Jasmin
English
Etymology
A variant of Jasmine.
Proper noun
Jasmin
- A female given name from Persian.
- 1847, Edward William Lane, The Thousand and One Nights (translation from Arabic): Aladdin Abushamat:
- He replied, what I mean is not the jasmine that people smell; but a slave girl whose name is Jasmin, whom my father would not buy for me.
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
Jasmin
- a female given name of modern usage, equivalent to English Jasmine
Finnish
Etymology
From French Jasmine. Of modern usage, cognate with English Jasmine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɑsmin/, [ˈjɑ̝s̠min]
- Rhymes: -ɑsmin
- Syllabification(key): Jas‧min
- Hyphenation(key): Jas‧min
Proper noun
Jasmin
- a female given name
Declension
| Inflection of Jasmin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Jasmin | Jasminit | |
| genitive | Jasminin | Jasminien | |
| partitive | Jasminia | Jasmineja | |
| illative | Jasminiin | Jasmineihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Jasmin | Jasminit | |
| accusative | nom. | Jasmin | Jasminit |
| gen. | Jasminin | ||
| genitive | Jasminin | Jasminien | |
| partitive | Jasminia | Jasmineja | |
| inessive | Jasminissa | Jasmineissa | |
| elative | Jasminista | Jasmineista | |
| illative | Jasminiin | Jasmineihin | |
| adessive | Jasminilla | Jasmineilla | |
| ablative | Jasminilta | Jasmineilta | |
| allative | Jasminille | Jasmineille | |
| essive | Jasminina | Jasmineina | |
| translative | Jasminiksi | Jasmineiksi | |
| abessive | Jasminitta | Jasmineitta | |
| instructive | — | Jasminein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Statistics
- Jasmin is the 147th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 4,835 female individuals (and as a middle name to 4,045 more), and also belongs to 16 male individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
French
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒas.mɛ̃/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Jasmin m
- a male given name, a rare masculine form of Jasmine
German
Etymology
16th century, from French jasmin, from Spanish jazmín, from Arabic ياسَمِين (yāsamīn), from Persian یاسمن (yâsaman). The pronunciation is spelling-based and thus only coincidentally very close to the Middle Eastern etyma. Use as a personal name following wider European usage since the 19th century.
Pronunciation
Noun
Jasmin m (strong, genitive Jasmins, plural Jasmine)
Declension
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Echter Jasmin
- Winterjasmin
Related terms
- Jasminblüte
- Jasminbusch
- Jasminduft
- Jasminöl
Proper noun
Jasmin f (proper noun, genitive Jasmins, plural Jasmins)
- a female given name of modern usage, equivalent to English Jasmine
Declension
Further reading
- “Jasmin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Jasmin” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Jasmin” in Duden online
Portuguese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
Jasmin f
Audio (Portugal (Lisbon)): (file)
- a female given name, variant of Jasmim
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From jasmin (“jasmine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jǎsmiːn/
Proper noun
Jàsmīn m anim (Cyrillic spelling Ја̀смӣн, female equivalent Jasmina)
- a male given name from Persian