Joachim

English

Etymology

From Latin Ioachimus, from Ancient Greek Ἰωακείμ (Iōakeím), Ἰωακίμ (Iōakím) (2 Kings 24), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹיָקִים (yəhôyâqîm, literally “may Yahweh raise up”). The Septuagint in 2 Kings 24 mentions "Ιωακιμ" and his son "Ιωαχιμ" (יהויכין), but the latter does not seem to be the source of the name Joachim, as in the Vulgate it is "Ioachin", and in Greek the father of Mary is Ιωακειμ, not Ιωαχιμ.

Pronunciation

• (traditional, naturalized pronunciations)
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.ə.kɪm/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒəʊ.ə.kɪm/
• (imitations of foreign pronunciations)
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈjoʊ.kɪm/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /joʊ.əˈkiːm/

Proper noun

Joachim

1. The father of the Virgin Mary, according to apocryphal gospels.
2. A male given name from Hebrew, always rare in English.

Derived terms

• Joachimism
• Joachimite

Translations

father of the Virgin Mary

• French: Joachim (fr) m

male given name

• Armenian: Հովակիմ (Hovakim)
• Basque: Jokin (eu)
• Breton: Yoasin m
• Catalan: Joaquim (ca) m
• Czech: Jáchym (cs) m
• Danish: Joakim
• Dutch: Joachim (nl), Jochem (nl) m
• Erzya: Акима m (Akima)
• Esperanto: Joakimo
• Estonian: Joakim
• Finnish: Jaakkima (fi), Aki (fi)
• French: Joachim (fr) m
• Galician: Xaquín m
• German: Joachim (de) m
• Greek: Ιωακείμ (el) m (Ioakeím)

  Ancient Greek: Ἰωακείμ m (Iōakeím)

• Greenlandic: Jukku
• Hungarian: Joáhim, Joakim (hu)
• Ingrian: Jekima
• Italian: Gioacchino (it) m, Gioachino m
• Maltese: Gwakkin
• Norwegian: Joakim (no)
• Polish: Joachim (pl) m
• Portuguese: Joaquim (pt) m
• Romansch: Iachen m, Jachen m
• Russian: Аки́м (ru) m (Akím), Иоахим (ru) m (Ioaxim), Иоаким m (Ioakim), Яким (ru) m (Jakim)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Јоаким m (Joakim)

  Latin: Joakim (sh) m

• Sicilian: Jachinu
• Skolt Sami: Jä´ǩǩem
• Spanish: Joaquín (es) m
• Swedish: Joakim (sv)
• Vietnamese: Gioakim, Gioankim

Danish

Proper noun

Joachim

1. a male given name, German style spelling of Joakim

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjoːaˌxiːm/

Audio

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Proper noun

Joachim ?

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Joachim

Related terms

• Jochem

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɔ.a.ʃɛ̃/, /ʒɔ.a.kim/, /ʒɔ.a.kɛ̃/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Joachim m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Joachim

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Iōāchīmus, from Ancient Greek Ἰωακείμ (Iōakeím), Ἰωακίμ (Iōakím) (2 Kings 24), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹיָקִים (yəhôyâqîm, literally “may Yahweh raise up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /joˈaxiːm/, /joˈaxɪm/

  • Audio

    (file)

• IPA^(key): /ˈjoːaˌxiːm/, /ˈjoːaxɪm/, (chiefly Austrian contraction) /ˈjɔɐ̯xim/
• Hyphenation: Jo‧a‧chim

Proper noun

Joachim m (proper noun, strong, genitive Joachims or (with an article) Joachim)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Joachim

Related terms

• Achim
• Jochen

 

Norwegian

Proper noun

Joachim

1. a male given name, a less common spelling of Joakim

Swedish

Proper noun

Joachim c (genitive Joachims)

1. a male given name, a less common spelling of Joakim