Joachim is a masculine given name, derived from the Hebrew Yehoyaqim (), meaning "raised by Yahweh".Behind the Name
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 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 Soltvedt (born 1995), Norwegian footballer 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 LanguagesVariantsNotesAlbanianGjokë(def.)Gjoka(indef.)ArmenianHovakim (Հովակիմ)BasqueJokinIokinBretonJoakimCatalanJoaquimQuimXimo(in Valencian)CzechJáchymDanishJoakimFinnishNorwegianSwedishDutchJochemJogchumJochenJoachimFrenchJoachimGalicianXaquínGermanJoachimJochenAchimGreekIōākeím ()HungarianJoakimIcelandicJóakimIrishIoaichímIndonesianYoakimItalianGioacchinoMalteseĠwakkinMurcianIacinJuaquiQuinoPolishJoachimPortugueseJoaquim(short forms: Jaquim, Quim, Quincas)RomanianIoachimRussianIoakim ()Akim ()SerbianJoakim ()and diminutivesJakim ()Akim ()Aćim ()Jaćim ()SpanishJoaquínSwedishJoakimJoacimJoachimUkrainianIoakim (Йоаким)Iakim (Яким)
See also Joachim (surname) Patriarch Joachim (disambiguation) Prince Joachim (disambiguation) Hakim (name) Joakim Joaquim Joaquín
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