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Meaning of the nameYasmin

Yasmin is a feminine name of Persian origin, also used in Arabic, meaning 'jasmine', the flower; Iasmin and Iasmyn are spellings with an initial I.

Meaning

“jasmine”

Source: Behind the Name: Yasmin

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People (2022)
234,420
Rank in Brazil
#134
Median age
12 years
2010 Census
104,242
people

Yasmin in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Yasmin, 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 (101,430 people).

233,109 women 1,311 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 Yasmin is most common

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

  1. Distrito Federal 0.140%
  2. Rio de Janeiro 0.134%
  3. São Paulo 0.133%
  4. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.132%
  5. Paraná 0.132%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo58,9230.133%
Minas Gerais23,1010.113%
Rio de Janeiro21,4660.134%
Paraná15,0880.132%
Bahia14,4410.102%
Rio Grande do Sul12,0310.111%
Santa Catarina9,6490.127%
Pernambuco8,9460.099%
Goiás8,2100.116%
Pará7,3520.091%
Ceará7,1770.082%
Maranhão6,2740.093%
Paraíba4,3790.110%
Espírito Santo4,1680.109%
Mato Grosso4,1130.112%
Distrito Federal3,9470.140%
Amazonas3,9420.100%
Alagoas3,8310.123%
Mato Grosso do Sul3,6500.132%
Rio Grande do Norte2,8660.087%
Piauí2,8240.086%
Sergipe2,5330.115%
Rondônia1,7720.112%
Tocantins1,4510.096%
Acre9210.111%
Amapá7450.102%
Roraima6200.097%

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

About the name Yasmin

Wiktionary treats Yasmin, in English, as a variant of Jasmine that transcribes the Arabic and Persian names, and, in Portuguese, as a spelling of Iasmim. Behind the Name says the name means 'jasmine' in Arabic and Hebrew, comes from Persian, and records Iasmim and Iasmin as Brazilian forms. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 234,420 people named Yasmin, with a median age of 12, almost all of them born from the 2000s onward; proportionally, it is most common in the Distrito Federal. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Iasmin and Iasmyn among the graphic variants.

Spelling with an initial Y, the most common in the group, close to the Arabic and Persian form.

Other spellings of Yasmin

SpellingPeople (2022)
Yasmin234,420
Iasmin37,872
Iasmyn2,606

Sources

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

Questions about the name Yasmin

What does the name Yasmin mean?

Yasmin means “jasmine”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Yasmin in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 234,420 people with the first name Yasmin, which ranks it number 134 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Yasmin is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 233,109 women and 1,311 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Yasmin?

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

In which Brazilian state is Yasmin most common?

Proportionally, in Distrito Federal: 0.140% of the state's population is named Yasmin (3,947 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Yasmin?

Iasmin and Iasmyn. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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