Jasmine (given name) explained

Jasmine
Gender:	Female
Meaning:	Gift from God, coming from the flower
Language origin:	Persian (ultimate origin)^[1]
Related Names:	Yasmin, یاسمین, یاسمن ، Jasmin, Jasmina, Jessamine, Ismenia, Jaslyn, Jaslynn, Jasmyn, Jassmine, Jasmine, Jazmin, Jazmine

Jasmine is an English feminine given name.

History

The English name is a reference to the plant of the same name.^[2] However, in terms of etymology, the word jasmine is of Persian origin (in Persian: Yasmin).^[1] It entered the English language through Old French.^[1]

Today, Jasmine is one of the most popular names in the Western world and has numerous spellings. In the United States, it entered popular use in 1973, and from 1986 until 2008 was among the 100 most popular names for American girls. It has since declined in popularity, but remains among the top 200 most popular names for girls in the United States.^[3] In the Arab World, Turkey, Brazil, Israel, Hungary, Belgium, and Argentina, the name Jasmine, or one of its variants, remains popular.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Cognates

• Yasmin / Yasmina (Arabic)
• Jasmijn (Dutch)
• Jasmin (French, male name)
• Jazmín / Yazmín (Spanish)
• Jasmina / Jasminka (Serbo-Croatian, Slovene)
• Jázmin (Hungarian)
• Iasmin / Iasmina (Romanian)
• Jessamine (English)
• Yasemin (Turkish)
• Yasmin (Arabic, Persian, Portuguese)
• Hasmik (Armenian)

Notable bearers

Jasmine

• Jasmine Suraya Chin (b. 1989), Malaysian Actress
• Jasmine Armfield (b. 1998), British actress
• Jasmine Cheung, Hong Kong rugby union player
• Jasmine Ting Chu (b. 1981), Taiwanese singer-songwriter, better known as Jasmine
• Jasmine Curtis-Smith (b. 1994), Filipina-Australian actress
• Jasmine van den Bogaerde (b. 1996), English singer, better known as Birdy
• Jasmine Lepore Fiore (1981–2009), American model and murder victim
• Jasmine Guinness (b. 1976), Irish fashion model and member of the Guinness family
• Jasmine Guy (b. 1962), American actress and singer
• Jasmine Harman (b. 1975), British television presenter
• Jasmine (Japanese singer) (b. 1989), Japanese singer
• Jasmine Jobson (b. 1995), English actress
• Jasmine Cephas Jones (b. 1989), American actress
• Jasmine Lennard (b. 1985), British model and reality television star
• Jasmine Paolini (b. 1996), Italian tennis player
• Jasmine Richards (b. 1990), Canadian actress and singer
• Jasmine Salinas (born 1992), American drag racer
• Jasmine Sanders (born 1991), German-American model
• Jasmine Sandlas (b. 1985), Indian singer
• Jasmine Sagginario (b. 1994), American singer-songwriter
• Jasmine Sim (b. 1993), Singaporean actress and model
• Jasmine Thompson (b. 2000), English singer
• Jasmine Tookes (b. 1991), American model
• Jasmine Trias (b. 1986), American singer
• Jasmine Twitty (b. 1989), American associate justice
• Jasmine Valentin (b. 1976), Finnish Kale singer
• Jasmine Villegas (b. 1993), American singer, better known as Jasmine V
• Jasmine You (1979–2009), Japanese musician

Jasmin

See main article: Jasmin (given name).

