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First name origin & meaning:

Persian: A form of flowering olive

First name variations: Yasmin, Yasmine, Jasmina, Jessamine, Jessamyn, Jesmin, Jasmain, Jasmaine, Jasmane, Jassmain, Jassmaine, Jasman, Jasmeet, Jasmit, Jassmit, Jasmine

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. French: topographic name for someone who lived in an area where jasmine grew, jasmin, from Arabic yasmīn.
  2. Possibly in some cases Spanish: from the female personal name Jasmín, which, like 1 above, is from the name of the plant.