Baby name

FADING GIRL · PERSIAN-ARABIC-GERMANIC
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Jasmin

/YAS · min/


“Jasmine flower”

From the Persian yasamin, the jasmine flower; entered European languages via Arabic and Turkish. The German and Scandinavian standard spelling without the -e.

jas

gentle

How it ages.

Had a strong run in Germany in the 1990s-2000s - feels slightly dated now but not without elegance.

The cultural moment.

Top 50 in Germany from the late 1990s through 2000s; declining since.