Girl · Persian, through Arabic and French
Jasmine
Say it: JAZ-min
Meaning
From the name of the flower, which comes through French and Arabic from Persian yāsaman.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used as a flower name from the early 20th century, it became a top-30 US name in the 1990s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1990s
In the United States
- 251,719 babies given this name since 1906
- At its height in 1993, about 1 in 150 girls
- 1,915 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jazmine, Jazmin, Yasmin
| Arabic | Yasmin |
|---|---|
| German | Jasmin |
| Spanish | Jazmín |
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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