| Yasmin | Zarina | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Jasmine flower | golden |
| Origin | persian | persian |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | yaz-MEEN | zah-REE-nah |
| Syllables | 2 | 3 |
| First appeared | 1949 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2006 (1,018) | 2015 (95) |
| In 2025 | 269 | 0 |
| Trend | Declining | Rising |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Yasmin | Zarina |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 1,680 | 403 |
| 2010s | 3,311 | 575 |
| 2000s | 8,426 | 286 |
| 1990s | 4,931 | 178 |
| 1980s | 1,845 | 113 |
| 1970s | 931 | 46 |
| 1960s | 320 | 11 |
| 1950s | 298 | 0 |
| 1940s | 5 | 0 |
IS a bloom word: the Persian/Arabic form of the jasmine flower name, from Persian 'yasamin'. Variant of Jasmine/Yasmeen.
From Persian 'zar' (gold), meaning 'golden' or 'made of gold'. Widely used in Persian, Urdu and across South Asia. (Unrelated Slavic 'tsar/zora' associations are sometimes attached but are secondary.)
Yasmin is more popular than Zarina today: about 269 US babies were given the name Yasmin in 2025, compared with 0 named Zarina.
Yasmin means Jasmine flower (persian origin), while Zarina means golden (persian origin).
In US records, Yasmin first appears in 1949 and Zarina in 0, so Zarina has the longer recorded history.