Jasmin
It carries the name of the jasmine flower, by way of Latin. Most Poles have never met a Jasmin, but the name is climbing again: more girls were given it last year than in the lean years before.
Jasmin Pronunciation
Jasmin is pronounced YAHS-meen (/ˈjasmin/).
What Jasmin means
Where Jasmin comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Jasmin takes its name from a flower. The word for jasmine reached Polish and German through Latin, where the plant was catalogued and named in botanical writing long before anyone wore it as a first name. The short meaning stays close to that bloom: jasmine in English, jaśmin in Polish. It names a climbing shrub that opens white flowers in the warm months.
In German-speaking countries the spelling Jasmin became a common given name for girls, and it moved into Poland without friction, since the sound needs no adjustment for a Polish mouth. A teacher reading a class register in Kraków meets it and reads on.
No diminutive is fixed to it here, and no variant waits beside it. The name arrives whole. What it offers is the flower named through Latin: jaśmin.
How many people are named Jasmin
1 in 32767 women in Poland is named Jasmin. 718 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1100 among female names.
Jasmin's popularity over time
14 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #612 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2020.
Where Jasmin is most popular
Jasmin is most popular in Greater Poland, 217% above the national average (12 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+81%) and Lesser Poland (+75%). It is least common in Pomeranian, 23% below average.
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Greater Poland12 girls born+217%
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Lower Silesian5 girls born+81%
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Lesser Poland7 girls born+75%
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Masovian8 girls born+28%
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Silesian4 girls born0%
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Pomeranian2 girls born−23%
Jasmin as a middle name
Jasmin is a first name for 718 women in Poland and a middle name for another 204, a 78/22 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 470th, between Inka (204) and Angelica (202).
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#468 Theresa206
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#469 Inka204
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#470 Jasmin204
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#471 Angelica202
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#472 Elisa202