Jasmine
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name of modern usage, equivalent to English Jasmine.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Jasmine (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Jasmine has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2001. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 82 |
| 1999 | 81 |
| 2000 | 77 |
| 2001 | 89 |
| 2002 | 77 |
| 2003 | 65 |
| 2004 | 77 |
| 2005 | 82 |
| 2006 | 89 |
| 2007 | 80 |
| 2008 | 85 |
| 2009 | 80 |
| 2010 | 71 |
| 2011 | 72 |
| 2012 | 67 |
| 2013 | 61 |
| 2014 | 70 |
| 2015 | 67 |
| 2016 | 76 |
| 2017 | 63 |
| 2018 | 65 |
| 2019 | 55 |
| 2020 | 53 |
| 2021 | 52 |
| 2022 | 43 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,345 |
| 2000 | 1,421 |
| 2001 | 1,513 |
| 2002 | 1,600 |
| 2003 | 1,672 |
| 2004 | 1,762 |
| 2005 | 1,842 |
| 2006 | 1,933 |
| 2007 | 2,022 |
| 2008 | 2,113 |
| 2009 | 2,204 |
| 2010 | 2,281 |
| 2011 | 2,362 |
| 2012 | 2,445 |
| 2013 | 2,523 |
| 2014 | 2,595 |
| 2015 | 2,686 |
| 2016 | 2,771 |
| 2017 | 2,856 |
| 2018 | 2,931 |
| 2019 | 3,022 |
| 2020 | 3,094 |
Jasmine in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Jasmine.Hi! My name is Jasmine.
- Jasmine har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Jasmine has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Jasmine kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Jasmine is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Jasmines mamma är lärare.Jasmine's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Jasmines mamma is Jasmine's mum.
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Questions about Jasmine
How do you pronounce Jasmine in Swedish?
In IPA, Jasmine is /ɧasˈmiːn/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Jasmine mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name of modern usage, equivalent to English Jasmine.
How popular is Jasmine in Sweden?
43 babies were named Jasmine in 2022. In 2020, 3,094 people in Sweden had Jasmine as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2001 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.