Given name & surname · also Old French
Jasmine
Jasmine is used as a given name and a surname. One Persian interpretation is “resembling the climbing plant with fragrant flowers.”
Original Persianیاسمن
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Persian interpretation is “resembling the climbing plant with fragrant flowers.”
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Old French and Persian naming traditions.
How it developed
From French jasmin, from Arabic يَاسَمِين, from Classical Persian یاسمین (yāsamīn), from Middle Persian yʾsmn' (yāsaman).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1906. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jasmine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 259,889
- 1,263 boys · 258,626 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 12,111 babies
- 2025
- 1,481
- #206 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −28%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,481 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 206 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 27.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12,063 in 1993. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (234). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 218,324 as a first name in 2020; 558 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.
Jasmine’s family of names
In English usage, Jasmine has a diminutive in Jazz. In English usage, Jasmine shares a linguistic root with the Finnish form Jasmin. In English usage, Jasmine has a related form in Jazmin.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jasmine has relatives in 20 languages. Lines run from its Persian roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 39
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Jazminvariant · English
- Yasminvariant · English
- Jazminevariant · English
- Jaslynvariant
- Yasminevariant · French, English
- Jasminvariant · English, French
- Yasmeenvariant · English
- Yasminavariant · French, English
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- Jazmynvariant
- Jaslynnvariant
- Jazzdiminutive · English
- Jasmynvariant
- Jazmynevariant
- Jasminavariant · English, German
- Jessaminevariant · English
- Jazzminevariant
- Jessamyvariant
- Jazzminvariant
- Chaslynvariant · English
- Jasmynevariant
- Jassminelikely variant
- Jasminnelikely variant
- Jasmijnvariant · Dutch
- Jazdiminutive · English
- Jasdiminutive · English
- Jessamynvariant
- Jazzmynnvariant
- Jazzmynvariant
- Jazzmonvariant
- Jazmonvariant
- Jasmindavariant
- Jasmeenvariant
- Jasmminelikely variant
- Jassydiminutive · English
- Jessiminevariant
- Jasmeenavariant
- Jasmynavariant
- Jazanvariant
- Jassamaynvariant
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 30
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- یاسمنPersian
- یاسمینPersian, Urdu
- Chazminrelated form
- YaseminTurkish
- GelsominaItalian
- ܝܣܡܝܢequivalent
- Ясминаequivalent
- યાસમીનequivalent
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- Јасминаequivalent
- ياسمينequivalent
- יסמיןequivalent
- یاسequivalent
- Jasmínaequivalent
- Jasmînequivalent
- জেসমিনborrowing · Bengali
- 茉莉borrowing · Japanese
- gessamíequivalent
- JaśminaPolish
- JasmínIcelandic
- JázminHungarian
- JazmínSpanish
- Дже́зминRussian
- Джа́зминRussian
- Ясми́наRussian
- Ясми́нRussian
- Жасми́наRussian
- Жасми́нRussian
- JasmimPortuguese
- יַסְמִיןHebrew
- يَاسَمِينArabic
People named Jasmine
- BirdyBritish singerborn 1996
- Jasmine PaoliniItalian tennis playerborn 1996
- Jasmine Camacho-QuinnPuerto Rican hurdler (1996-)
- Jasmine GuyAmerican actress (born 1962)
- Jasmine ThompsonBritish singerborn 2000
- Jasmine CrockettAmerican politician (born 1981)
- Jasmine TrincaItalian actressborn 1981
- Jasmine TookesAmerican modelborn 1991
- Jaz SinclairAmerican actressborn 1994
Characters named Jasmine: Jasmine (1992 Disney film Aladdin and its franchise).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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