Joachim (given name)

Joachim

the Annunciation of Saint Anne and Saint Joachim
Pronunciation	English: /ˈdʒoʊəkɪm/ JOH-ə-kim French: [ʒɔakim,ʒɔaʃɛ̃] German: [joˈʔaxɪm,ˈjoːaxɪm] Danish: [ˈjoæˌkʰimˀ]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	"raised by YHVH"
Other names
Alternative spelling	Yowakim, Joakim
Related names	Joaquín, Joaquim, Imran, Hakim

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 of Fiore (c. 1135–1202), Italian monk, founder of the heretical "Three Ages" theory
• Joachim Gutkeled (c.1240–1277), Hungarian baron
• Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (1484–1535), German member of the Hohenzollern
• Patriarch Joachim I of Constantinople, reigned 1498–1502,1504
• Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (1505–1571)
• Joachim du Bellay (1522–1560), French poet
• Patriarch Joachim of Moscow (1620–1690), the eleventh Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
• Joachim Perinet (1763–1816), Austrian dramatist
• Prince Joachim Murat (1767–1815), Marshal of the Empire, Grand Duke of Berg and King of Naples
• Otto Joachim Moltke (1770–1853), Danish politician and Minister of State
• Joachim Patrikios (1786–1868), born in Ithaca, Greece, a Saint in the Eastern Orthodox tradition
• Joseph Joachim Raff (1822–1882), German-Swiss composer, teacher and pianist
• Patriarch Joachim II of Constantinople, reigned 1860–1863, 1873–1878
• Joachim, 4th Prince Murat (1834–1901), major-general in the French Army
• Ecumenical Patriarch Joachim III of Constantinople (1834–1912)
• Joachim (Levitsky) (1853–c.1921), Russian Orthodox bishop and religious writer
• Joachim, 5th Prince Murat (1856–1932), member of the Bonaparte-Murat family
• Joachim Ringelnatz (1883–1934), pen name of German author and painter Hans Bötticher
• Joachim Albrecht Eggeling (1884–1945), German Nazi SS officer
• Joachim, 6th Prince Murat (1885–1938), member of the Bonaparte-Murat family
• Prince Joachim of Prussia (1890–1920), German royal
• Joachim Stutschewsky (1891–1982), Ukraine-born Austrian and Israeli cellist
• Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893–1946), German Nazi foreign minister and war criminal
• Joachim Ziegler (1905–1945), German Nazi SS commander
• Joachim Mrugowsky (1905–1948), German Nazi doctor executed for war crimes
• Joachim Gruppelaar (1911–1971), Dutch Olympic equestrian
• Joachim Rumohr (1911–1971), German Nazi SS commander
• Joachim Hamann (1913–1945), Baltic-German Holocaust perpetrator
• Joachim Peiper (1915–1976), German war criminal and SS leader
• Joachim Rønneberg (1919–2018), member of the Gunnerside team of the sabotage of the heavy water plant at Vemork
• Joachim-Ernst Berendt (1922–2000), German jazz journalist
• Joachim Fest (1926–2006), German historian, writer on Nazi Germany including an important biography of Adolf Hitler
• Joachim Fuchsberger (1927–2014), German actor and television host
• Joachim, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau (1929–1998), German count
• Joachim Wendler (1939–1975), German aquanaut
• Joachim Gauck (born 1940), President of Germany 2012–2017
• Joachim, 8th Prince Murat (born 1944), current head of the Murat family
• Joachim Sauer (born 1949), German scientist
• Joachim Witt (born 1949), German musician and actor
• Joachim Kroll (1933–1991), German serial killer, rapist, and cannibal
• Hans-Joachim Stuck (born 1951), German motor racing driver
• Joachim Löw (born 1960), German football coach and former manager of the Germany national team
• Joachim Nagel (born 1966), German economist and current president of the Bundesbank
• Joachim Garraud, (born 1968), French DJ
• Prince Joachim of Denmark (born 1969)
• Joachim Stamp (born 1970), German politician
• Joachim Björklund (born 1971), Swedish football player
• Joachim, Prince of Pontecorvo (born 1973), member of the Bonaparte-Murat family
• Joachim Johansson (born 1982), Swedish tennis player
• Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (born 1991)
• Joachim of Korsun (died 1030), first bishop of Novgorod the Great

Fictional characters

• 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
• 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 de Wett, a Nilfgaardian commander in The Witcher series
• Joachim Armster, the vampiric boss of the Dark Palace of Waterfalls in the Castlevania: Lament of Innocence video game

Other language forms

• Albanian: Gjokë (def.), Gjoka (indef.)
• Armenian: Hovakim (Հովակիմ)
• Basque: Jokin, Iokin
• Catalan: Joaquim, Quim, Ximo (in Valencian)
• Czech: Jáchym
• Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish: Joakim
• 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), Jakim (Јаким), Akim (Аким), Aćim (Аћим), Jaćim (Јаћим), ^[2] and diminutives.
• Spanish: Joaquín
• Swedish: Joakim, Joacim, Joachim
• Ukrainian: Ioakim (Йоаким), Iakim (Яким)

See also

• Joachim (surname)
• Patriarch Joachim (disambiguation)
• Prince Joachim (disambiguation)
• Hakim (name)
• Joakim
• Joaquim
• Joaquín

References

1. Behind the Name
2. Grković, Milica (1977). Rečnik ličnih imena kod Srba. Belgrade: Vuk Karadžić. pp. 27, 31, 102, 104, 106.