Full name for female non-Samantha Sam

One of the major characters in my current WIP is self-appointed fun commissioner within her group of friends. People call her [name_u]Sam[/name_u] and most really only know her by that name. [name_u]Sam[/name_u] is not her full first name, though. Her father is Iranian and I’d like that to be an influence on her full name - including last name.
For her first name I had Jessamin set in my head - and writing, so far. Another variation of [name_f]Jasmin[/name_f], I have now come to consider is [name_f]Yasamin[/name_f]. It’s more distinctively Iranian. I think it might be my favorite.
Another possible choice is Sameen/Samin. I just like it so much. I have two concerns there. One is that I kind of had a name in mind, that doesn’t start with an S, because my main character was supposed to ask about her full name once they learn her first name initial is not S, hence [name_u]Sam[/name_u] must be a nick name. The other one is, that I have a slight of association of this name with Sameen [name_u]Shaw[/name_u] from Person of Interest. Does anyone else get that association or is it just my gay brain?
One little thing I like about Jessamin is that [name_u]Sam[/name_u] is not the most obvious nn for it. That would be [name_u]Jess[/name_u] and all it’s variations. From a young age on, the little tomboy always demanded to be called [name_u]Sam[/name_u], because “It’s for girls, too.”.

[name_u]Sam[/name_u]'s friends are
[name_f]Teresa[/name_f] “[name_u]Reese[/name_u]”
[name_f]Mable[/name_f] “[name_f]Mae[/name_f]” and
[name_u]Mackenzie[/name_u] “[name_u]Kenzie[/name_u]”

I think, [name_u]Sam[/name_u] might be jewish on her mother’s side, but I’m not sure about her father’s side. If that side of her family is muslim, I’ll do my research, as well as I can. I am a little insecure about it, though. Which religion would she practice, then? One or a little bit of both?

Alright, pardon my rambling. I promise, that’s not my usual writing style. I’m just brainstorming. Thoughts? Opinions?
Jessamin? [name_f]Yasamin[/name_f]? Sameen? Samin?
Something else, entirely?
Ideas for a last name?

I’d appreciate it.

Okay, so I am not super opinionated or anything, but here is what I think:
I think that Sameen/Samin sounds too much like [name_u]Sam[/name_u] for [name_u]Sam[/name_u] to be an effective nick name.
I like Jessamin and [name_f]Yasamin[/name_f] about the same, however, I agree that [name_f]Yasamin[/name_f] sounds more distinctively Iranian. I think that [name_f]Yasamin[/name_f] would definitely ‘stick out’ (not necessarily in a bad way, just that it would sound less normal) more than Jessamin. I don’t know if you are going for that or not.
Sorry if I’m not much help; it’s just another opinion! :slight_smile:
Good luck!

I think [name_f]Yasamin[/name_f] would work, but another option could be [name_f]Samira/name_f.

My first thought was [name_f]Samira[/name_f] but since you don’t want it to start with S I’m all for [name_f]Yasamin[/name_f].

You can’t really know for sure which religion she’d practice. It would depend on how religious each of her parents and probably grandparents is. (for example, my father’s catholic and my mother’s protestant, I’m catholic because my mother’s parents weren’t really involved with their church). What I can tell you though is that she’d be considered jewish by the jewish community because her mother is.