Joachim (given name)

Joachim is a given name, derived from the Hebrew Yehoyaqim, 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 (1911–1971), 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 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 German 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
 * Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (born 1991)
 * Joachim of Korsun (died 1030), first bishop of Novgorod the Great

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
 * 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 de Wett, a Nilfgaardian commander in The Witcher series
 * Joachim Armster, the vampiric boss of the Dark Palace of Waterfalls in the Castlevania: Lament of Innocence video game

Other language forms

 * Albanian: Gjokë (def.), Gjoka (indef.)
 * Armenian: Hovakim (Հովակիմ)
 * Basque: Jokin, Iokin
 * 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)