Talk:Jasmine (given name)

In other languages

After some consideration, I hesitantly decided to remove the "In other languages" section. Consider that most languages have many variants and spellings of the name:

Жасмин, Жасмина, Жазмин, Джасмин, Ясмин, etc. in Russian

Gelsomina, Gelsa, Gelsina, Gelsomino, Jasmine, etc. in Italian

Jasmine, Jasmyn, Jazmin, Jessamine, Yasmin, etc. in English

While seeing the variants might be interesting for parents, such an undertaking probably wouldn't significantly improve an encyclopedia article. I should think that the other language editions of Wikipedia would provide a more comprehensive treatment. Any opinions from fellow editors? --24.187.233.18 (talk) 02:10, 7 September 2011 (UTC)

i know this is old just a suggestion.. personally i came here because i was curious as to its relation to the name jessamine. as this is about the given name, not the flower, it seems as if it would improve the article to include more history of the name? just some of the more common ones, ofc.. Applejuiceandpeachh (talk) 04:14, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

Etymology

Nook of Names states:

It is generally regarded as one of the “flower names” adopted at the end of the nineteenth century — but it was actually first used as a given name much earlier than that — as far back as the sixteenth century.
Although like Rose and Lily, it was early associated with the flower, its initial use probably came about as a late variant of Ismenia.
This curious name is often derived from the Greek Ismene, from ismê “knowledge.”

(Nook of Names: Jessamy)
Unfortunately, Nook of Names supplies no sources. --92.206.188.12 (talk) 13:39, 5 December 2012 (UTC)