YASMINE :
Pronounced: YAZ-meen, YAZ-min
Origin(s): Persian, English
Meaning: Variant of JASMINE, from the Persian Yasmin, the name of a climbing plant with fragrant flowers which is used for making perfumes. Baywatch babe Yasmine Bleeth began her career as a model at only six months old when she was cast in a commercial for Johnson’s Baby Shampoo.
YITZHAK :
Pronounced: YITZ-hawk
Origin(s): Hebrew
Meaning: “He laughs”. Ancient and modern Hebrew form of ISAAC. Israeli general and statesman Yitzhak Rabin was the first native-born prime minister of Israel (1974-77, 1992-95).
Information sources include Behind the Name, Baby Zone, and Fact Monster. I don’t know why I decided to do this little project, but I’m going to post two names each day for the month of October. The names for each day will begin with same letter, and I’ll work my way through the alphabet until I do “Z” on October 26th. The names for the rest of the month will come from reader submissions.
