Meaning and background
The story behind Jasmine
Jasmine makes the plant connection explicit, with an English word history through French and Arabic from Persian yasmin. That transmission is more specific than labelling every use simply exotic or assigning it an invented personality. The longer spelling gives a fuller floral alternative to Iris or Lily. A particular garden or person may be the owner's real connection, and that story can sit alongside the vocabulary history. Compare Jasmine with Jasmin on paper if the final letter matters to the form you want to keep.
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About Jasmine
Recorded as a dog’s name
Jasmine appears in 28 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/dʒæzmən/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
Other dictionary readings and notation
/dʒæzmən/ · primary stress on syllable 1JH AE1 Z M AH0 N
/dʒæzmɪn/ · primary stress on syllable 1JH AE1 Z M IH0 N
These are US dictionary readings. Personal, regional and other language pronunciations may differ.
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Sources and research notes (2)
Gender association: NYC licence-period records. Any dog can use this name.
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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