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Yasmin is a feminine
given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
of
Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
origin (یاسمن), sometimes also used as a
surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
. Variant forms and spellings include Yasaman, Yasemin, Yasmeen, Yasmina, Yasmeena, Yasmine, and Yassmin.


Etymology

''Yasmin'' () is the
Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
name for the flowering plant
jasmine Jasmine (botanical name: ''Jasminum'', pronounced ) is a genus of shrubs and vines in the olive family of Oleaceae. It contains around 200 species native to tropical and warm temperate regions of Eurasia, Africa, and Oceania. Jasmines are wid ...
, from which the English name ''
Jasmine Jasmine (botanical name: ''Jasminum'', pronounced ) is a genus of shrubs and vines in the olive family of Oleaceae. It contains around 200 species native to tropical and warm temperate regions of Eurasia, Africa, and Oceania. Jasmines are wid ...
'' also derives.


Given name


Yasemin

* Yasemin Adar (born 1991), Turkish sport wrestler * Yasemin Begüm Dalgalar (born 1988), Turkish basketballer *
Yasemin Bradley Yasemin Bradley (née Özdemir; born 1966) is a Turkish female physician specialized as a nutritionist and dietitian. She is also a television presenter and writer. Biography Born as Yasemin Özdemir, she graduated from the Dokuz Eylül Universi ...
, Turkish female physician specialized as nutritionist and dietitian, also a television presenter and writer * Yasemin Can (born 1996), Turkish long-distance runner of Kenyan origin * Yasemin Can Arslan (born 1992), Turkish long-distance runner *
Yasemin Çegerek Yasemin Çegerek (born 10 November 1977) is a Dutch politician of Turks in the Netherlands, Turkish descent. She was an MP for the Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party between 18 June 2013 and 23 March 2017. She replaced Désirée Bonis, who ...
(born 1977), Dutch politician of Turkish descent * Yasemin Dalkılıç (born 1979), Turkish free diver *
Yasemin Ecem Anagöz ''Yasemin'' is a 1988 German-language film directed by Hark Bohm. The international co-production of Turkey and West Germany was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 61st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but didn't ...
(born 1998), Turkish recurve archer * Yasemin Güler (born 1994), Turkish handball player * Yasemin Horasan (born 1983), Turkish basketball player * Yasemin Kimyacıoğlu, Turkish-American basketball player * Yasemin Kozanoğlu (born 1978), Turkish actress and model * Yasemin Mori (born 1982), Turkish singer * Yasemin Saylar (born 1990), Turkish basketball player * Yasemin Smit (born 1984), Dutch water polo player *
Yasemin Şahin Yasemin Şahin (born June 25, 1988, in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish handballer playing in left wing position. The tall sportswoman is a member of the Antalya-based club Konyaaltı Bld.SK in the Turkish Super League and the Turkish national ...
(born 1988), Turkish handball player *
Yasemin Åžamdereli Yasemin Åžamdereli (born 15 July 1973 in Dortmund, West Germany) is a German actress, screenwriter and film director. Her film '' Almanya - Willkommen in Deutschland'' had its U.S. premiere at the Berlin and Beyond Film Festival in San Francisc ...
(born 1973), Turkish-German actress * Yasemin Ustalar, Turkish boxer


Yasmeen

* Yasmeen Al Maimani, first woman pilot from Saudi Arabia *
Yasmeen Ghauri Yasmeen Ghauri is a Canadian former fashion model. Ghauri is known for her walk also quoted as the "walk of life" by Tyra Banks. Being Pakistani, she is one of the first woman of South Asian descent to appear on the cover of ''Vogue''. Early ...
(born 1971), Canadian model * Yasmeen Godder, Israeli dancer and choreographer * Yasmeen Hameed, Pakistani Urdu poet * Yasmeen Ismail, Pakistani actress * Yasmeen Khair, Jordanian footballer * Yasmeen Khan (actress), Pakistani actress * Yasmeen Khan (cricketer), Namibian cricketer *
Yasmeen Lari Yasmeen Lari (; born ) is Pakistan's first female architect. She is best known for her involvement in the intersection of architecture and social justice. Since her official retirement from architectural practice in 2000, her UN-recognized NGO ...
(born 1941), Pakistani architect * Yasmeen Murshed, Bangladeshi politician * Yasmeen Pir Mohammad Khan, Pakistani politician * Yasmeen Rehman, Pakistani politician * Yasmeen Sami Alamiri, Iraqi American journalist * Yasmeen Sulieman, American singer * Yasmeen Vella, Maltese football player * Yasmeen Williams, American gospel singer


