Given name & surname · also Persian
Yasmin
“resembling the jasmine flower”
In English use, Yasmin has a related form in Jasmine. One Persian interpretation is “resembling the climbing plant with fragrant flowers.” Yasmin is a variant of Yasmine. One Persian interpretation is “resembling the jasmine flower.”
Original Persianیاسمین
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Yasmin has a related form in Jasmine. One Persian interpretation is “resembling the climbing plant with fragrant flowers.” Yasmin is a variant of Yasmine. One Persian interpretation is “resembling the jasmine flower.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Persian and Arabic naming traditions.
How it developed
In English use, Yasmin is used as a variant of Jasmine.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yasmin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 21,827
- 80 boys · 21,747 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 1,018 babies
- 2025
- 269
- #959 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +6%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 269 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 959 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 6.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,018 in 2006. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (38). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 23,817 as a first name in 2020; 953 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.
Yasmin’s family of names
Yasmin has a related form in Jasmine. In German usage, Yasmin has a related form in Jasmin. In Dutch usage, Yasmin has a conventional equivalent in the German form Jasmin.
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Around the world
Yasmin has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
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 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- یاسمینsource · Persian
- Jazminequivalent
- Jazmineequivalent
- Jasmynequivalent
- Gelsominaequivalent
- gessamíequivalent
- Jázminequivalent
- Jasmínequivalent
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People named Yasmin
- Yasmin LevyLadino singer-songwriterborn 1975
- Yasmin FinneyBritish actress and Internet personalityborn 2003
- Yasmin Le BonEnglish modelborn 1964
- Yasmin AhmadMalaysian film director (1958–2009)
- Yasmin HarperBritish diverborn 2000
- Yasmin PaigeBritish actressborn 1991
- Yasmin WarsameSomali-Canadian modelborn 1976
- Yasmin WijnaldumDutch modelborn 1998
- Yasmin Alibhai-BrownUgandan-born British journalist and authorborn 1949
Characters named Yasmin: Yasmin Khan (Doctor Who).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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