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Joachim
Say it: JOH-uh-kim
Meaning
Hebrew Yehoyaqim, 'YHWH will raise up, establish'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Spread with the cult of Saint Joachim from the late Middle Ages.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 1,085 babies given this name since 1912
- At its height in 1928, about 1 in 58,300 boys
- 22 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
HebrewEarly ChristianSpanishPortugueseItalianGermanFrenchPolish
The family of the name
| French | Joachim |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Joaquín |
| Italian | Gioacchino |
| Portuguese | Joaquim |
| German | Joachim |
| Polish | Joachim |
| Russian | Ioakim |
Famous bearers
- Joachim, father of Mary in the apocryphal Gospel of James
- Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer
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Where this comes from
- The Apocrypha and other early religious writings
- Calendars of saints and name days
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.