Yasmin

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Yasmin (musician) Yasmin Shahmir (born 21 December 1988), who performs under the mononym Yasmin, is an English singer, songwriter and DJ. She is signed to record label Levels Entertainment, an imprint of Ministry of Sound and began her singing career in October 20 ...
, British DJ and singer-songwriter * Yasmin Abbasey (born 1950), Pakistani judge * Yasmin Abdulaziz (born 1980), Egyptian actress * Yasmin Aga Khan (born 1949), American Pakistani philanthropist *
Yasmin Ahmad Yasmin binti Ahmad (7 January 1958 – 25 July 2009) was a Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter. She was the executive creative director at Leo Burnett Kuala Lumpur. Her television commercials and films are well known in Malaysia fo ...
(1958–2009), Malaysian film director *
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (''née'' Damji; born 10 December 1949) is a British journalist and author. A columnist for the '' The i Paper'' and the ''Evening Standard'', she is a commentator on immigration, diversity, and multiculturalism issues. S ...
(born 1949), Ugandan-born British journalist and author * Yasmin Al-Khudhairi (born 1994/1995), British actress *
Yasmin Bannerman Yasmin Bannerman (born 1970) is an English actress. Bannerman was born and brought up in Gloucestershire and attended the Rose Bruford College in London until 1993. She has had roles in television series such as ''Hollyoaks'', ''Cold Feet'', ' ...
(born 1972), English actress *
Yasmin Benoit Yasmin Benoit (born 10 June 1996) is an English lingerie and alternative model. She is also an Asexuality, asexual and Aromanticism, aromantic activist and researcher. Early life Benoit is of Trinidadian, Jamaican, and Barbadian descent. She at ...
(born 1996), English model and activist * Yasmin Bevan, English headteacher *
Yasmin Brunet Yasmin Brunet Fernandez (born 6 June 1988), is a Brazilian model, actress and businesswoman. Biography Brunet was born in the neighborhood of Gávea, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her father, Armando Fernandez, is an Argentine busi ...
(born 1988), Brazilian model * Yasmin Deliz (born 1987), American reggaetón singer-songwriter, model and actress * Yasmin Evans (born 1990), British TV and radio presenter * Yasmin Finney (born 2003), British actress and Internet personality * Yasmin Harper (born 2000), British diver * Yasmin Javadian (born 2000), British Judoka * Yasmin K. (born 1986), German pop singer * Yasmin Kafai, German professor * Yasmin Kwadwo (born 1990), German sprint athlete *
Yasmin Le Bon Yasmin Le Bon (née Parvaneh) is an English model. She was one of the highest-earning models during the 1980s and is married to Duran Duran's lead singer Simon Le Bon. Early life Yasmin Parvaneh was born in Oxford, England, the younger child ...
(born 1964), British fashion model * Yasmin Lee, Brazilian transgender pornographic film actress * Yasmin Levy (born 1975), Israeli singer-songwriter of Sephardic music * Yasmin Liverpool (born 1999), British 200m and 400m sprinter * Yasmin Paige (born 1991), English actress *
Yasmin Qureshi Yasmin Qureshi (born 5 July 1963) is a Pakistan-born British politician and barrister. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton South and Walkden since 2024, previously representing Bolton South East from 2010 to 2024. A member ...
(born 1963), British politician *
Yasmin Ratansi Yasmin Ratansi (born January 4, 1951) is a former Canadian politician who represented the Toronto-area riding of Don Valley East in the House of Commons from 2004 to 2011 and again from 2015 to 2021. She was elected as a Liberal in the 2004 f ...
(born 1951), Canadian politician * Yasmin Sardouk (born 2000), Lebanese footballer * Yasmin Siraj (born 1996), American figure skater * Yasmin Warsame (born 1976), Somali-Canadian model * Yasmin Wijnaldum (born 1998), Dutch model * Yasmin Yusoff, Malaysian singer * Yasmin Zahran (born 1933), Palestinian writer and archeologist


Yasmina

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Yasmina Azzizi-Kettab Yasmina Azzizi-Kettab (born 25 February 1966) is a retired Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northe ...
(born 1966), Algerian heptathlete * Yasmina Khadra (born 1955), Algerian author *
Yasmina Reza Yasmina Reza (; born 1 May 1959) is a French playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter best known for her plays ''Art (play), 'Art and ''God of Carnage''. Many of her brief satiric plays have reflected on contemporary middle-class issues. ...
(born 1959), French Iranian playwright, actress, novelist and screenwriter * Yasmina Siadatan (born 1981), British businesswoman of British and Iranian descent * Yasmina Zaytoun (born 2002), Lebanese beauty pageant titleholder


