Yasmin

#98 in Minnesota

Meaning of Yasmin

Yasmin drifts across tongues like jasmine incense curling through a twilight tea-garden in Kyoto—her roots planted first in ancient Persia, where “yāsamin” named the moon-pale flower whose scent is said to bloom most vividly after sunset, and carried eastward by Arabic poets before finding a fresh cadence in English nurseries. The name evokes a climbing vine, cool to the touch yet alive with hidden perfume: a quiet elegance that Heian-era courtiers might have likened to the silvery hush of temple bells or the brushed silk of an obi caught by evening wind. Though her rank in American records has ebbed from a vibrant crest in the early 2000s to a gentle mid-list flow today, Yasmin’s allure remains unbound by statistics, for she whispers of night gardens, calligraphed love letters, and the deliberate grace of the kōdō ceremony where fragrance, not flame, becomes memory. In every culture she lights upon, Yasmin offers the same promise: beauty that reveals itself slowly, yet lingers long after the last note of its name has faded.

Pronunciation

Arabic

  • Pronunced as yas-MEEN (/jæs.ˈmiːn/)

English

  • Pronunced as YAZ-min (/ˈjæz.mɪn/)

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Notable People Named Yasmin

Yasmin Qureshi -
Yasmin Khan -
Yasmin Le Bon -
Yasmin Aga Khan -
Yasmin Paige -
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