Given name
Yasmina
“resembling the jasmine flower”
In English use, Yasmina has a related form in Jasmine. One Persian interpretation is “resembling the climbing plant with fragrant flowers.” Yasmina is a variant of Yasmine. One Persian interpretation is “resembling the jasmine flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Yasmina has a related form in Jasmine. One Persian interpretation is “resembling the climbing plant with fragrant flowers.” Yasmina is a variant of Yasmine. One Persian interpretation is “resembling the jasmine flower.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Yasmina has a related form in Jasmine. Jasmine has been associated with Old French and Persian naming traditions. Yasmina is a variant of Yasmine. An origin associated with Yasmine is Persian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yasmina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,641
- 0 boys · 1,641 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 118 babies
- 2025
- 107
- #1,866 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +69%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 107 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,866 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 68.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (22). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,594 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.
Yasmina’s family of names
In English usage, Yasmina has a related form in Jasmine. In Portuguese usage, Yasmina has a related form in Yasmin. Yasmina has a related form in Yasmine.
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Around the world
Yasmina has relatives in 4 languages.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yasmina
- Yasmina RezaFrench actor and writerborn 1959
- Yasmina BenslimaneMoroccan founder of Politics4Herborn 1994
- Yasmina ZaytounMiss Lebanon 2022born 2002
- Yasmina BaddouMoroccan politicianborn 1962
- Yasmina AziezFrench taekwondo athleteborn 1991
- Yasmina Azzizi-KettabAlgerian athletics competitor (born 1966)
- Yasmina KadyrovaRussian figure skaterborn 2004
- Ysa FerrerFrench female singerborn 1972
- Yasmina OmraniFrench-Algerian heptathleteborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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