The baby name Jessamyn is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced JESS-ə-min (IPA: /ˈdʒɛsəmɪn/).
Jessamyn is English in Origin.
The baby name Jessamyn is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced JESS-ə-min (IPA: /ˈdʒɛsəmɪn/).
Jessamyn is English in Origin.
Jessamyn is an English feminine given name, a literary and phonetic variant of Jessamine and Jasmine. It descends from Persian yasamin via Arabic and Old French jasmin into English, where jessamine named the fragrant climbing plant. The meaning is "jasmine flower," long emblematic of sweetness, grace, and amiability.
Used in English since the 18th and 19th centuries through the floral vogue for plant names, Jessamine appears in poetry and period prose, and Jessamy served as an 18th-century pet form. The spelling Jessamyn gained currency in the 20th century, notably through American author Jessamyn West, and remains a distinctive, literary-leaning alternative to Jasmine. Related and variant forms include Jessamine, Jesamine, Jessamy, Jesamyn, Jesmyn (cf. writer Jesmyn Ward), Jasmine, and, across languages, Yasmin/Yasmine (Arabic), Yasemin (Turkish), and Jasmina (Slavic). Common short forms are Jess and Jessa.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QA | Girls | 0 | #343 | 1 | 15,378 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #427 | 3 | 13,098 |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #518 | 1 | 9,861 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #536 | 1 | 6,731 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #573 | 1 | 11,342 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #630 | 3 | 18,916 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #915 | 1 | 14,098 |
| United States | Girls | 2018 | #919 | 7 | 9,057 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,008 | 3 | 14,861 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,164 | 20 | 17,781 |
Jessamyn is popular in 12 countries — most recent births per country:
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