Yasmine

* Yasmine Akram * Yasmine Allas (born 1967), Somali actress and writer * Yasmine Belmadi (1976–2009), French actor of Algerian origin *
Yasmine Bleeth Yasmine Bleeth (born June 14, 1968) is an American actress and model. Her television roles include Caroline Holden on ''Baywatch'', Ryan Fenelli on '' Ryan's Hope'', Inspector Caitlin Cross on '' Nash Bridges'' and LeeAnn Demerest on ''One L ...
(born 1968), American actress * Yasmine Eriksson (born 1989), Swedish politician *
Yasmine Fouad Yasmine Salah El-Din Fouad Abdel Aziz is an Egyptian politician. She has been Minister of Environment in Mostafa Madbouly's ministry since 18 June 2018. She chaired the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh Sharm E ...
, Egyptian politician * Yasmine Galenorn, American romantic fiction writer * Yasmine Hamdan (born 1976), Lebanese singer *
Yasmine Hanani Yasmine Hanani (born June 5, 1980) is an United States, American actress. Hanani was born in Baltimore and grew up in Southfield, Michigan, Southfield, Michigan and later in Orange County, Southern California. Hanani has worked on documentarie ...
(born 1980), American actress *
Yasmine Kassari Yasmine Kassari (born 3 October 1970) is a Moroccan film director, known for multi-layered diasporic cinema. Kassari moved to Paris as a teenager, where she graduated from high school and enrolled in a medical school. After studying medicine f ...
(born 1970), Belgian-Moroccan film director * Yasmine Khlat, Lebanese actress and writer * Yasmine Lafitte (born 1973), Moroccan and French pornographic actress * Yasmine Naghdi, British ballet dancer * Yasmine Oudni (born 1989), Algerian volleyball player * Yasmine Pahlavi (born 1968), wife of Reza Pahlavi II, Crown Prince of Iran * Yasmine Posio (born 1974), Swedish politician * Yasmine Ryan (c. 1983–2017), New Zealand journalist * Yasmine Zaki Shahab (born 1946), Indonesian anthropologist


Yassmin

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Yassmin Abdel-Magied Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a Sudanese–Australian media presenter and writer, who had an early career as a mechanical engineer. She was named Young Queenslander of the Year in 2010 and Queensland Australian of the Year in 2015 for her engagemen ...
, Australian activist *
Yassmin Alers Yassmin Alers is an American film and stage actress. Early life and education Alers was born in New York City's Spanish Harlem as the middle child of a close-knit family of five children. She has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. Career ...
, American stage actor


Middle name

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Özlem Yasemin Taşkın Özlem Yasemin Taşkın (born 28 October 1985) is a Turkish former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events. She is a five-time Turkish champion in the 200 and 400 m freestyle, and a member of Galatasaray Swimming Team, under h ...
(born 1985), Turkish swimmer


Surname

* Samina Yasmeen, Pakistani professor *
Sabina Yasmin Sabina Yasmin (born 4 September 1954), is a Bangladeshi singer. She is best known as a playback singer in Bengali cinema. She has won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer a record 14 times. She has recorded more th ...
(born 1953), Bangladeshi singer * Farida Yasmin, Bangladeshi journalist * Farida Yasmin, Bangladeshi singer * Nilufar Yasmin, Bangladeshi singer * Thomas Yassmin (born 1999), Australian-American football player


Fictional characters

* Yasmin, a
Bratz Bratz is an American fashion doll and media franchise created by former Mattel employee Carter Bryant for MGA Entertainment, which debuted in 2001. The four original 10-inch (25 cm) dolls were released on May 21, 2001 — Yasmin (Latina), ...
doll * Yasmine, a Muppet character in ''
Sesame Street ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational television, educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation, and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Worksh ...
'' seen from Season 54 onwards * Yasmin Green, ''Family Affairs'' character played by Ebony Thomas from 1998 until 2005 * Yasmin "Yaz" Khan, a companion of the
Thirteenth Doctor The Thirteenth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. She is played by Jodie Whittaker, the first woman to portray the character, in three series, five specials and a ...
in the BBC series ''
Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...
'' * Yasmine Maalik, a character in British soap opera ''
Hollyoaks ''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which originally began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera ''Brookside (TV series), Brookside''. From 2005 to 2023, episodes h ...
'' * Yasamin Madrani, a main character in the animated web series '' gen:LOCK'' *
Yasmeen Nazir ''Coronation Street'' is a British soap opera first broadcast on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters that appeared in 2014, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by series producer Stuart Blackburn. Sha ...
, a character in British soap opera ''
Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...
'' * Yasmina Ait Omar, a recurring character in the Belgian series ''
wtFOCK ''WtFOCK'' (stylised as ''wtFOCK'', pronounced as wha-teh-fock) is a Flemish teen drama web series broadcast by Play4 that follows the lives of teenagers in Antwerp. Broadcast was then taken over by Belgian streaming services Play More, , and in ...
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References

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