Meaning of the nameYasmim

Yasmim is a feminine name meaning 'jasmine', a word of Persian origin, and it is one of the Brazilian spellings of Yasmin.

Meaning

“jasmine, the flower”

Source: Behind the Name: Yasmin

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People (2022): 153,201
Rank in Brazil: #219
Median age: 12 years
2010 Census: 65,013; people

Yasmim in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Yasmim, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (67,420 people).

152,242 women 959 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Yasmim is most common

States with the highest share of people named Yasmim in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Mato Grosso 0.102%
Goiás 0.100%
Amapá 0.092%
Rondônia 0.091%
Amazonas 0.090%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	33,560	0.076%
Minas Gerais	17,124	0.083%
Rio de Janeiro	13,850	0.086%
Bahia	9,287	0.066%
Pernambuco	7,960	0.088%
Paraná	7,427	0.065%
Goiás	7,030	0.100%
Pará	6,881	0.085%
Rio Grande do Sul	5,786	0.053%
Maranhão	5,099	0.075%
Ceará	4,926	0.056%
Santa Catarina	4,654	0.061%
Mato Grosso	3,724	0.102%
Amazonas	3,526	0.090%
Paraíba	2,922	0.074%
Espírito Santo	2,808	0.073%
Alagoas	2,413	0.077%
Rio Grande do Norte	2,238	0.068%
Mato Grosso do Sul	2,145	0.078%
Piauí	1,933	0.059%
Distrito Federal	1,791	0.064%
Sergipe	1,633	0.074%
Rondônia	1,439	0.091%
Tocantins	1,353	0.090%
Amapá	677	0.092%
Acre	521	0.063%
Roraima	494	0.078%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Yasmim

Behind the Name explains Yasmin as a name meaning 'jasmine' in Arabic and in Hebrew, derived from the Persian yāsamīn, and lists Yasmim, Iasmim and Iasmin as Brazilian Portuguese forms. Wiktionary records Iasmim as a variant of Jasmim, a feminine name equivalent to the English Jasmine. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) gathers Yasmim, Iasmim and many other spellings as spelling variants of Yasmin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 153,201 people named Yasmim, most of them born in the 2000s and 2010s. Proportionally, it is most common in Mato Grosso.

With an initial Y, this is the most recorded spelling in the group.

Other spellings of Yasmim

Spelling	People (2022)
Yasmim	153,201
Iasmim	37,839

Sources

Behind the Name: Yasmin · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Iasmim · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Wiktionary: Jasmim · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Yasmin · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Yasmim

What does the name Yasmim mean?

Yasmim means “jasmine, the flower”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Yasmim in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 153,201 people with the first name Yasmim, which ranks it number 219 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Yasmim a boy's or a girl's name?

Yasmim is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 152,242 women and 959 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Yasmim?

Yasmim is a name of Persian and Arabic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Yasmim most common?

Proportionally, in Mato Grosso: 0.102% of the state's population is named Yasmim (3,724 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Yasmim?

Iasmim. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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