Jessamyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JES-uh-min
- Origin
- Persian
Jessamyn is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “jasmine”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jessamyn mean?
Persian: variant of Jessamine, from Persian yasmin via French
“jasmine”
A variant of Jessamine, an old English word for jasmine, from the Persian yasmin.
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Is Jessamyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Jessamyn is a girls' name.
How popular is Jessamyn in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1980, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the girls named Jessamyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jessamyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 19 | #4,992 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 23 | #3,740 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,245 |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,328 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,847 |
| 1980 | 31 | #2,866 |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,541 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,009 |
| 1977 | 26 | #3,001 |
| 1976 | 25 | #2,931 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,894 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,576 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
Nicknames for Jessamyn
Names like Jessamyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jasmine, Jordan, Samantha, Jordyn, Emily, Jocelyn, Joselyn, Jillian, Amanda, Madison, Allison, Alyssa
Names related to Jessamyn
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman, Armaan
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jessamyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jessamyn, updated 20 October 2026.