Yasmin

יַסמִין

• Gender: Female
• Origin: Jew-ish
• Meaning: jasmine

• Yasmin means "jasmine" in Hebrew, borrowed originally from Persian, where the jasmine flower has been celebrated for centuries for its intoxicating fragrance and delicate beauty. The name has become enormously popular in Israel, where it feels as natural and familiar as any homegrown Hebrew name. Its Persian-Hebrew blend gives it a cross-cultural richness that few botanical names can match.

  Breezy and worldly, this is a name equally at home in Jerusalem and New York. Israeli singer Yasmin Levy, celebrated worldwide for her soulful Ladino music, has given it a gorgeous cultural spotlight. It taps into the ever-popular floral name trend with more global sophistication than Jasmine and a cleaner, more streamlined spelling — the kind of name that sounds like a garden in bloom no matter where you plant it.

• Alternate Spellings: Yasmyn, Yasmine
• Potential Sibling Name:
  Ilana
  ,
  Dahlia
  ,
  Ziv
  ,
  Amir
• Theme: nature