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 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)

References

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

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[1] Behind the Name

[2] Grković, Milica (1977). Rečnik ličnih imena kod Srba. Belgrade: Vuk Karadžić. pp. 27, 31, 102, 104, 106.

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