Muslim Name · Female · Arabic origin
Yasmeen Name Meaning in Islam
Variant spelling of Yasmin, jasmine.
- Meaning
- Variant spelling of Yasmin, jasmine
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Girl
- Urdu
- یاسمین
- Pronunciation
- YAS-meen
- Lucky number
- 9
Is Yasmeen an Islamic name? Yes. Yasmeen is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Variant spelling of Yasmin, jasmine. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
Persian origin, yāsmīn, jasmine. The white fragrant flower of Persian-Arabic gardens.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Ya of reaching opens, Alif of origin, Sin of secret, Meem of love, Ya, Nun of depth. Jasmine made into reaching love.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Yasmeen joins fire to earth, the will that decides with the patience that lasts. This is a name that asks its bearer to burn steadily rather than in bursts, and to plant what the fire has cleared. Running through the reading is Al-Qayyum, the Self-Sustaining, carried as a self-holding constancy, and beside it Al-Nur, the Light, adding a light that steadies the room. A person named Yasmeen plants what their fire has cleared.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
The jasmine flower, through Persian yasamin into Arabic يَاسْمِين. The jasmine vine, with its small white star-shaped flowers and night-blooming fragrance, is the most beloved of garden plants across the Persian, Arab, and South Asian worlds. Classical Persian poetry uses yasmin as a standard image of the beloved's complexion, the contrast between dark hair and white skin like jasmine on a black night. Damascene jasmine (yasmin shami) and Persian jasmine still scent the courtyards of Aleppo, Damascus, Isfahan, and Lahore at dusk.
The name does not appear in the Quran, it is a name of natural beauty rather than scriptural narrative, but it carries the heritage of the classical Muslim garden, the place medieval scholars described as a foretaste of Paradise. The Andalusian gardens of Granada, the Mughal gardens of Lahore and Kashmir, and the Persian gardens of Shiraz all centred on jasmine vines around their pools. The Prophet ﷺ said: 'I was made to love three things from your world: women, perfume, and the coolness of my eyes was placed in prayer' (Nasa'i), and jasmine perfume is among the oldest of Islamic scents.
Top Arab, Persian, Pakistani, Turkish, and South Asian girls name. Variants: Yasmin, Yasmine, Yasmen, Jasmin, Yasamin (Persian), Yasmina. The Arabic is يَاسْمِين.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
How to Pronounce Yasmeen
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Names sharing the ي Ya influence
Like Yasmeen, these names carry Ya (ي) as their leading letter influence.
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Variants of this name
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Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Yasmeen
What does the name Yasmeen mean?
The letters that build Yasmeen each speak on their own terms. What does Ilm ul Huroof say about Yasmeen? → What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Yasmeen? →
Is Yasmeen mentioned in the Quran?
Quranic vocabulary lies behind a large share of Muslim names, Yasmeen included where its root appears. Browse all Quranic names in our collection →
What does Yasmeen mean in Urdu?
Urdu kept the Arabic letter meanings alive through poetry and scholarship, they still sit under Yasmeen. How do Arabic letters travel into Urdu names? →
Is Yasmeen a good Islamic name?
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Is Yasmeen a girl or boy name?
What is the spiritual meaning of Yasmeen in Ilm ul Huroof?
This is the Ibn Arabi tradition of Ilm ul Huroof. Each letter in Yasmeen, starting from Ya, is a structural principle. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
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Is Yasmeen a rare or common Muslim name?
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