Yasmin
Yasmin is a girl name of Arabic / Persian origin, meaning Jasmine flower.
What Yasmin means
Jasmine flower.
Yasmin sits at 6 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Yasmin comes from
Arabic / Persian is a blended origin: the name is claimed by more than one tradition, which usually means it travelled, or that two similar-sounding names converged. Arabic names are built from three-consonant roots, so related names share an audible family resemblance and a related field of meaning. Many describe qualities the parents hope for.
Yasmin is recorded as Arabic / Persian in origin. Browse other Arabic / Persian names.
How popular is Yasmin?
Yasmin sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Yasmin
We group Yasmin under flowers and growing things and the Arabic tradition — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Yasmin
These share Yasmin's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Zahara — Flower; radiant and shining.
- Zara — Radiance; blooming flower.
- Yuna — Gentle; lotus.
- Aoi — Hollyhock; the color blue.
- Daisy — The day's-eye flower.
- Daphne — The laurel tree.
- Hana — Flower, blossom.
- Himari — Facing the sun; sunflower.
- Iris — Rainbow; messenger of the gods.
- Kiku — Chrysanthemum.
- Layla — Night; dark beauty.
- Lily — The lily flower — purity and beauty.