Jasmina


Jasmina, sometimes Jasminka, as a feminine variant, and Jasmin, sometimes Jasminko, as a masculine variant, are given names used in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Bulgaria and Slovenia, and same as a given name Jasmine, which is the common form in German, Romance and English-speaking countries, although almost always as a feminine variation.

Origin

These given names, both feminine and masculine variation, refer to a flower of a genus of Jasmine shrub and vine in the olive family, whose taxon name ultimately derives etymologically from the Old Persian, Yasameen, used in Persian as given name Yasmin

Variants and spelling

In Serbo-Croatian, Slovenian and Macedonian, Jasmine, and Jasmin, is a common spelling, however, there are other variations of these names, such as: Jasminko for masculine, and Jasminka for feminine variation, and ways of spelling them, such as: Yasmin and Yasmina, etc. However, it's assumed that Jasmina and Jasmin variation are most popular with Bosnian Muslim population, while variation Jasminka and Jasminko with Serbian, Croatian and other former-Yugoslavs.

Usage

Notable people with the name include:

Female

Fictional characters

Male

Popular culture

Uses of the name in popular culture include Greek-German singer Leo Leandros' 1962 pop hit "Lebwohl, Jasmina!", and also Jasmina an album by Dado Polumenta. Ajde, ajde Jasmina is a song by Bosnian pop-singer Zdravko Čolić.