Joachim name - Meaning of Joachim
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- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 5
- Usage
- French, German, Polish, Judeo-Christian Legend
- Pronounced
- zho-a-KEEM (French) , YO-ah-khim (German) , yo-AH-khim (German) , yaw-AH-kheem (Polish) , JO-ə-kim (English)
- Joachim Meaning
- Contracted form of Jehoiachin or Jehoiakim. According to the apocryphal Gospel of James, Saint Joachim was the husband of Saint Anne and the father of the Virgin Mary. Due to his popularity in the Middle Ages, the name came into general use in Christian Europe (though it was never common in England).
Joachim Related Names
Variants: Jochem, Jochen, Jochim (German), Ioachim, Ioakeim (Judeo-Christian Legend)
Diminutives: Achim, Jo (German)
Other Languages: Jokin (Basque), Jehoiachin, Jehoiakim (Biblical), Yehoyakhin, Yehoyakim (Biblical Hebrew), Joaquim, Chimo, Quim, Ximo (Catalan), Jáchym (Czech), Joakim, Jokum, Kim (Danish), Jochem (Dutch), Jaakkima, Joakim, Aki, Kim, Kimi (Finnish), Gioacchino, Gioachino (Italian), Joakim (Macedonian), Joakim, Kim (Norwegian), Joaquim, Quim (Portuguese), Akim, Yakim (Russian), Joakim (Serbian), Joaquín, Chimo, Ximo (Spanish), Joakim, Kim (Swedish)
