Yasmin is usually a feminine

given name 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 ...

, sometimes also a

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. Variant forms and spellings include Yasemin, Yasmeen, Yasmina, Yasmine, and Yassmin.

Etymology

''Yasmin'' () is the

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

name for the flowering plant

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 ...

, from which the English 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 ...

'' and the Hebrew name יסמין also derive.

Given name

Yasemin

Yasemin Adar Yasemin Adar (born 6 December 1991) is a Turkish freestyle wrestler competing in the 76 kg division. 2 times world (2017,2022) and 6 times European (2016,2017,2018,2019,2022,2023) champions. She also won one of the bronze medals in the wome ...

(born 1991), Turkish sport wrestler * Yasemin Begüm Dalgalar (born 1988), Turkish basketballer * Yasemin Bradley, Turkish female physician specialized as nutritionist and dietitian, also a television presenter and writer *

Yasemin Can Yasemin Can (born Vivian Jemutai on December 11, 1996) is a Kenyan female long distance runner representing Turkey who specialises in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. She is the reigning European 10,000 m champion. Can is a five-time Europea ...

(born 1996), Turkish long-distance runner of Kenyan origin * Yasemin Çegerek (born 1977), Dutch politician from Turkish descent *

Yasemin Dalkılıç Yasemin Dalkılıç (born 2 May 1979) is a Turkish female free diver. She holds numerous records in different categories of free diving. Though still in the middle of her career, she is already considered to be one of the all-time greats in the s ...

(born 1979), Turkish free diver * Yasemin Ecem Anagöz (born 1998), Turkish recurve archer * Yasemin Güler (born 1994), Turkish handball player * Yasemin Horasan (born 1983), Turkish basketball player * Yasemin Kimyacıoğlu, Turkish-American basketball player * Yasemin Kozanoğlu (born 1978), Turkish actress and model * Yasemin Mori (born 1982), Turkish singer *

Yasemin Smit Miloushka Yasemin Smit (born 21 November 1984 in Amsterdam) is a water polo player of the Netherlands who represented the Dutch national team in international competitions.

(born 1984), Dutch water polo player * Yasemin Şahin (born 1988), Turkish handball player * Yasemin Şamdereli (born 1973), Turkish-German actress *

Yasemin Saylar Yasemen Saylar (born 7 September 1990) is a Turkish former professional basketball player. Honors *Turkish Women's Basketball League **Runners-up (2): 2007-08, 2009–10 *Turkish Cup **Winners (1): 2009-10 *Turkish Presidents Cup **Winners (1): 2 ...

(born 1990), Turkish basketball player *

Yasemin Ustalar Yasemin Ustalar (later Yasemin Çabuk) is a Turkish female boxer. She was born in Şereflikoçhisar (1975). She won a silver medal in the 63.5 kg category at the 2002 Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships held in Antalya, Turkey ...

, Turkish boxer

Middle name

Özlem Yasemin Taşkın Özlem Yasemin Taşkın (born October 28, 1985) is a Turkish former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events. She is a five-time Turkish champion in the 200 and 400 m freestyle, and a member of Galatasaray Swimming Team, under h ...

(born 1985), retired Turkish swimmer

Yasmeen

Yasmeen Al Maimani Yasmeen Al Maimani ( ar, ياسمين الميمني) is the first woman from Saudi Arabia to become a commercial airline pilot. She received her commercial pilot license from FAA in 2013, which she converted to Saudi General Authority of Civil ...

* Yasmeen Ghauri (born 1971), Canadian model * Yasmeen Godder *

Yasmeen Hameed Yasmeen Hameed ( ur, ) is a Pakistani Urdu poet, translator and an educator. Career Yasmeen Hameed has more than thirty years of experience in the fields of education, literature and art. She was the Founding Director of Gurmani Centre for Sou ...

, Pakistani Urdu poet *

Yasmeen Hanoosh Yasmeen Hanoosh is an academic, fiction writer, and translator from Iraq. She was born in Basra in 1978. She moved to the United States in 1995, subsequently obtaining a BA, MA and PhD (in Middle Eastern Studies) from the University of Michigan. Th ...

