Joachim (given name)
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Joachim is a masculine given name, derived from the Hebrew Yehoyaqim (יְהוֹיָקִים), meaning "raised by Yahweh".
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 (1910-1945), 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 Grubich (1935–2025), Polish organist
- 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
- Joachim Riis (born 1989), Danish politician
- Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (born 1991)
- Joachim of Korsun (died 1030), first bishop of Novgorod the Great
- Joachim Dahissiho, Beninese politician
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
- Albanian: Gjokë (def.), Gjoka (indef.)
- Armenian: Hovakim (Հովակիմ)
- Basque: Jokin, Iokin
- Breton : Joakim
- 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), and diminutives.
- Spanish: Joaquín
- Swedish: Joakim, Joacim, Joachim
- Ukrainian: Ioakim (Йоаким), Iakim (Яким)