Jasmina
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| Gender | Male / Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Persian[1] |
| Meaning | Gift of God; God's gift |
| Region of origin | between Central, Western and South Asia |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Yasmin, یاسمین, یاسمن ، Jasmin, Jasmina, Jessamine, Ismenia, Jaslyn, Jaslynn, Jasmyn, Jassmine Jasmine |
Jasmina (Serbian Cyrillic: Јасмина), sometimes Jasminka,[2] as a feminine variant, and Jasmin (Serbian Cyrillic: Јасмин), 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.
These given names, both feminine and masculine variation, refer to a flower of a genus of Jasmine[3] shrub and vine in the olive family, whose taxon name ultimately derives etymologically from the Old Persian, Yasameen (transl. Gift from God), used in Persian as given name Yasmin
Variants and spelling
In Serbo-Croatian, Slovenian and Macedonian, Jasmine (feminine), and Jasmin (masculine), 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.[2]
