Joachim (given name)

Joachim derives from the Hebrew Yehoyaqim (יְהוֹיָקִים) and means "raised by God".

People with the given name Joachim

• Jehoiakim (c. 635–597 BC), king of Judah, from whom all later versions of the name are directly or indirectly derived
• 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), 12th century monk and founder of the heretical "Three Ages" theory
• 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), poet
• Patriarch Joachim of Moscow (1620–1690), the eleventh Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
• Prince Joachim Murat (1767–1815), Marshal of the Empire, Grand Duke of Berg and King of Naples
• 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
• Ecumenical Patriarch Joachim III of Constantinople (1834–1912)
• Joachim Ringelnatz (1883–1934), pen name of German author and painter Hans Bötticher
• Prince Joachim of Prussia (1890–1920), German royal
• Joachim Stutschewsky (1891–1982), Ukraine-born Austrian and Israeli cellist
• Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893–1946), German foreign minister
• Joachim Gruppelaar (1911–1971), Dutch Olympic equestrian
• Joachim Peiper (1915–1976), Waffen-SS officer
• 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 Wendler (1939–1975), German aquanaut
• Joachim Gauck (born 1940), President of Germany.
• Joachim Sauer (born 1949), German scientist
• Hans-Joachim Stuck (born 1951), German motor racing driver
• Joachim Löw (born 1960), German football coach and current manager of the German national team
• Joachim Garraud, (born 1968, French DJ
• Prince Joachim of Denmark (born 1969)
• Joachim Björklund (born 1971), Swedish football player
• Joachim Johansson (born 1982), Swedish tennis player
• Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (born 1991)

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"

Other language forms

Other language forms:

• Armenian: Hovakim (Հովակիմ)
• Basque: Jokin, Iokin
• Catalan: Joaquim, Quim
• Czech: Jáchym
• Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish: Joakim
• Dutch: Jochem, Jochen, Joachim
• French: Joachim
• Galician: Xaquín
• German: Joachim, Jochen, Achim
• Greek: Ιωακείμ (Ioakim)
• Hungarian: Joachim
• Italian: Gioacchino
• Maltese: Gwakkin
• Murcian: Iacin, Juaqui, Quino
• Portuguese: Joaquim (short forms: Jaquim, Quim)
• Russian: Йоаким, Аким
• Serbian: Јоаким (Joakim), Аћим (Aćim), Јаћим (Jaćim)
• Slovak: Juláchaim
• Spanish: Joaquín
• Valencian: Joaquim (short form: Ximo)

See also

• Joakim
• Joaquim
• Joaquín
• Joachim (surname)
• Prince Joachim (disambiguation)