Jasmina ( sr-cyr, Јасмина), sometimes Jasminka, as a

feminine Femininity (also called womanliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with women and girls. Femininity can be understood as socially constructed, and there is also some evidence that some behaviors considered fe ...

variant, and Jasmin ( sr-cyr, Јасмин), sometimes Jasminko, as a

masculine Masculinity (also called manhood or manliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles associated with men and boys. Masculinity can be theoretically understood as socially constructed, and there is also evidence that some behaviors con ...

variant, are

given names A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

used in

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

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, Macedonia,

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Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

, and

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

, and same as a given name

Jasmine Jasmine ( taxonomic name: ''Jasminum''; , ) is a genus of shrubs and vines in the olive family (Oleaceae). It contains around 200 species native to tropical and warm temperate regions of Eurasia, Africa, and Oceania. Jasmines are widely cultiva ...

, which is the common form in

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

Romance Romance (from Vulgar Latin , "in the Roman language", i.e., "Latin") may refer to: Common meanings * Romance (love), emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings * Romance languages, ...

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 Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

shrub and vine in the olive family, whose

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name ultimately derives

etymologically Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the form of words an ...

from the

Old Persian Old Persian is one of the two directly attested Old Iranian languages (the other being Avestan language, Avestan) and is the ancestor of Middle Persian (the language of Sasanian Empire). Like other Old Iranian languages, it was known to its native ...

, ''Yasameen'' (), used in Persian as given name Yasmin, but could originate from even earlier times and from further to the east, from

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

, as the oldest in

Proto-Indo-Iranian language Proto-Indo-Iranian, also Proto-Indo-Iranic is the reconstructed proto-language of the Indo-Iranian/Indo-Iranic branch of Indo-European. Its speakers, the hypothetical Proto-Indo-Iranians, are assumed to have lived in the late 3rd millennium B ...

branch of

Proto-Indo-European language Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages. No direct record of Proto-Indo-E ...

family, entering Persian through

Avestan Avestan (), or historically Zend, is an umbrella term for two Old Iranian languages: Old Avestan (spoken in the 2nd millennium BCE) and Younger Avestan (spoken in the 1st millennium BCE). They are known only from their conjoined use as the scrip ...

, and later spreading westward through

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...

and

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

Variants and spelling

Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and ...

Slovenian Slovene or Slovenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe * Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia * Slovenes The Slovenes, also known as Slovenians ( sl, Sloven ...

and

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...

, 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 The Bosniaks ( bs, Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who share a common Bosnian ancestry, cu ...

population, while variation Jasminka and Jasminko with Serbian, Croatian and other former-

Yugoslavs Yugoslavs or Yugoslavians ( Bosnian and Croatian: ''Jugoslaveni'', Serbian and Macedonian ''Jugosloveni''/Југословени; sl, Jugoslovani) is an identity that was originally designed to refer to a united South Slavic people. It has ...

Usage

Notable people with the name include:

Female

Jasmina Cibic Jasmina Cibic (born in Ljubljana in 1979) is a Slovenian performance, installation and film artist who lives and works in London. Her work often explores the construction of national cultures, their underlying ideologies, political goals and uses, a ...

, a Slovenian performance, installation and film artist ** Jasmina Đokić, Serbian painter **

Jasmin Darznik Jasmin Darznik is the ''New York Times'' bestselling author of three books, ''The Bohemians'', ''Song of a Captive Bird'', a novel inspired by the life of Forugh Farrokhzad, Iran's notorious woman poet, and ''The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Moth ...

(born 1973), Iranian–American writer **

Jasminka Domaš Jasminka Domaš (born 5 September 1948, Banja Luka) is a Croatian-Jewish writer, journalist and scientist. Domaš was born in Banja Luka and graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Zagreb. Domaš is a master of ...

, writer, journalist and scientist ** Jasmina Hostert (born 1982), Bosnian-German politician **

Jasmin Hutter Jasmin Hutter (b. 11 June 1978 in Altstätten) is a Swiss politician of the Swiss People's Party, of which she is vice-president. She holds an MP position at the National Council of Switzerland The National Council (german: Nationalrat; f ...

(born 1978), Swiss politician ** Jasmina Ilić (born 1985) Serbian professional basketball player **

Jasmina Jankovic Jasmina ( sr-cyr, Јасмина), sometimes Jasminka, as a feminine variant, and Jasmin ( sr-cyr, Јасмин), sometimes Jasminko, as a masculine variant, are given names used in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Macedonia, Mont ...

(born 1986) Bosnian-born Dutch team handball player ** Jasmina Kajtazović (born 1991) Slovenian-born Bosnian tennis player **

Jasmina Keber Jasmina Keber (born November 26, 1988) is a triple World Champion and double European Champion crossminton player from Slovenia. After winning a silver medal at the first ICO Crossminton World Championships in 2011, Jasmina Keber won the European ...