Yasmeen Ismail Yasmeen Ismail (28 March 1950, in Rawalpindi – 18 January 2002, in Karachi) was a Pakistani television actress and theater director.

Yasmeen Khair Yasmeen Khair (born 27 June 1987) is a Jordanian footballer who plays as a defender for local Women's League club Shabab Al-Ordon and the Jordan women's national team. She is as well a former Arab gold medalist of the Jordanian National Gymnast ...

Yasmeen Khan (actress) Shamshad known by her alias Yasmeen Khan (1950, Peshawar – 15 April 1999, Peshawar) was a Pakistani actress. She was a popular actress who starred in many Pashto films. She was murdered on 15 April 1999. Personal life Yasmeen was born as Sh ...

* Yasmeen Khan (cricketer) *

Yasmeen Lari Yasmeen Lari (born 1941; ur, ) is Pakistan's first female architect. She is best known for her involvement in the intersection of architecture and social justice. Since her official retirement from architectural practice in 2000, her UN-recog ...

(born 1941), Pakistani architect * Yasmeen Murshed *

Yasmeen Pir Mohammad Khan Yasmeen Pir Mohammad Khan () is a Pakistani woman politician hailing from Saidu Sharif, Swat. Who is currently serving as a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly belong to the Awami National Party (ANP). She is also serving as member of the ...

* Yasmeen Rehman *

Yasmeen Sami Alamiri Yasmeen Sami Alamiri is an Iraqi American journalist. She currently serves as the digital news editor for PBS NewsHour. Alamiri became a White House correspondent in 2007 for the Saudi Press Agency. In that capacity, Alamiri was the first member o ...

Yasmeen Sulieman Yasmeen Sulieman (born May 19, 1982)http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/bio/yasmeen/512318 is an American singer and Broadway actress born in Oakland, California and raised in Hawaii. She is best known for her 2002 R&B single "Blue Jeans" in ad ...

, American singer *

Yasmeen Vella This is a non-exhaustive list of Malta women's international footballers – association football players who have appeared at least once for the senior Malta women's national football team. Players See also * Malta women's national foot ...

Yasmeen Williams Yasmeen Williams (Also known as Betty J. Williams, Bheti Yasmeen Williams, and Yasmeen Bheti Williams-Johnson) is an American gospel singer and former member of the African American a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock. Early life Yasme ...

Yasmin

Yasmin (musician) Yasmin Perry (born 10 March 1993), who performs under the mononym Yasmin, is an English singer, songwriter and DJ. She is signed to record label Levels Entertainment, an imprint of Ministry of Sound and began her singing career in October 2010 wh ...

, British DJ and singer-songwriter *

Yasmin Abbasey Yasmin Abbasey is a Pakistani Judge, serving in the Sindh High Court. She is one of only two women serving on the court at this time. Justice Abbasey has previously served as a Judge in the lower courts. Since her elevation to the High Court, most ...

(born 1950), Pakistani judge *

Yasmin Abdulaziz Yasmin Abdelaziz ( arz, ياسمين عبد العزيز, ; born 16 January 1980) is an Egyptian actress. Biography Abdulaziz started in commercials at the age of 12 because of one of her mother's friends who owns a company of commercials. Afte ...

(born 1980), Egyptian actress * Yasmin Aga Khan (born 1949), American Pakistani philanthropist *

Yasmin Ahmad Yasmin binti Ahmad (7 January 1958 – 25 July 2009) was a Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter. She was the executive creative director at Leo Burnett Kuala Lumpur. Her television commercials and films are well known in Malaysia fo ...

(1958–2009), Malaysian film director *

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (''née'' Damji; born 10 December 1949) is a British journalist and author, who describes herself as "a leftie liberal, anti-racist, feminist, Muslim...person". A regular columnist for the I (newspaper), ''i '' newspaper a ...

