  • Jasmin Schwiers (born 1982), German actress
  • Jasmina Suter (born 1995), Swiss alpine ski racer
  • Jasmina Tešanović (born 1954) Serbian feminist author and political activist
  • Jasmina Tinjić, Bosnian tennis player
  • Jasmin Wagner (born 1980), German pop singer, actress and model
  • Jasmin Wöhr (born 1980), German tennis player

Fictional characters

• • Jasminka Antonenko, fictional character in Little Witch Academia

Male

• • Jasmin Burić (born 1987), Bosnian goalkeeper
  • Jasmin Handanović (born 1978), Slovenian goalkeeper

Popular culture

Uses of the name in popular culture include Greek-German singer Leo Leandros' 1962 pop hit "Lebwohl, Jasmina!", and also Jasmina an album by Dado Polumenta. Ajde, ajde Jasmina is a song by Bosnian pop-singer Zdravko Čolić.

Notes and References

1. Book: Hanks . Patrick . Hardcastle . Kate . Hodges . Flavia . A Dictionary of First Names . 2006 . Oxford University Press . 978-0198610601 . 138 . 2 . Jasmine: From the vocabulary word denoting the climbing plant with its delicate, fragnant flowers (from Old French, ultimately from Persian yasmin)..
2. Web site: Značenje i prijeklo imena Jasminka . www.znacenje-imena.com . 10 January 2021.
3. Web site: Mike Campbell . Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Jasmine . Behind the Name . 2012-07-15.