(born 1988) Slovenian badminton player **

Jasmina Mihajlović Jasmina Mihajlović ( sr-cyr, Јасмина Михајловић, born in Niš, 1960) is a Serbian writer and literary critic. She is also chairwoman of Bequest of Milorad Pavić, famous Serbian writer and her late spouse. Biography Mihajlovi� ...

(born 1960) Serbian writer and literary critic **

Jasmina Mukaetova Jasmina Mukaetova ( mk, Јасмина Мукаетова; born December 3, 1981 in Kavadarci) is a Macedonian turbo folk and popular music singer. In 2007, she conducted a world tour, performing in front of large diaspora audience. Jasmina Mu ...

(born 1981) Macedonian pop singer **

Jasmin Ouschan Jasmin Ouschan (; born 10 January 1986) is an Austrian professional pool player from Klagenfurt, Carinthia. Her first professional competition occurred in 2002, but she did not officially become a professional member of the Women's Professional ...

(born 1986), Austrian pool player ** Jasmina Perazić (born 1960) former Serbia n basketball player **

Jasmin Schornberg Jasmin Schornberg (born 7 April 1986) is a German slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2001. She won 11 medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with four golds (K1: 2009, K1 team: 2007, 2017, 2022), thr ...

(born 1986), German canoeist **

Jasmin Schwiers Jasmin Schwiers (born 11 August 1982 in Eupen, Belgium) is a German actress. Life and career Schwiers grew up in the German-speaking community in eastern Belgium. She began her career in children's theatre, and later made appearances in severa ...

(born 1982), German actress **

Jasmina Suter Jasmina Suter (born 16 April 1995) is a Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournam ...

(born 1995), Swiss alpine ski racer **

Jasmina Tešanović Jasmina Tešanović ( sr-cyr, Јасмина Тешановић; born March 7, 1954) is an author, feminism, feminist, political activist (Women in Black, Code Pink), translator, and filmmaker. Life and work Born in Belgrade, Socialist Federal R ...

(born 1954) Serbian feminist author and political activist **

Jasmina Tinjić Jasmina Tinjić (born 27 February 1991) is former professional Bosnian tennis player. Tinjić has won four singles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 23 September 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 236. On 29 ...

, Bosnian tennis player **

Jasmin Wagner Jasmin Wagner (; born 20 April 1980), better known as Blümchen (), is a German pop and dance music singer and actress. Although she releases her English albums under the name Blossom, her German stage name actually translates to "floret" or ...

(born 1980), German pop singer, actress and model **

Jasmin Wöhr Jasmin Wöhr (; born 21 August 1980) is a retired German tennis player. Biography During her career, Wöhr won four doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one singles title and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 14 December 1 ...

(born 1980), German tennis player

Fictional characters

**Jasminka Antonenko, fictional character in

Little Witch Academia is a Japanese anime franchise created by Yoh Yoshinari and produced by Trigger. The original short film, directed by Yoshinari and written by Masahiko Otsuka, was released in theaters in March 2013 as part of the Young Animator Train ...

Male

Jasmin Burić Jasmin Burić (; born 18 February 1987) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ekstraklasa club Zagłębie Lubin. Burić started his professional career at Čelik Zenica, before joining Lech Poznań in 2009. Ten ye ...

(born 1987), Bosnian goalkeeper **

Jasmin Handanović Jasmin Handanović (born 28 January 1978) is a Slovenian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is the oldest player to ever play in the Slovenian top division. Club career In July 2010, Handanović was signed by Empoli, replacing ...

(born 1978), Slovenian goalkeeper

Popular culture

Uses of the name in popular culture include Greek-German singer

Leo Leandros Leo Leandros (born 23 August 1926) is a Greek musician, composer and producer. Born in Astakos, Greece, Leandros left in the 1950s for Germany to pursue a career in singing and composing. He had some success, but shifted his focus to his daught ...

' 1962 pop hit "Lebwohl, Jasmina!", and also ''Jasmina'' an album by

Dado Polumenta Damir "Dado" Polumenta (born 29 August 1982) is a Montenegrin and Serbian pop-folk recording artist. Life and career Polumenta was born into a Muslim family in Bijelo Polje, in northern Montenegro. His uncle Šako Polumenta is also a singer. I ...

. ''Ajde, ajde Jasmina'' is a song by Bosnian pop-singer

Zdravko Čolić Zdravko Čolić (, ; born 30 May 1951) is a Bosnian Serb singer and is widely considered one of the greatest vocalists and cultural icons of the former Yugoslavia. Dubbed the " Tom Jones of the Balkans", he has garnered fame in Southeastern Europ ...

References

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