Given name & surname
Jasmin
Jasmin is a variant of Jasmine. One Persian interpretation is “resembling the climbing plant with fragrant flowers.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jasmin is a variant of Jasmine. One Persian interpretation is “resembling the climbing plant with fragrant flowers.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jasmin is a variant of Jasmine. Jasmine has been associated with Old French and Persian naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French usage, Jasmin is a masculine form of Jasmine. In Finnish usage, Jasmin developed from Jasmine.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jasmin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 45,649
- 589 boys · 45,060 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 1,955 babies
- 2025
- 155
- #1,409 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −25%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 155 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,409 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 24.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,945 in 2006. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (25). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 41,915 as a first name in 2020; 2,036 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jasmin’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Jasmin has a diminutive in Jaja. In French usage, Jasmin is a masculine form of Jasmine. In German usage, Jasmin has a related form in Yasmin.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jasmin has relatives in 18 languages.
16 related names in 18 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Jasminevariant · English, French
- Yasminvariant · German, Dutch
- Jasminavariant · German
- Jassminlikely variant
- Jasminnlikely variant
- Jajadiminutive · ceb
- Jasmminlikely variant
- Jasmiinavariant · Finnish
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jasmin
- Jasmin MoghbeliUS astronautborn 1983
- Jasmin KurtićSlovenian association football playerborn 1989
- Jasmin HandanovićSlovenian footballerborn 1978
- Jasmin SelbergEstonian-German beauty pageant titleholder (born 1999)
- Jasmin FejzićBosnian association football playerborn 1986
- Jasmin BhasinIndian actressborn 1990
- Jala BratBosnian rapper, songwriter and producerborn 1986
- Jasmin TabatabaiGerman-Iranian singer, songwriter and actressborn 1967
- Jasmin WagnerGerman singer and actressborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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