(born 1949), Ugandan-born British journalist and author * Yasmin Bannerman (born 1972), English actress * Yasmin Benoit (born 1996), English model and activist *

Yasmin Bevan Dame Yasmin Bevan, (née Prodhan; born 3 December 1953) is an influential figure within the UK education system. Bevan was the Executive Principal and Headteacher of Denbigh High School, Luton, Denbigh High School in Luton, Bedfordshire from 1 ...

, English headteacher *

Yasmin Brunet Yasmin Botelho Fernandez (born June 6, 1988), best known as Yasmin Brunet, is a Brazilian model and actress who appeared in the 2008 ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue''. Biography Brunet was born in the neighborhood of Gávea, in the city ...

(born 1988), Brazilian model *

Yasmin Deliz Yasmin Deliz (born June 2, 1987) is a Venezuelan American singer-songwriter, model, and actress. She is best known for her starring role in ''Next Day Air'' and her work as co-host on mun2's music video countdown show '' Vivo'' and reality telev ...

(born 1987), American reggaetón singer-songwriter, model and actress * Yasmin Evans (born 1990),British TV and radio presenter *

Yasmin Finney Yasmin Finney (born 30 August 2003) is an English actress. She is known for her role as Elle Argent in the Netflix series '' Heartstopper'' (2022), for which she was nominated for a Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting P ...

, British actress and Internet personality *

Yasmin K. Yasmin Knoch (born 27 September 1976), known professionally as Yasmin K. and also using the name Y-ass, is a German pop singer. She is best known for appearing in 2001 on the second season of ''Popstars''. Life and career Born in Soufrière, ...

(born 1986), German pop singer *

Yasmin Kafai Yasmin B. Kafai, Ph.D., is a Professor of Learning Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, past president of the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), and an executive editor of the ''Journal of t ...

, German professor *

Yasmin Kwadwo Yasmin Kwadwo (born 9 November 1990) is a German track and field athlete who competes in the sprints. Her personal best for the 100 metres is 11.29 seconds. She won two gold medals at the European Athletics Junior Championships in 2009 and repre ...

(born 1990), German sprint athlete * Yasmin Le Bon (born 1964), British fashion model *

Yasmin Lee Yasmin Lee is an Cambodian American transgender pornographic film actress and Model (people), model. She appeared in the film ''The Hangover Part II'' as Kimmy. Early life and career Lee lived with her family in various refugee camps in Cambod ...

, Brazilian transgendered pornographic film actress *

Yasmin Levy Yasmin Levy ( he, יסמין לוי; born December 23, 1975) is an Israeli singer-songwriter of Judeo-Spanish music. Biography Yasmin Levy was born on December 23, 1975, in Baka, Jerusalem. She is of Sephardic Jewish descent. Her parents were A ...

(born 1975), Israeli singer-songwriter of Sephardic music *

Yasmin Paige Yasmin, Yasmine, or Yasmina may refer to: People * Yasmin (given name), a feminine given name, and sometimes surname * Yasmin (musician) (born 1993), English singer, songwriter, and DJ * Yasmine (pornographic actress), Yasmine Lafitte, French actre ...

(born 1991), English actress *

Yasmin Qureshi Yasmin Qureshi (born 5 July 1963) is a British Labour Party politician and a barrister practising criminal law. She headed the criminal legal section of the UN Mission in Kosovo and was later appointed Director of the department of Judicial ...

(born 1963), British politician * Yasmin Ratansi (born 1951), Canadian politician *

Yasmin Sardouk Yasmin Sardouk ( ar, ياسمين سردوك; born 20 May 2000) is a Lebanese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Honours Lebanon * WAFF Women's Championship third place: 2019 See also * List of Lebanon women's international footballe ...

(born 2000), Lebanese footballer * Yasmin Siraj (born 1996), American figure skater *

Yasmin Warsame Yasmin Abshir Warsame ( so, Yasmiin Abshir Warsame, ar, ياسمين ابشير ارسام; born May 5, 1976) is a Somali-Canadian model and activist. In 2004, she was named "The Most Alluring Canadian" in a poll by ''Fashion'' magazine. Biogr ...

