Aćim

Aćim

Serbian physician Aćim Medović
Gender	male
Language(s)	Serbian
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew (Biblical)
Meaning	God erects
Other names
Variant form(s)	Aćam, Aća and Aćo [1]
Related names	Akim (original), [2] Jaćim, [3] Jakim, [4] and their diminutives

Aćim (Serbian : Аћим, romanized: Aćim, lit.  ' Joachim ') is a Serbian masculine given name, a variant of Akim, adopted from Biblical (Hebrew) name Joachim (Greek : Iōākeím) meaning "God erects". ^[2] It is attested in Serbian society since the Middle Ages. ^[1] The patronymic surname Aćimović is derived from the name. It may refer to:

• Aćim Doljanac (fl. 1804–06), Serbian Revolutionary
• Aćim Medović  [ sr ] (1815–1893), Serbian physician
• Aćim Čumić (1836–1901), Serbian professor of law, judge, President of Government (1874–75)
• Aćim Babić  [ sr ] (1894–1944), Bosnian Serb Chetnik
• Aćim Grulović  [ sr ] (1898–1948), Yugoslav Partisan

References

1. Grković 1977, p. 31.
2. Grković 1977, pp. 27, 31.
3. Grković 1977, p. 104.
4. Grković 1977, p. 102.

Sources

• Grković, Milica (1977). Rečnik ličnih imena kod Srba. Belgrade: Vuk Karadžić.