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Jasmine has 12 variants that are used in both English and other languages. Variants of Jasmine used in English include Jazmin, Jazmine, Jazmyn, Jessamyn, Yasmeen, Yasmin, Yasmina, Yasmine (used in French too), and Yazmin. Jasmin (German), Jasmina (German and Slavic), and Yasemin (Turkish) are foreign variants of Jasmine. See also the related form, Gelsomino (Italian). Jasmine is very popular as a baby name for girls. The name's popularity rose from the 1970s up to the 1990s; before that, it was of irregular use only. At the peak of its usage in 1993, 0.612% of baby girls were given the name Jasmine. It ranked at #23 then. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity. In 2007, its usage was 0.319% and its ranking #32, but it was nonetheless the most popular out of all girl names in its group. In 2007, 4 times more girls were named Jasmine than the next most popular name, Jazmin (English). The name Jasmine has mostly been a girl name, though it has also been given to boys in the past century. In 1989, the name Jasmine was given to 67 times as many girls than boys. Baby names that sound like Jasmine include Jazmine (English), Jaimie (English), Jami (English), Jamie (English), Jana (Czech and German), Janae (English), Janay (English), Janie (English), Janine (French and German), Janna (German), Jannine (French and German), Jasmin (German), Jasna (Polish and Slavic), Jayme (English), Jazmin (English), Jazmyn (English), Jeanie (English), Jeanine (French), Jeannine (French), Jemma (English), Jena (English), Jenna (English and German), Jennie (English), Jenny (English and German), Jina (English and Indian), Jinny (English), Joana (English), Joann (English), Joanne (English), Johanne (French), Johna (Slavic), Jona (Scandinavian), Josiane (French), Juno (English and German), Gemma (German and Italian), Gianna (Italian), Gina (English and German), Ginny (English), Jamina (Hungarian), Jane (English), Janina (German and Polish), Janiya (English), Janne (German and Scandinavian), Jean (English), Jeanne (French), Jehona (Albanian), Jemima (English), Jessamyn (English), Joan (English), Joanna (English), Johanna (Dutch, German, and Scandinavian), Josina (Frisian), Jumana (Arabic), Jumanah (Arabic), June (English), Genia (German), Giacoma (Italian), and Jessenia (English). KEY: Pronunciation for Jasmine: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" A famous person named Jasmine is Princess Jasmine, Animated Character, born 25 November 1992.
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