(born 1976), Somali-Canadian model *

Yasmin Wijnaldum Yasmin Wijnaldum (born July 10, 1998) is a Dutch fashion model. She is known for her confident runway walk. Early life Wijnaldum was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Her father is from Suriname, and her mother from the Netherlands. She was born ...

(born 1998), Dutch model * Yasmin Yusoff, Malaysian singer

Yasmina

Yasmina Azzizi-Kettab Yasmina Azzizi-Kettab (born 25 February 1966) is a retired Algerian heptathlete A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλο� ...

(born 1966), retired Algerian heptathlete * Yasmina Khadra (born 1955), Algerian author * Yasmina Reza (born 1959), French Iranian playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter *

Yasmina Siadatan Yasmina Siadatan (born 1981 in Hull, England) is a British businesswoman of British and Iranian descent. She was the winner of the fifth series of the British television show ''The Apprentice''. As the winner, she was offered a job working for ...

(born 1981), British businesswoman of British and Iranian descent

Yasmine

Yasmine Allas Yasmine Allas ( so, Yasmiin Callas, ar, ياسمين أهلك) is a Somali-Dutch actress and writer. Personal life Allas was born in 1967 in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. Her family was wealthy, with her father serving as a General in the ...

(born 1967), Somali actress and writer *

Yasmine Belmadi Yasmine Belmadi (26 January 1976 – 18 July 2009) was a French actor of Algerian parents. He appeared in 13 films, and had completed his final role, in a television production, the day before his death. Biography Belmadi grew up in the northern ...

(1976–2009), French actor of Algerian origin *

Yasmine Bleeth Yasmine Amanda Bleeth (born June 14, 1968) is an American actress and model. Her television roles include Caroline Holden on ''Baywatch'', Ryan Fenelli on ''Ryan's Hope'', and LeeAnn Demerest on ''One Life to Live''. Early life and career Blee ...

(born 1968), American actress *

Yasmine Eriksson Yasmine Eriksson (born 1989) is a Swedish politician and a member of the Sweden Democrats party who has been an MP in the Riksdag since 2018. Biography Eriksson was born in Partille. She has summed up her early life as being a "working class ...

(born 1989), Swedish politician *

Yasmine Fouad Yasmine Salah El-Din Fouad Abdel Aziz is an Egyptian politician. She has been Minister of Environment in Mostafa Madbouly's ministry since 18 June 2018. She will chair the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh Sharm ...

, Egyptian politician *

Yasmine Galenorn Yasmine Galenorn is an American novelist. She writes urban fantasy, paranormal romance, and paranormal mystery. She previously wrote under the pen name India Ink for her ''Bath and Body'' series. Biography Galenorn graduated from Evergreen Stat ...

, Romantic fiction writer *

Yasmine Hamdan Yasmine Hamdan ( ar, ياسمين حمدان; born 1976) is a Lebanese singer and songwriter, now based in Paris. Biography Hamdan became known with Soapkills, the duo she founded with Zeid Hamdan (no relation) while she was still living in B ...

(born 1976), Lebanese singer *

Yasmine Hanani Yasmine Hanani (born June 5, 1980) is an American actress. Hanani was born in Baltimore and grew up in Southfield, Michigan and later in Orange County, Southern California. Hanani has worked on documentaries "Voices of Iraq,". "My Country, M ...

(born 1980), American actress *

Yasmine Kassari Yasmine Kassari (born 3 October 1970) is a Moroccan film director, known for multi-layered diasporic cinema. Kassari moved to Paris as a teenager, where she graduated from high school and enrolled in a medical school. After studying medicine fo ...

(born 1970), Belgian-Moroccan film director * Yasmine Lafitte (born 1973), Moroccan and French pornographic actress *

Yasmine Mahmoudieh Yasmin, Yasmine, or Yasmina may refer to: People * Yasmin (given name), a feminine given name, and sometimes surname * Yasmin (musician) (born 1993), English singer, songwriter, and DJ * Yasmine (pornographic actress), Yasmine Lafitte, French actre ...

