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

feminine Femininity (also called womanliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and Gender roles, roles generally associated with women and girls. Femininity can be understood as Social construction of gender, socially constructed, and there is also s ...

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

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

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 ...

used in

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

Macedonia Macedonia (, , , ), most commonly refers to: * North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia * Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity * Macedonia (Greece), a former administr ...

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Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

and

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

, and same as a given name

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

, which is the common form in

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

, 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 Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

shrub and vine in the olive family, whose

taxon In biology, a taxon (back-formation from ''taxonomy''; : taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular name and ...

name ultimately derives

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from the

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

, ''Yasameen'' (), used in Persian as given name Yasmin

Variants and spelling

Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian ( / ), also known as Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS), is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. It is a pluricentric language with four mutually i ...

, Slovenian and

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

, Jasmine (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 Islam is the most widespread religion in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was introduced to the local population in the 15th and 16th centuries as a result of the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Muslims make the largest religious co ...

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

Yugoslavs Yugoslavs or Yugoslavians ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Jugoslaveni/Jugosloveni, Југославени/Југословени; ; ) is an identity that was originally conceived to refer to a united South Slavic people. It has been used in two connotations: ...

Usage

Notable people with the name include:

Female

Jasmina Cibic Jasmina Cibic (born 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, as well as the ...

, a Slovenian performance, installation and film artist **

Jasmina Đokić Jasmina Đokić ( sr-cyr, Јасмина Ђокић, anglicized as "Jasmina Djokic") is a Serbian painter. She lives and works in Kruševac. She graduated at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Belgrade, in the painting department in 1997 in ...

, Serbian painter ** Jasmin Darznik (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 (born 1978), Swiss politician ** Jasmina Ilić (born 1985) Serbian professional basketball player ** Jasmina Jankovic (born 1986) Bosnian-born Dutch team handball player ** Jasmina Kajtazović (born 1991) Slovenian-born Bosnian tennis player ** Jasmina Keber (born 1988) Slovenian badminton player ** Jasmina Mihajlović (born 1960) Serbian writer and literary critic ** Jasmina Mukaetova (born 1981) Macedonian pop singer ** Jasmin Ouschan (born 1986), Austrian pool player ** Jasmina Perazić (born 1960) former Serbia n basketball player ** Jasmin Schornberg (born 1986), German canoeist **

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

(born 1982), German actress ** Jasmina Suter (born 1995), Swiss alpine ski racer ** Jasmina Tešanović (born 1954) Serbian feminist author and political activist **

Jasmina Tinjić Jasmina Tinjić (born 27 February 1991) is former professional Bosnian tennis player. In her career, Tinjić won four singles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF ...

, Bosnian tennis player ** Jasmin Wagner (born 1980), German pop singer, actress and model ** Jasmin Wöhr (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 T ...

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 yea ...

(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 D ...

(born 1978), Slovenian goalkeeper

Popular culture

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

Leo Leandros Leo Leandros (; born Leandros Papathanasiou; 23 August 1923) is a Greek musician, composer, singer, songwriter, lyricist and record producer. Biography Born on 23 August 1923 in Astakos, Leandros left in the 1950s for Germany to pursue a care ...

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

Dado Polumenta Damir "Dado" Polumenta (born 29 August 1982) is a Montenegro, Montenegrin 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. In ...

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

Zdravko Čolić Zdravko Čolić (, ; born 30 May 1951) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian-Serbian Pop music, pop singer and widely considered one of the greatest vocalists and cultural icons of the former Yugoslavia. Favourably compared to Paul McCartney and T ...

References

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