Joachim (given name)
 16th-century Italian Catholic image of Joachim (right) and Saint Anne (left) looking up at angels. (Detail of a fresco painted 1544-1545 by Gaudenzio Ferrari.) | |
| Pronunciation |
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|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew |
| Meaning | "raised by YHWH" |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Yowakim, Joakim |
| Related names | Joaquín, Joaquim, Imran, Hakim, Gioacchino |
Joachim is a masculine given name, derived from the Hebrew Yehoyaqim (יְהוֹיָקִים), meaning "raised by Yahweh".[1]
People
- Jehoiakim (c. 635–597 BC), king of Judah, from whom all later versions of the name are directly or indirectly derived
- Jehoiachin, king of Judah and son of Jehoiakim
- Joachim, a Saint in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions. He was the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus
- Joachim (Levitsky) (1853–c.1921), Russian Orthodox bishop and religious writer
- Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (born 1991)
- Patriarch Joachim I of Constantinople, reigned 1498–1502,1504
- Patriarch Joachim II of Constantinople, reigned 1860–1863, 1873–1878
- Ecumenical Patriarch Joachim III of Constantinople (1834–1912)
- Prince Joachim of Denmark (born 1969)
- Joachim of Fiore (c. 1135–1202), Italian monk, founder of the heretical "Three Ages" theory
- Joachim of Ithaca (1786–1868), born in Ithaca, Greece, a Saint in the Eastern Orthodox tradition
- Patriarch Joachim of Moscow (1620–1690), the eleventh Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
- Joachim of Korsun (died 1030), first bishop of Novgorod the Great
- Prince Joachim of Prussia (1890–1920), German royal
- Joachim, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau (1929–1998), German count
- Joachim Beck-Friis (1861–1939), Swedish diplomat
- Joachim-Ernst Berendt (1922–2000), German jazz journalist
- Joachim Björklund (born 1971), Swedish football player
- Joachim-Raphaël Boronali, a pseudoym used by the French novelist Roland Dorgelès (1885–1973)
- Joachim Dahissiho, Beninese politician
- Joachim du Bellay (1522–1560), French poet
- Joachim Albrecht Eggeling (1884–1945), German Nazi SS officer
- Joachim Fest (1926–2006), German historian and writer on Nazi Germany
- Joachim Fuchsberger (1927–2014), German actor and television host
- Joachim Garraud, (born 1968), French DJ
- Joachim Gauck (born 1940), President of Germany 2012–2017
- Joachim Grubich (1935–2025), Polish organist
- Joachim Gruppelaar (1911–1971), Dutch Olympic equestrian
- Joachim Gutkeled (c.1240–1277), Hungarian baron
- Joachim Hamann (1913–1945), Baltic-German Holocaust perpetrator
- Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (1505–1571)
- Joachim Johansson (born 1982), Swedish tennis player
- Joachim Kroll (1933–1991), German serial killer, rapist, and cannibal
- Joachim Löw (born 1960), German football coach and former manager of the Germany national team
- Otto Joachim Moltke (1770–1853), Danish politician and Minister of State
- Joachim Mrugowsky (1905–1948), German Nazi doctor executed for war crimes
- Joachim Murat, multiple people
- Joachim Nagel (born 1966), German economist and current president of the Bundesbank
- Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (1484–1535), German member of the Hohenzollern
- Joachim Peiper (1915–1976), German war criminal and SS leader
- Joachim Perinet (1763–1816), Austrian dramatist
- Joseph Joachim Raff (1822–1882), German-Swiss composer, teacher and pianist
- Joachim Riis (born 1989), Danish politician
- Joachim Ringelnatz, pen name of German author and painter Hans Bötticher (1883–1934)
- Joachim Rumohr (1910-1945), German Nazi SS commander
- Joachim Holmboe Rønneberg (1851–1929), Norwegian politician
- Joachim Rønneberg (1919–2018), member of the Operation Gunnerside team of the sabotage of the heavy water plant at Vemork
- Joachim Sauer (born 1949), German scientist
- Joachim Stamp (born 1970), German politician
- Hans-Joachim Stuck (born 1951), German motor racing driver
- Joachim Stutschewsky (1891–1982), Ukraine-born Austrian and Israeli cellist
- Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893–1946), German Nazi foreign minister and war criminal
- Joachim Wendler (1939–1975), German aquanaut
- Joachim Witt (born 1949), German musician and actor
- Joachim Ziegler (1905–1945), German Nazi SS commander
Fictional characters
- Joachim Armster, the vampiric boss of the Dark Palace of Waterfalls in the Castlevania: Lament of Innocence video game
- Elder Joachim, a high-ranking member of the Panarii religion and mentor to the character Virgil in the 2001 video game Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
- Joachim (Star Trek), a villain from the Star Trek episode "Space Seed" and the movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- Joachim, the Norwegian protagonist of Jostein Gaarder's novel The Christmas Mystery
- Joachim Kleronomas, a cyborg legend who figured heavily in George R. R. Martin's novella The Glass Flower which was published in 1986.
- Joachim de Wett, a Nilfgaardian commander in The Witcher series
- Joachim Ziemssen, cousin of the protagonist Hans Castorp in Thomas Mann's 1924 novel The Magic Mountain
Other language forms
| Languages | Variants | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | Gjokë | (def.) |
| Gjoka | (indef.) | |
| Armenian | Hovakim (Հովակիմ) | |
| Basque | Jokin | |
| Iokin | ||
| Breton | Joakim | |
| Catalan | Joaquim | |
| Quim | ||
| Ximo | (in Valencian) | |
| Czech | Jáchym | |
| Danish | Joakim | |
| Finnish | ||
| Norwegian | ||
| Swedish | ||
| Dutch | Jochem | |
| Jogchum | ||
| Jochen | ||
| Joachim | ||
| French | Joachim | |
| Galician | Xaquín | |
| German | Joachim | |
| Jochen | ||
| Achim | ||
| Greek | Iōākeím (Ιωακείμ) | |
| Hungarian | Joakim | |
| Icelandic | Jóakim | |
| Irish | Ioaichím | |
| Indonesian | Yoakim | |
| Italian | Gioacchino | |
| Maltese | Ġwakkin | |
| Murcian | Iacin | |
| Juaqui | ||
| Quino | ||
| Polish | Joachim | |
| Portuguese | Joaquim | (short forms: Jaquim, Quim, Quincas) |
| Romanian | Ioachim | |
| Russian | Ioakim (Иоаким) | |
| Akim (Аким) | ||
| Serbian | Joakim (Јоаким) | and diminutives |
| Jakim (Јаким) | ||
| Akim (Аким) | ||
| Aćim (Аћим) | ||
| Jaćim (Јаћим)[2] | ||
| Spanish | Joaquín | |
| Swedish | Joakim | |
| Joacim | ||
| Joachim | ||
| Ukrainian | Ioakim (Йоаким) | |
| Iakim (Яким) |
See also
References
- ↑ Behind the Name
- ↑ Grković, Milica (1977). Rečnik ličnih imena kod Srba. Belgrade: Vuk Karadžić. pp. 27, 31, 102, 104, 106.