Joakim or Joacim is a male given name primarily used in Scandinavian languages and Finnish. It is derived from a transliteration of the

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

יהוֹיָקִים, and literally means "lifted by

Jehovah Jehovah () is a Latinization of the Hebrew , one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament. The Tetragrammaton is considered one of the seven names of God in Judais ...

". In the Old Testament, Jehoiakim was a king of Judah. In

deutero-canonical The deuterocanonical books (from the Greek meaning "belonging to the second canon") are books and passages considered by the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, and the Assyrian Church of the East to be ...

texts, Joakim is the husband of Susanna, the central character in the narrative of Susanna (Daniel 13), and the

high priest The term "high priest" usually refers either to an individual who holds the office of ruler-priest, or to one who is the head of a religious caste. Ancient Egypt In ancient Egypt, a high priest was the chief priest of any of the many gods rever ...

who leads the people of Israel in prayer in the

Book of Judith The Book of Judith is a deuterocanonical book, included in the Septuagint and the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian Old Testament of the Bible, but excluded from the Hebrew canon and assigned by Protestants to the apocrypha. It tells ...

. In the

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

Orthodox Orthodox, Orthodoxy, or Orthodoxism may refer to: Religion * Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pag ...

, and

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

traditions,

Saint Joachim Joachim (; ''Yəhōyāqīm'', "he whom Yahweh has set up"; ; ) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Biblical apocryphal ...

was the husband of

Saint Anne According to Christian apocryphal and Islamic tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Mary's mother is not named in the canonical gospels. In writing, Anne's name and that of her husband Joachim come o ...

and the father of

Mary, the mother of Jesus Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jews, Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Saint Joseph, Jose ...

. The story of Joachim and Anne appears first in the apocryphal Gospel of James: Joachim and Anne are not mentioned in the Bible.Brownrigg, R., Brownrigg, C. (2001). ''Who's Who in the New Testament'', p. T-62. . Notable people with the name Joakim or Joacim include: *

Joakim Alexandersson Joakim Alexandersson (born 27 January 1976) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. A youth product of Dalstorps IF, Alexandersson spent the majority of his career with IF Elfsborg, with whom he made 175 Allsvenska ...

(born 1976), Swedish football player *

Joakim Andersson Joakim Anders Andersson (born 5 February 1989) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey centre who played in the for Swedish Hockey League (SHL) and with the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League (NHL). Andersson was drafted 88th ...

(born 1971), Swedish diver *

(born 1989), Swedish ice hockey player *

Joakim Assenmacher Joachim Assenmacher (born 10 January 1963) is a retired West German long jumper. He finished fourteenth at the 1987 European Indoor Championships. He represented the sports club USC Mainz, and won bronze medals at the West German championships i ...

(born 1963), German long jumper *

Joakim Austnes Joakim Rune Austnes (born 20 February 1983) is a Norwegian former professional football forward. During his active career, he played for Aalesund and Viking in Tippeligaen. Club career Austnes played for Aalesund from 2001 to 2007, before he j ...

(born 1983), Norwegian football player * Joakim Berg (born 1970), Swedish musician * Joakim Bonnier (1930–1972), Swedish motor racer *

Joakim Bäckström Joakim Bäckström (born 16 March 1978) is a Swedish professional golfer. Bäckström was born in Umeå. He turned professional in 1999. Having failed to win a place on the European Tour in 2000, Bäckström spent his early career in Sweden on t ...

(born 1978), Swedish golfer * Joakim Brodén (born 1980), Swedish-Czech musician, lead singer of the metal band Sabaton * Joacim Cans (born 1970), Swedish musician *

Joakim Cronman Joachim Cronman (c.1640 – March 5, 1703) was an owner of estates in Livonia and a colonel for the Swedish Empire. He was the Commandant of the Neumünde redoubt/fortlet (skans in Swedish). Biography Joachim Cronman was the son of Hans Dett ...

