Joakim
Joakim or Joacim is a male given name primarily used in Scandinavian languages, Estonian and Finnish. It is derived from a transliteration of the Hebrew יהוֹיָקִים, and literally means "lifted by Jehovah".
In the Old Testament, Jehoiakim was a king of Judah. In deutero-canonical texts, Joakim is the husband of Susanna, the central character in the narrative of Susanna, and the high priest who leads the people of Israel in prayer in the Book of Judith.
In the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican traditions, Saint Joachim was the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne appears first in the apocryphal Gospel of James: Joachim and Anne are not mentioned in the Bible.
People
Notable people with the name Joakim or Joacim include:- Joakim Åhlund, Swedish musician, producer, and music video director
- Joakim Alexandersson, Swedish football player
- Joakim Alriksson, Swedish footballer
- Joakim Andersson, Swedish diver
- Joakim Andersson, Swedish ice hockey player
- Joakim Askling, Swedish footballer
- Joakim Assenmacher, German long jumper
- Joakim Austnes, Norwegian football player
- Joakim Bäckström, Swedish professional golfer
- Joakim Balmy, French footballer
- Joakim Berg, Swedish musician
- Joakim Berner, Finnish tennis player
- Joacim Bjøreng, Norwegian sky jumper
- Joakim "Jo" Bonnier, Swedish motor racer
- Joakim Borda-Pedreira, Swedish art historian, art critic, and art collector
- Joakim Brodén, Swedish-Czech musician, lead singer of the metal band Sabaton
- Joacim Cans, Swedish musician
- Joakim Carlsson, Swedish curler
- Joakim Cronman, Swedish soldier
- Joakim Demmer, Swedish filmmaker, screenwriter, cinematographer, and editor
- Joakim Dvärby, Swedish judoka
- Joakim Edsjö, Swedish professor of theoretical physics
- Joakim Edström, Swedish footballer
- Joacim Eriksson, Swedish ice hockey player
- Joakim Eriksson, Swedish ice hockey player
- Joacim Esbjörs, Swedish ice hockey player
- Joakim Eskildsen, Danish art photographer
- Joakim Eyde, Norwegian footballer
- Joakim Flyg, Swedish curler
- Joakim Fohlman, Swedish entrepreneur and activist
- Joakim Garff, Danish theologian
- Joakim Grönhagen, Swedish professional golfer
- Joakim Gruev, Bulgarian writer
- Joakim Haeggman, Swedish golfer
- Joakim Hagelin, Swedish ice hockey player
- Joakim Halvarsson, Swedish ski mountaineer
- Joakim Hauge, Norwegian biologist
- Joakim Hedqvist, Swedish bandy player
- Joacim Heier, Norwegian footballer
- Joakim Hellstrand, Swedish YouTuber and Twitch streamer
- Joakim Herbut, Macedonian Catholic prelate
- Joakim Hillding, Swedish ice hockey player
- Joakim Holmquist, Swedish swimmer
- Joacim Holtan, Norwegian footballer
- Joakim Hykkerud, Norwegian handball player
- Joakim Ingelsson, Swedish orienteer
- Joakim Jensen, Norwegian ice hockey player
- Joacim Jonsson, Swedish football manager
- Joakim Jonsson, Swedish drummer
- Joakim Karchovski, Macedonian writer
- Joakim Karlberg, Swedish speed skater
- Joakim Karlsson, multiple people
- Joakim Kemell, Finnish ice hockey player
- Joakim Lagergren, Swedish professional golfer
- Joakim Larsson, Swedish singer known professionally as Joey Tempest
- Joakim Larsson, Swedish researcher
- Joakim Lartey, Ghanaian-American drummer
- Joakim Latonen, Finnish footballer
- Joakim Lehmkuhl, Norwegian engineer, industrialist, and politician
- Joakim Lindberg, Swedish canoeist
- Joakim Lindengren, Swedish cartoonist
- Joakim Lindner, Swedish footballer
- Joakim Lindström, Swedish ice hockey player
- Joacim "Jake E" Lundberg, Swedish heavy metal vocalist
- Joakim Lystad, Norwegian civil servant
- Joakim Mæhle, Danish footballer
- Joakim Marković, Austrian-Serbian painter
- Joakim Mattsson, Swedish ice hockey player
- Joakim Medin, Swedish journalist and writer
- Joakim Mogren, false name used during initial reveal of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Joakim Nätterqvist, Swedish actor
- Joakim Nilsson, multiple people
- Joakim Noah, American–French–Swedish basketball player
- Joakim Norbeck, Swedish molecular biotechnology scientist
- Joakim Nordström, Swedish ice hockey player
- Joakim Nyström, Swedish tennis player
- Joakim Olausson, Swedish footballer
- Joakim Oldorff, Finnish badminton player
- Joakim Palme, Swedish political scientist and sociologist
- Joacim Persson, Swedish record producer and songwriter
- Joakim Persson, multiple people
- Joakim Petersson, Swedish member of the band Vains of Jenna
- Joakim Pirinen, Swedish cartoonist
- Joakim Puhk, Estonian businessman
- Joakim Sandell, Swedish politician
- Joakim Frederik Schouw, Danish lawyer
- Joakim Sandell, Swedish politician
- Joakim Sjöhage, Swedish football player
- Joakim Soria, Mexican baseball player
- Joakim Stulić, Croatian lexicographer
- Joakim Sundström, Swedish sound designer and musician
- Joakim Thåström, Swedish musician
- Joacim Tuuri, Finnish footballer
- Joakim Vujić, Serbian dramatist
- Joakim Wasiliadis, Greek professional wrestler
- Joakim Wikström, Swedish professional golfer
- Joakim Wrele, Swedish footballer
- Joakim Zander, Swedish author and lawyer
Related names
- Joachim
- Joaquim
- Joaquín
Miscellaneous