Jasleen

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  • Origin: Punjabi
  • Gurmukhi Script: ਜਸ
  • Hindi Script: जसलीन
  • Meaning: “absorbed in fame.”
  • Gender: unisex, but more often used on females within Sikh diaspora in English-speaking countries
  • Pronunciation: JAZ-leen

The name is composed of the Punjabi elements, ਜੱਸ (jasa) meaning fame and the verb ਲੀਨ (lina) “to be absorsed.” It is a Sikh Name based on the Sikh scriptures Guru Granth Sahib.

All Sikh names are gender neutral, but in the Sikh Community outside India, the name is exclusively used on females due to its identical sound to other Western names such as Jazlene, which is exclusively feminine.

Other forms include Jazleen & Jesleen.

The Latin American, Jaslene, is a modern invention, popularized specifically in Puerto Rico by American supermodel, Jaslene Gonzalez (b.1985); this name has since spread in occasional use to other non Spanish-speaking communities outside Puerto Rico. Other popular spellings include Jazlene & Jazline & the offshoots of Jaslyn/Jazlyn/Jazlynn. It is possible that the name is a borrowing from the aforementioned Sikh name; but perhaps is based off of names such as Jasmine and Jolene.

Jazlyn is currently the 504th most popular female name in the United States.

Jazlene & Jaslene appeared in the U.S. Top 1000 between 2008-2010.

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