♀ Female◎ English / Persian / Bosnian◈ 2 syllables
"Flower; delicate, beautiful, fragrant."
From English / Persian / Bosnian
Jasmin means jasmine flower — the no-E compact spelling, closer to the Persian yasamin original. Jasmine flowers bloom at night and release their most powerful fragrance in darkness. The compact spelling strips the English E to feel closer to the Persian root. Two syllables of the most fragrant night-blooming flower through the most authentic possible compact form.
Persian yasamin (jasmine flower)→compact English Jasmin
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English / Persian / Bosnian roots
Jasmin is the no-E compact spelling of Jasmine meaning jasmine flower, closer to the Persian yasamin. Jasmine flowers bloom at night and release their most powerful fragrance in darkness.
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First recorded
Earliest known use: Compact form closer to Persian original.
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Today
Jasmin remains a beloved choice, ranking #1205 in the US. 45,493 babies have been named Jasmin since 1951.
◈ Sources: Behind the Name, SSA data
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How popular is Jasmin?
2006peak year
Today, Jasmin is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #1205), with only about 208 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2006, 1,945 babies were given the name (ranked #182 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2000s. Jasmin has been declining in recent years. In all, around 45,493 babies have been registered as Jasmin since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
Jasmin's Life Path 7 is the seeker's number — night-fragrance seeking. People named Jasmin tend to be clean, fragrant, and gifted at being most powerful in darkness.
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Most powerful in darkness
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Persian-compact
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Night-fragrant
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Yasamin-close
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No-E streamlined
J1
A1
S1
M4
I9
N5
Sum: 21 → Life path 3
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Personality of Jasmin
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Bright & creative
Imaginative, expressive, endlessly inventive.
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Magnetic warmth
Their laugh is contagious. People love being near them.
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Eternal optimist
Even in dark moments they find the light.
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Storyteller
They can describe anything and make it fascinating.
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