# Joachim (given name)

Joachim is a masculine given name, derived from the Hebrew Yehoyaqim (יְהוֹיָקִים‎), 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 Germany 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)