Jazmin

• Jazmín Álvarez (born 1999), Colombian skateboarder
• Jazmin Bean (born 2003), English singer-songwriter, social media personality and makeup artist
• Jazmín Beccar Varela (born 1986), Argentine actress
• Jazmin Carlin (born 1990), British swimmer
• Jazmin Chaudhry (born 1985), Bangladesh-born American pornographic actress
• Jazmín Chebar (born 1973), Argentine fashion designer
• Jazmín De Grazia (1984–2012), Argentine model and television presenter
• Jazmin Duran (born 1994), Bolivian
• Jazmín Elizondo (born 1994), Costa Rican footballer
• Jazmín Enrigue (born 2000), Mexican footballer
• Jazmin Grace Grimaldi (b. 1992), the eldest child of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
• Jazmin Hernández (born 1989), Mexican volleyball player
• Jazmin Hiaya (9??–1030s), Arab governor
• Jazmin Hotham (born 2000), New Zealand rugby sevens player
• Jazmin Lopez (born 1984), Argentine filmmaker
• Jazmín López Becker (born 1992), Argentine windsurfer
• Jazmín Mendoza (born 2002), Paraguayan handball player
• Jazmín Mercado (born 1975), Ecuadorian footballer
• Jazmín Ortenzi (born 2001), Argentine tennis player
• Jazmín Pinedo (b. 1990), Peruvian actress and model
• Jazmin Sawyers (b. 1994), British long jumper
• Jaz Shelley (born 2000), Australian basketball player
• Jazmín Taborda, Ecuadorian road cyclist
• Jazmin Truesdale (born 1987), American comic artist
• Jazmin Wardlow (born 1997), American soccer player
• Jazmin Whitley, American fashion designer
• Jazmín Zepeda Burgos (born 1976), Mexican politician

Jazmine

• Jazmine Hughes (b. 1991), American editor
• Jazmine Jones (born 1996), American basketball player
• Jazmine Reeves (b. 1992), American soccer player
• Jazmine Smith, American businesswoman
• Jazmine Sullivan (b. 1987), American singer-songwriter
• Jazmine Sepúlveda (born 1985), Puerto Rican basketball player
• Jazmine White (born 1993), Canada women's national volleyball team

Jazmyn

• Jazmyn Foberg (b. 2000), American gymnast
• Jazmyn Simon (born 1980), American actress and author

Jazmyne

• Jazmyne Avant (b. 1990), American soccer player
• Jazmyne Denhollander (born 1994), Canadian slalom canoer

Jazzmine

• Jazzmine Raycole Dillingham (b. 1988), American actress, better known as Jazz Raycole

Fictional characters

• Jasmine, character in the Aladdin franchise
• Jasmine, character in the Buffyverse franchise
• Jasmine, character in the Pokémon franchise
• Jasmine, character in the Deltora series
• Jasmine, character in the 1999 film Life in a Day
• Jasmine, character from
• Jasmine, character from the How I Met Your Mother episode Double Date
• Jasmine, animal character in the 2003 film Secondhand Lions
• Jasmine, character from Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team Protoman
• Jasmine Delaney, character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
• Jasmine Dubrow, character in Independence Day
• Jasmine "Jazz" Fenton, character in Danny Phantom
• Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis, character in the 2013 movie Blue Jasmine
• Agent Jasmine Fuji, character in Pretty Little Liars
• Jasmine Thomas, character from the British soap opera Emmerdale
• Marika "Jasmine" Reimon, character in the Japanese TV series Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger
• Jasmine (Sayuri) from the Senran Kagura video game franchise
• Jasmine the Present Fairy, from the Rainbow Magic book franchise
• Jasmine Kang, one of the main characters in the tv show, I Didn't Do It (TV series)

Other uses

• Richard Jazmin, member of Powerman 5000, better known as Zer0

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: Mike Campbell . Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Jasmine . Behind the Name . 2012-07-15.
3. Web site: Popular Baby Names . Socialsecurity.gov . 2009-08-26 . 2012-07-15 . 2015-04-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150421201854/http://www.socialsecurity.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi . dead .
4. Web site: 2008: Emma en Noah zijn de populairste voornamen . nl . Statbel.fgov.be . 2009-11-23 . 2012-07-15.
5. Web site: Ranking 2009 . Brasil.babycenter.com . 2012-07-15.
6. Web site: BenjamĂn afianza su reinado entre los bebĂŠs varones . LAVOZ.com.ar . 2012-07-15.