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Jasmine!

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Jasmine to me sounds more 'cool' (like calm and/or cool temperature), and it makes me think of the smell and look or jasmine flowers (and jasmine tea...)
Jessamine seems more bright to me. More sunny and blond, if that makes any sense. I like them both, but I prefer the imagery I get from Jasmine. If I were worried about the Disney princess reference, I might prefer Jessamine, but as it is I still prefer Jasmine.

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I used to say jess-a-meen, but I have a feeling it's really jess-a-min.

Jessamine to rhyme with seen.

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I much prefer Jessamine to Jasmine.

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I find Jessamine so incredibly beautiful.

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Jasmine is plain in comparison.

Jessamine to me is JESS-a-min (rhymes with cinnamon).

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I much prefer Jasmine.

Jessamine, would rhyme with seen. I much prefer Jasmine, as it's just a little more simple and sweet imo.

I pronounce it "JESS-uh-min," so that I could use Minnie as a nickname, which is one of my favorites. I prefer Jessamine to Jasmine. Jessamine sounds more refined, whereas Jasmine is too tied to the Disney princess.

I pronounce the ending of Jessamine MIN (rhymes with "sin").

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I prefer Jessamine. While I find Jasmine pretty, I also find it too 90s/early 2000s trendy. Jessamine is more interesting and sweeter sounding.

Jessamine (min) seems much fresher in my mind and carries less baggage.

I pronounce Jessamine to rhyme with sin. I actually really like both names. Over the years I've developed more of a preference for Jessamine, just because it's less well known and seems more traditional. I also like the song Jesamine. Jasmine is a little bit Disneyish because of the Aladdin connection but I would still consider using Jasmine as a middle name.

Jessamine

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I pronounce the last syllable to rhyme with "min," and Minnie is one of my favorite nicknames.

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Jasmine is harsher, brasher, more of a "common garden" name, probably because it's been so polluted by varients like Jazzmyn. Jessamine is deeper, softer, and more refined. I love it.

I pronounce Jessamine to rhyme with "sin."

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I prefer Jasmine, because it sounds like the more "solid" name. Jessamine sounds a bit fluffy to me.

I like Jessamine. I say it like "Jessa-min" in my head but the other way is nice too.

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Jasmine seems more urban, a bit more tawdry (I think of really chunky gold and turquoise jewelery every time I see it), and Jessamine seems more rural and innocent, in the same vein as Clementine. Also Jasmine seems to be trying much harder than Jessamine. I think this feeling is coloured by the fact that I knew two Jasmines who were both very... forceful... people.

This message was edited 11/25/2011, 6:42 AM

I say JESS-uh-min (rhyme with sin). For this reason I like to spell it Jessamyn, so that the pronounciation is more obvious.

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My impression of Jasmine is of Jazz music so I think Jasmine is a kind of funky and strong name. Jessamine is softer and makes me think of flowers.

jasmine

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I don't like Jessamine

Jessamine I would tend to have rhyme w/ seen. Jasmine, I see as nice, but pretty standard and my primary connection to it is the fact that it's my best friend's name. Jessamine is one I'd maybe never hear of if not for this board. It's different w/out being freakish or way too out there. It has some nice style to it. Both are nice. The nns would be different between the 2, so if Jas/Jaz or Jess or Jessie would annoy you, that could influence which one may be more inclined to choose.

I pronounce Jessamine to rhyme with seen

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I prefer the simplisticity of Jasmine compared to Jessamine, which always looks like a blended name to be (two names mixed together).

Jessamine rhymes with sin!

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I prefer Jessamine to Jasmine as a name, because Jasmine is too much of a word still - it hasn't acquired a name identity in the same way that Rose, Lily, Daisy, Iris all have. And, through no fault of its own, it's a heavily scented flower that, used as a name, shortens to Jazz - this seems to place it on the trashy side of normal, and since Jessamine only really shortens to Jessie or Jess, that makes it more of a human name and ... more respectable, somehow.

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Jessamine sounds (potentially anyway) refined and restrained, but Jasmine might well be capable of using half a bottle of cheap scent to conceal the fact that she hasn't bathed for some days.

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I really hope you haven't got a wonderful Great-Aunt Jasmine!

JESS-ah-min, to rhyme with sin. I think Jessamine is stronger and more beautiful. Less popular, too. And you get to use Jessie which is adorable. Jasmine is overdone but also nice. Jasmine is an oriental princess (as in Aladdin) to me and Jessamine an independent, modern girl.

Jessamine to rhyme with seem :)

I like Jessamine to rhyme with seen. and while I love Jasmine and all her elegance, It was a bit popular for a while and now has too many faces attached to her for me to use her, or hear her without thinking of those people.

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For that reason, Jessamine is more my speed. I get to have all the untainted Jasmine imagery and a lovely sound to boot!