Given name
Yasemin
“resembling the jasmine flower”
Yasemin is a variant of Yasmine. One Persian interpretation is “resembling the jasmine flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yasemin is a variant of Yasmine. One Persian interpretation is “resembling the jasmine flower.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yasemin is a variant of Yasmine. An origin associated with Yasmine is Persian.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Turkish usage, Yasemin developed from یاسمن.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yasemin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 447
- 0 boys · 447 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 25 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 953 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yasemin’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Yasemin developed from the Persian form یاسمن. In Turkish usage, Yasemin has a conventional equivalent in the German form Jasmin. Yasemin has a related form in Yasmine.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Yasemin has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yasemin
- Yasemin Adar YiğitTurkish wrestler (born 1991)
- Yasemin AnagözTurkish archer (born 1998)
- Yasemin CanKenyan-born Turkish long-distance runner (born 1996)
- Yasemin AllenTurkish actor (born 1989)
- Yasemin SmitDutch water polo playerborn 1984
- Yasemin ŞamdereliTurkish-German film director and screenwriter (born 1973)
- Yasemin HorasanTurkish basketball player (born 1983)
- Yasemin GüveliTurkish volleyball player (born 1999)
- Yasemin Begüm DalgalarTurkish basketball player (born 1988)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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