Jasmin, Jasminko / Jasmina, Jasminka
GenderMale / Female
Origin
Word/namePersian[1] (ultimate origin could be Sanskrit)
MeaningGift of God; God's gift
Region of originbetween Central, Western and South Asia
Other names
Related namesYasmin, یاسمین, یاسمن ، Jasmin, Jasmina, Jessamine, Ismenia, Jaslyn, Jaslynn, Jasmyn, Jassmine Jasmine

Jasmina (Serbian Cyrillic: Јасмина), sometimes Jasminka,[2] as a feminine variant, and Jasmin (Serbian Cyrillic: Јасмин), sometimes Jasminko, as a masculine variant, are given names used in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Bulgaria and Slovenia, and same as a given name Jasmine, which is the common form in German, Romance and English-speaking countries, although almost always as a feminine variation.

Origin

These given names, both feminine and masculine variation, refer to a flower of a genus of Jasmine[3] shrub and vine in the olive family, whose taxon name ultimately derives etymologically from the Old Persian, Yasameen (transl. Gift from God), used in Persian as given name Yasmin, but could originate from even earlier times and from further to the east, from Sanskrit, as the oldest in Proto-Indo-Iranian language branch of Proto-Indo-European language family, entering Persian through Avestan, and later spreading westward through Arabic[2] and Latin.[1][4]

Variants and spelling

In Serbo-Croatian, Slovenian and Macedonian, Jasmina (feminine), and Jasmin (masculine), is a common spelling, however, there are other variations of these names, such as: Jasminko for masculine, and Jasminka for feminine variation, and ways of spelling them, such as: Yasmin and Yasmina, etc. However, it's assumed that Jasmina and Jasmin variation are most popular with Bosnian Muslim population, while variation Jasminka and Jasminko with Serbian, Croatian and other former-Yugoslavs.[2]

Usage

Notable people with the name include:

Female

Fictional characters

Male

Uses of the name in popular culture include Greek-German singer Leo Leandros' 1962 pop hit "Lebwohl, Jasmina!", and also Jasmina an album by Dado Polumenta. Ajde, ajde Jasmina is a song by Bosnian pop-singer Zdravko Čolić.

References

  1. 1 2 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).
  2. 1 2 3 "Značenje i prijeklo imena Jasminka". www.znacenje-imena.com. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Mike Campbell. "Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Jasmine". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
  4. ↑ "What is the meaning of Jasmina, the name Jasmina means, Jasmina stands for". thenamesdictionary.com. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
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