(1638–1703), Swedish soldier *

Joacim Eriksson Joacim Eriksson (born April 9, 1990) is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing with Schwenninger Wild Wings of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Eriksson played several years in the Swedish junior leagues, making his profe ...

(born 1990), Swedish ice hockey player *

Joakim Eriksson Joakim Eriksson (born June 22, 1976) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player and current general manager of the Djurgårdens IF of the Swedish Hockey League. He has previously played for SHL teams Djurgårdens IF, Linköpings HC and S ...

(born 1979), Swedish ice hockey player * Joacim Esbjörs (born 1970), Swedish ice hockey player * Joakim Garff (born 1960), Danish theologian * Joakim Gruev (1828–1912), Bulgarian writer *

Joakim Haeggman Karl Sven Joakim Haeggman (born 28 August 1969) is a Swedish professional golfer who formerly played on the European Tour. He was the first Swede to play in the Ryder Cup. Early life Haeggman was born in Kalmar on the east coast of the province ...

(born 1969), Swedish golfer *

Joakim Halvarsson Joakim Halvarsson (born March 12, 1972) is a Swedish ski mountaineer. Halvarsson was born in Östersund and has been member of the national team since 2006. He started ski mountaineering Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing ...

(born 1972), Swedish ski mountaineer * Joakim Hedqvist (born 1977), Swedish bandy player * Joakim Hellstrand (born 1984), Swedish Youtuber and Twitch streamer *

Joakim Hillding Joakim Hillding (born May 30, 1988) is a Sweden, Swedish professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing with Troja-Ljungby in the HockeyAllsvenskan (Allsv). Playing career After four seasons in the SHL with Färjestad BK, Hillding left a ...

(born 1988), Swedish ice hockey player *

Joakim Holmquist Joakim Holmquist (born 15 March 1969) is a former Swedish Olympic freestyle swimmer. He competed in the 4×100 m freestyle team in the 1988 Summer Olympics finishing 5th. at Sports Reference Clubs *Jönköpings SS Jönköpings S ...

(born 1969), Swedish swimmer * Joakim Ingelsson, Swedish orienteer * Joakim Jonsson, Swedish drummer *

Joakim Karchovski Yoakim Karchovski ( bg, Йоаким Кърчовски; mk, Јоаким Крчовски c. 1750 - c. 1820), also known as Hadži Joakim, was a cleric, writer and one of the early figures of the Bulgarian National Revival.Becoming Bulgarian: the ...

(c. 1750 – 1820), Macedonian writer *

Joakim Karlsson (kickboxer) ''The Contender Asia'' (known as The Contender: Kickboxer in the United Kingdom, and The Contender: Muay Thai in the United States) was a reality-based television series that follows 16 Muay Thai middleweight fighters from 12 countries as they ...

, Swedish kickboxer * Joakim Karlsson (footballer) (born 1989), Swedish footballer *Joakim Karlsson (guitar player), guitarist of the American Metalcore band

Bad Omens Bad Omens is an American rock band from Richmond, Virginia formed in 2015 by vocalist, frontman and producer Noah Sebastian, guitarist Nicholas Ruffilo, and bassist Vincent Riquier. The band was later joined by guitarist Joakim "Jolly" Karlsso ...

Joakim Lindengren Joakim Lindengren (born March 28, 1962) is a Swedish cartoonist, illustrator and artist. Career Lindengren studied fine arts at Västerås Konstskola and Konstfack in Stockholm. He made his comic album debut in the early 1980s. He has been p ...

(born 1962), Swedish cartoonist *

Joakim Lindström Joakim Claes Lindström (born December 5, 1983) is a Swedish professional ice hockey winger currently playing for Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League. Lindström has previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Columbus ...

(born 1983), Swedish ice hockey player *

Joakim Lystad Joakim Theodor Haagaas Lystad (born 17 April 1953) is a Norwegian civil servant. He served as the first Director-General of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority from 2003 to 2010, building the organization. From 2010 to 2015, he was the Labour an ...

