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.
When Jasmina celebrates name day
Jasmina appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 24 February.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
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 Jasmina is most popular
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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Opole6 girls born+115%
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Pomeranian17 girls born+90%
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Silesian19 girls born+38%
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Lower Silesian13 girls born+36%
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Lubusz4 girls born+33%
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Masovian26 girls born+21%
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Łódź9 girls born+17%
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Greater Poland12 girls born−8%
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Lesser Poland11 girls born−20%
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Lublin4 girls born−36%
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Subcarpathian4 girls born−45%
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Podlaskie2 girls born−50%
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West Pomeranian2 girls born−61%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian2 girls born−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