Jasmina
A Slavic name that simply means the jasmine flower. Most Poles have never met one, yet it's climbing again after a quiet stretch: 29 girls were given it last year, all of them, as ever, girls.
Jasmina Pronunciation
Jasmina is pronounced yahs-MEE-nah (/jasˈmina/).
What Jasmina means
Where Jasmina comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Jasmina belongs to the family of Slavic flower names, drawn from the jasmine, jaśmin in Polish, a white-blossomed shrub prized for its scent. The meaning is direct: jasmine flower, kwiat jaśminu. The name lends itself to soft variants, among them jaśmina, spelled with the Polish ś, and zhasmin, a form shaped by a different alphabet.
The word for the flower itself travelled a long way before it settled in Polish gardens. It reached European languages from Persian yasamin, the source behind jasmine, jazmín, and gelsomino alike. A Slavic girl named Jasmina carries a blossom whose name once crossed half a continent.
On a class register it reads plainly. Jasmina, or Jaśmina, sits among the J names, and its meaning stays fixed to the flower: kwiat jaśminu.
How many people are named Jasmina
1 in 32531 women in Poland is named Jasmina. 693 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1125 among female names.
Jasmina's popularity over time
29 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #445 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2002.
Where parents choose Jasmina
Jasmina is most popular in Opole, 115% above the national average (6 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Pomeranian (+90%) and Silesian (+38%). It is least common in Kuyavian-Pomeranian and West Pomeranian, 70% and 61% below average respectively.
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Opole
+115%1 in 7,683 babies
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Pomeranian
+90%1 in 8,666 babies
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Silesian
+38%1 in 11,978 babies
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian
−70%1 in 54,690 babies
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West Pomeranian
−61%1 in 42,213 babies
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Podlaskie
−50%1 in 32,893 babies
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Opole+115% 6 born1 in 7,683 babies+115%
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Pomeranian+90% 17 born1 in 8,666 babies+90%
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Silesian+38% 19 born1 in 11,978 babies+38%
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Lower Silesian+36% 13 born1 in 12,087 babies+36%
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Lubusz+33% 4 born1 in 12,414 babies+33%
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Masovian+21% 26 born1 in 13,626 babies+21%
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Łódź+17% 9 born1 in 14,080 babies+17%
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Greater Poland−8% 12 born1 in 17,937 babies−8%
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Lesser Poland−20% 11 born1 in 20,629 babies−20%
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Lublin−36% 4 born1 in 25,669 babies−36%
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Subcarpathian−45% 4 born1 in 30,141 babies−45%
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Podlaskie−50% 2 born1 in 32,893 babies−50%
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West Pomeranian−61% 2 born1 in 42,213 babies−61%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian−70% 2 born1 in 54,690 babies−70%
Jasmina as a middle name
Jasmina is a first name for 693 women in Poland and a middle name for another 176, an 80/20 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 511th, between Lucy (177) and Bella (174).
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#509 Karen177
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#510 Lucy177
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#511 Jasmina176
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#512 Bella174
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#513 Ester174