Yasmin (given name)
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Pronunciation | jɑːsmiːn |
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Gender | Female |
Origin | |
Word/name | From the Persian word for Jasmine, Yas flower |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Yasaman, Yasman, Yasamin, Yasemin, Yasameen, Yasmina, Yasmine, Yassmin Yasmeena, Yasmīn, Yasmīne, Yasmeen |
Yasmin is a feminine given name.
Etymology[]
Yasmin is the Persian name for the flowering plant jasmine, from which the English name Jasmine also derives.[1]
The pronunciation of Yasmin is often parallel with the English Jasmine.
Given name[]
Yasemin[]
- Özlem Yasemin Taşkın (born 1985), retired Turkish swimmer
- Yasemin Adar (born 1991), Turkish sport wrestler
- Yasemin Begüm Dalgalar (born 1988), Turkish basketballer
- Yasemin Bradley, Turkish female physician specialized as nutritionist and dietitian, also a television presenter and writer
- Yasemin Can (born 1996), Turkish long-distance runner of Kenyan origin
- Yasemin Çegerek (born 1977), Dutch politician from Turkish descent
- Yasemin Dalkılıç (born 1979), Turkish free diver
- Yasemin Ecem Anagöz (born 1998), Turkish recurve archer
- Yasemin Güler (born 1994), Turkish handball player
- Yasemin Horasan (born 1983), Turkish basketball player
- Yasemin Kimyacıoğlu, Turkish-American basketball player
- Yasemin Kozanoğlu (born 1978), Turkish actress and model
- Yasemin Mori (born 1982), Turkish singer
- Yasemin Smit (born 1984), Dutch water polo player
- Yasemin Şahin (born 1988), Turkish handball player
- Yasemin Şamdereli (born 1973), Turkish-German actress
- Yasemin Saylar (born 1990), Turkish basketball player
- Yasemin Ustalar, Turkish boxer
Yasmeen[]
- Yasmeen Al Maimani
- Yasmeen Ghauri (born 1971), Canadian model
- Yasmeen Godder
- Yasmeen Hameed, Pakistani Urdu poet
- Yasmeen Hanoosh
- Yasmeen Ismail
- Yasmeen Khair
- Yasmeen Khan (actress)
- Yasmeen Khan
- Yasmeen Lari (born 1941), Pakistani architect
- Yasmeen Murshed
- Yasmeen Pir Mohammad Khan
- Yasmeen Rehman
- Yasmeen Sami Alamiri
- Yasmeen Sulieman, American singer
- Yasmeen Vella
- Yasmeen Williams
Yasmin[]
- Yasmin (musician), British DJ and singer-songwriter
- Yasmin Abbasey (born 1950), Pakistani judge
- Yasmin Abdulaziz (born 1980), Egyptian actress
- Yasmin Aga Khan (born 1949), American Pakistani philanthropist
- Yasmin Ahmad (1958–2009), Malaysian film director
- Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (born 1949), Ugandan-born British journalist and author
- Yasmin Bannerman (born 1972), English actress
- Yasmin Benoit (born 1996), English model and activist
- Yasmin Bevan, English headteacher
- Yasmin Brunet (born 1988), Brazilian model
- Yasmin Deliz (born 1987), American reggaetón singer-songwriter, model and actress
- Yasmin K. (born 1986), German pop singer
- Yasmin Kafai, German professor
- Yasmin Kwadwo (born 1990), German sprint athlete
- Yasmin Le Bon (born 1964), British fashion model
- Yasmin Lee, Brazilian transsexual pornographic film actress
- Yasmin Levy (born 1975), Israeli singer-songwriter of Sephardic music
- Yasmin Paige (born 1991), English actress
- Yasmin Qureshi (born 1963), British politician
- Yasmin Ratansi (born 1951), Canadian politician
- Yasmin Siraj (born 1996), American figure skater
- Yasmin Warsame (born 1976), Somali-Canadian model
- Yasmin Yusoff, Malaysian singer
Yasmina[]
- Yasmina Azzizi-Kettab (born 1966), retired Algerian heptathlete
- Yasmina Khadra (born 1955), Algerian author
- Yasmina Reza (born 1959), French Iranian playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter
- Yasmina Siadatan (born 1981), British businesswoman of British and Iranian descent
Yasmine[]
- Yasmine Allas (born 1967), Somali actress and writer
- Yasmine Belmadi (1976–2009), French actor of Algerian origin
- Yasmine Bleeth (born 1968), American actress
- Yasmine Galenorn, Romantic fiction writer
- Yasmine Hamdan (born 1976), Lebanese singer
- Yasmine Hanani (born 1980), American actress
- Yasmine Kassari (born 1970), Belgian-Moroccan film director
- Yasmine Lafitte (born 1973), Moroccan and French pornographic actress
- Yasmine Mahmoudieh, German architect
- Yasmine Naghdi, British ballet dancer
- Yasmine Oudni (born 1989), Algerian international volleyball player
- Yasmine Pahlavi (born 1968), wife of Reza Pahlavi II, Crown Prince of Iran
- Yasmine Ryan (ca. 1983 – 2017) New Zealand journalist
- Yasmine Sardouk (born 2000), Lebanese footballer
- Yasmine Zaki Shahab (born 1946), Indonesian anthropologist
Yassmin[]
- Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Australian activist
- Yassmin Alers, American stage actor
Surname[]
- Samina Yasmeen, Pakistani professor
- Sabina Yasmin (born 1953), Bangladeshi singer
- Farida Yasmin, Bangladeshi journalist
- Farida Yasmin, Bangladeshi singer
- Nilufar Yasmin, Bangladeshi singer
Fictional characters[]
- Yasmin Green, Family Affairs character played by Ebony Thomas from 1998 until 2005
- Yasmin, a Bratz doll
- Yasmin Khan, a companion of the Thirteenth Doctor in the BBC series Doctor Who
- Yasamin Madrani, a main character in the animated web-series gen:LOCK
- Yasmina Ait Omar, a recurring character in the Belgian series wtFOCK.
References[]
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names (2 ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 138. ISBN 978-0198610601.
Jasmine: From the vocabulary word denoting the climbing plant with its delicate, fragnant flowers (from Old French, ultimately from Persian yasmin).
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