Joachim (given name)
Joachim is a masculine given name, derived from the Hebrew Yehoyaqim, meaning "raised by Yahweh".
People
- Jehoiakim, 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, Italian monk, founder of the heretical "Three Ages" theory
- Joachim Gutkeled, Hungarian baron
- Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, German member of the Hohenzollern
- Patriarch Joachim I of Constantinople, reigned 1498–1502,1504
- Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg
- Joachim du Bellay, French poet
- Patriarch Joachim of Moscow, the eleventh Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
- Joachim Perinet, Austrian dramatist
- Prince Joachim Murat, Marshal of the Empire, Grand Duke of Berg and King of Naples
- Otto Joachim Moltke, Danish politician and Minister of State
- Joachim Patrikios, born in Ithaca, Greece, a Saint in the Eastern Orthodox tradition
- Joseph Joachim Raff, German-Swiss composer, teacher and pianist
- Patriarch Joachim II of Constantinople, reigned 1860–1863, 1873–1878
- Joachim, 4th Prince Murat, major-general in the French Army
- Ecumenical Patriarch Joachim III of Constantinople
- Joachim (Levitsky), Russian Orthodox bishop and religious writer
- Joachim, 5th Prince Murat, member of the Bonaparte-Murat family
- Joachim Ringelnatz, pen name of German author and painter Hans Bötticher
- Joachim Albrecht Eggeling, German Nazi SS officer
- Joachim, 6th Prince Murat, member of the Bonaparte-Murat family
- Prince Joachim of Prussia, German royal
- Joachim Stutschewsky, Ukraine-born Austrian and Israeli cellist
- Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Nazi foreign minister and war criminal
- Joachim Ziegler, German Nazi SS commander
- Joachim Mrugowsky, German Nazi doctor executed for war crimes
- Joachim Gruppelaar, Dutch Olympic equestrian
- Joachim Rumohr, German Nazi SS commander
- Joachim Hamann, Baltic-German Holocaust perpetrator
- Joachim Peiper, German war criminal and SS leader
- Joachim Rønneberg, member of the Gunnerside team of the sabotage of the heavy water plant at Vemork
- Joachim-Ernst Berendt, German jazz journalist
- Joachim Fest, German historian, writer on Nazi Germany including an important biography of Adolf Hitler
- Joachim Fuchsberger, German actor and television host
- Joachim, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau, German count
- Joachim Grubich, Polish organist
- Joachim Wendler, German aquanaut
- Joachim Gauck, President of Germany 2012–2017
- Joachim, 8th Prince Murat, current head of the Murat family
- Joachim Sauer, German scientist
- Joachim Witt, German musician and actor
- Joachim Kroll, German serial killer, rapist, and cannibal
- Hans-Joachim Stuck, German motor racing driver
- Joachim Löw, German football coach and former manager of the Germany national team
- Joachim Nagel, German economist and current president of the Bundesbank
- Joachim Garraud,, French DJ
- Prince Joachim of Denmark
- Joachim Stamp, German politician
- Joachim Björklund, Swedish football player
- Joachim, Prince of Pontecorvo, member of the Bonaparte-Murat family
- Joachim Johansson, Swedish tennis player
- Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
- Joachim of Korsun, 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 ', Gjoka '
- Armenian: Hovakim
- Basque: Jokin, Iokin
- Breton : Joakim
- Catalan: Joaquim, Quim, Ximo
- Czech: Jáchym
- Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish: Joakim
- Dutch: Jochem, Jogchum, Jochen, Joachim
- French: Joachim
- Galician: Xaquín
- German: Joachim, Jochen, Achim
- Greek: Iōākeím
- Hungarian: Joakim
- Icelandic: Jóakim
- Irish: Ioaichím
- Indonesian: Yoakim
- Italian: Gioacchino
- Maltese: Ġwakkin
- Murcian: Iacin, Juaqui, Quino
- Polish: Joachim
- Portuguese: Joaquim
- Romanian: Ioachim
- Russian: Ioakim, Akim
- Serbian: Joakim, Jakim, Akim, Aćim, Jaćim, and diminutives.
- Spanish: Joaquín
- Swedish: Joakim, Joacim, Joachim
- Ukrainian: Ioakim, Iakim