(born 1953), Norwegian civil servant * Joakim Nätterqvist (born 1974), Swedish actor * Joakim Nilsson (footballer born 1966), Swedish football player *

Joakim Nilsson (footballer born 1985) Joakim Nilsson (born 16 May 1985) is a retired Swedish footballer who played as a midfielder. Nilsson played for Malmö FF from 1997 until 2009 when he signed for Trelleborg. He made his Allsvenskan debut for Malmö against Landskrona BoIS L ...

, Swedish football player * Joakim Nilsson (born 1971), Swedish javelin thrower * Joakim Noah (born 1985), American–French–Swedish basketball player *

Joakim Nyström Joakim "Jocke" Nyström (born 20 February 1963) is a former top ten ranked tennis player from Sweden who won 13 singles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour on 31 March 1986, ...

(born 1963), Swedish tennis player *Joacim Persson, Swedish record producer and songwriter, see Twin (production team) *

Joakim Persson Björn Joakim Persson (born 3 April 1975) is a Swedish football manager and former player. He is the head coach of Varbergs BoIS. As a player, he represented Malmö FF, Atalanta, IFK Göteborg, Esbjerg fB, Hansa Rostock, Stabæk, and Landskr ...

(born 1975), Swedish football player * Joakim Petersson (born 1983), Swedish member of the band Vains of Jenna *

Joakim Pirinen Joakim Pirinen (born 28 May 1961 in Solna, Stockholm County) is a Swedish illustrator, author, and comic creator. One of the most acclaimed artists to make his debut during the 1980s wave of "artistic" and "adult" comics in Sweden, Pirinen was, ...

(born 1961), Swedish cartoonist *

Joakim Puhk Joakim Puhk (25 May 1888 – 14 September 1942) was an Estonian businessman, economist and Rotarian; a member of the International Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the International Olympic Committee from 1936 to 1942. Biography Joakim ...

(1888–1942), Estonian businessman *

Joakim Sandell Joakim Reinhold Sandell (born 1975) is a Swedish politician, journalist and member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he has represented Malmö Municipality since September 2018. Sandell is the son ...

(born 1974), Swedish politician *

Joakim Frederik Schouw Joakim Frederik Schouw (7 February 1789 – 28 April 1852) was a Danish lawyer, botanist and politician. From 1821, professor in botany at the University of Copenhagen — first extraordinary professor, but after the death of J.W. Hornemann in 1 ...

(1789–1852), Danish lawyer * Joakim Sjöhage (born 1986), Swedish football player * Joakim Soria (born 1984), Mexican baseball player *

Joakim Stulić Joakim Stulić, also Joakim Stulli as styled by himself, (1730–1817) was a lexicographer from the Republic of Ragusa, the author of the biggest dictionary in the older Croatian lexicography. He was born in Dubrovnik, where he received his p ...

(1730–1817), Croatian lexicographer *

Joakim Sundström Joakim Sundström is a Swedish supervising sound editor, sound designer and musician. Sundström was born on February 27, 1965, in the city of Gävle in Sweden and brought up in Buchanan, Liberia on the West African Atlantic coast. He collabo ...

(born 1965), Swedish sound designer and musician *

Joakim Thåström Sven Joakim Eriksson Thåström (born 20 March 1957), better known as Thåström, is a Swedish singer and songwriter, mostly known for the bands Ebba Grön and Imperiet. He has moved between a number of genres, from punk to rock, industrial and ...

(born 1957), Swedish musician *

Joacim Tuuri Joacim Tuuri (born 16 October 1989) is a Finnish footballer who represents Vaasan Palloseura of Veikkausliiga Veikkausliiga (; sv, Tipsligan) is the premier division of Finnish football, the highest tier of the Finnish football league st ...

(born 1989), Finnish footballer *

Joakim Vujić Joakim Vujić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јоаким Вујић; Baja, Habsburg monarchy, 9 September 1772 – Belgrade, Principality of Serbia, 8 November 1847) was a Serbian writer, dramatist (musical stage and theatre), actor, traveler and polyglot. ...

(1772–1847), Serbian dramatist

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