, German architect * Yasmine Naghdi, British ballet dancer * Yasmine Oudni (born 1989), Algerian volleyball player *

Yasmine Pahlavi Yasmine Pahlavi ( fa, یاسمین پهلوی, née Etemad-Amini, Persian: ; born 26 July 1968), is the wife of Reza Pahlavi, the last crown prince of the former Imperial State of Iran. Biography Yasmine Etemad-Amini was born in Pars Hospital in ...

(born 1968), wife of Reza Pahlavi II, Crown Prince of Iran *

Yasmine Posio Linda Yasmine Posio (born 1974) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Left Party, she represented Gothenburg Municipality between June 2017 and September 2022. Posio is the daughter ...

(born 1974), Swedish politician *

Yasmine Ryan Yasmine Ryan (ca. 1983 – 30 November 2017) was a print, television and multimedia journalist from New Zealand. She was involved in covering the Arab Spring for ''Al Jazeera English''. Ryan also created documentaries. Biography Yasmine Ryan was ...

(ca. 1983–2017) New Zealand journalist *

Yasmine Zaki Shahab Professor Yasmine Zaki Shahab, S.S., M.A., Ph.D. ( ar-at, ياسمين زكي شهاب , Yāsmīn Zakī Šahāb; ; born 1 December 1948) is an Indonesian anthropologist. In addition, her interest in Betawi society made her actively doing resear ...

(born 1946), Indonesian anthropologist

Yassmin

Yassmin Abdel-Magied Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a Sudanese–Australian media presenter and writer, who had an early career as a mechanical engineer. She was named Young Queenslander of the Year in 2010 and Queensland Australian of the Year in 2015 for her engagement ...

, Australian activist *

Yassmin Alers Yassmin Alers is an American actress born in New York City's Spanish Harlem as the middle child of a close-knit family of five children. She was dance captain and understudy in the original broadway cast of Jonathan Larson's ''RENT'' on Broadway. S ...

, American stage actor

Fictional characters

Yasmin Green ''Family Affairs'' is a British soap opera that aired on Channel 5. It debuted on 30 March 1997, the day of the launch of said channel and was the first programme broadcast on the channel. It was screened as five thirty-minute episodes per w ...

, ''Family Affairs'' character played by Ebony Thomas from 1998 until 2005 * Yasmin, a Bratz doll *

Yasmin Khan Yasmin Khan is a historian of British India and Associate Professor of History at Kellogg College, Oxford. Education and career Born in 1977 to Pakistani and Anglo-Irish parents in Kingston-upon-Thames, Khan completed her BA in history at S ...

, a companion of the Thirteenth Doctor in the BBC series ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...

'' * Yasamin Madrani, a main character in the animated web-series '' gen:LOCK'' * Yasmina Ait Omar, a recurring character in the Belgian series ''

wtFOCK ''WtFOCK'' (stylised as ''wtFOCK'') is a Belgian teen drama web series broadcast by VIER and VIJF that follows the lives of teenagers in Antwerp. It is an adaption of the popular Norwegian series '' SKAM''. By the end of the first series, around ...

Surname

Samina Yasmeen Samina Yasmeen is an Australian–Pakistani author and intellectual who is known for her work in political and strategic development in South Asia and the role of Islam in International relations, world politics. She has published articles on t ...

, Pakistani professor *

Sabina Yasmin Sabina Yasmin (born 4 September 1953) is a Bangladeshi singer. She is best known as a playback singer in Bengali cinema. She has won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer a record 14 times. She has recorded more than 1, ...

(born 1953), Bangladeshi singer * Farida Yasmin, Bangladeshi journalist * Farida Yasmin, Bangladeshi singer *

Nilufar Yasmin Nilufar Yasmin (13 February 1948 – 10 March 2003) was a Bangladeshi singer of Nazrul Sangeet, Rajanikanta Geeti, Dwijendra Geeti and Atul Prasdi genre. She was the fourth of five Yasmin sisters of Bangladesh music. Her siblings are Farida ...

, Bangladeshi singer

References

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