Joachim is a

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, derived from the Hebrew ''Yehoyaqim'' (), meaning "raised by

Yahweh Yahweh *''Yahwe'', was the national god of ancient Israel and Judah. The origins of his worship reach at least to the early Iron Age, and likely to the Late Bronze Age if not somewhat earlier, and in the oldest biblical literature he poss ...

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Jehoiakim Jehoiakim, also sometimes spelled Jehoikim; la, Joakim was the eighteenth and antepenultimate king of Judah from 609 to 598 BC. He was the second son of king Josiah () and Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. His birth name was Eliakim.; ...

(c. 635–597 BC), king of Judah, from whom all later versions of the name are directly or indirectly derived *

Jehoiachin Jeconiah ( he, יְכָנְיָה ''Yəḵonəyā'' , meaning " Yah has established"; el, Ιεχονιας; la, Iechonias, Jechonias), also known as Coniah and as Jehoiachin ( he, יְהוֹיָכִין ''Yəhōyāḵīn'' ; la, Ioachin, Joac ...

, king of Judah and son of Jehoiakim *

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 ...

, a Saint in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions. He was 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 ...

Joachim of Fiore Joachim of Fiore, also known as Joachim of Flora and in Italian Gioacchino da Fiore (c. 1135 – 30 March 1202), was an Italian Christian theologian, Catholic abbot, and the founder of the monastic order of San Giovanni in Fiore. According to ...

(c. 1135–1202), Italian monk, founder of the heretical "Three Ages" theory *

Joachim Gutkeled Joachim from the kindred Gutkeled ( hu, Gutkeled nembeli Joachim, hr, Joakim Pektar; died in April 1277) was a Hungarian influential lord in the second half of the 13th century. As a key figure of the struggles for power between the powerful bar ...

(c.1240–1277), Hungarian baron *

Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg Joachim I Nestor (21 February 1484 – 11 July 1535) was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1499–1535), the fifth member of the House of Hohenzollern. His nickname was taken from King Nestor of Greek mythology. Biography T ...

(1484–1535), German member of the

Hohenzollern The House of Hohenzollern (, also , german: Haus Hohenzollern, , ro, Casa de Hohenzollern) is a German royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brandenb ...

* Patriarch Joachim I of Constantinople, reigned 1498–1502,1504 *

Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg Joachim II (german: Joachim II Hector or ''Hektor''; 13 January 1505 – 3 January 1571) was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1535–1571), the sixth member of the House of Hohenzollern. Joachim II was the eldest son of Joac ...

(1505–1571) *

Joachim du Bellay Joachim du Bellay (; – 1 January 1560) was a French poet, critic, and a founder of the Pléiade. He notably wrote the manifesto of the group: '' Défense et illustration de la langue française'', which aimed at promoting French as an a ...

(1522–1560), French poet *

Patriarch Joachim of Moscow Patriarch Joachim (russian: Иоаким; January 6, 1620 – March 17, 1690) was the eleventh Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, an opponent of the ''Raskol'' (the Old Believer schism), and a founder of the Slavic Greek Latin Academy. Born I ...

(1620–1690), the eleventh Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia * Joachim Perinet (1763–1816), Austrian dramatist * Prince

Joachim Murat Joachim Murat ( , also , ; it, Gioacchino Murati; 25 March 1767 – 13 October 1815) was a French military commander and statesman who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. Under the French Empire he received the ...

(1767–1815),

Marshal of the Empire Marshal of the Empire (french: Maréchal d'Empire) was a civil dignity during the First French Empire. It was created by ''Sénatus-consulte'' on 18 May 1804 and to a large extent reinstated the formerly abolished title of Marshal of France. Acc ...

, Grand Duke of Berg and

King of Naples The following is a list of rulers of the Kingdom of Naples, from its first separation from the Kingdom of Sicily to its merger with the same into the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Kingdom of Naples (1282–1501) House of Anjou In 1382, the Kin ...

* 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 Joachim Joseph Napoléon Murat, 4th Prince Murat (21 June 1834 – 23 October 1901) was a Major-General in the French Army and a member of the Bonaparte- Murat family. Early life Joachim Joseph was born at Bordentown, New Jersey on 21 June ...

(1834–1901), Major-General in the French Army *

Ecumenical Patriarch Joachim III of Constantinople Joachim III the Magnificent ( el, Ιωακείμ Γ' ο Μεγαλοπρεπής; 30 January 1834 – 26 November 1912) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1878 to 1884 and from 1901 to 1912. Joachim was born in Istanbul in 183 ...

(1834–1912) * Joachim (Levitsky) (1853–c.1921), Russian Orthodox bishop and religious writer *

Joachim, 5th Prince Murat Joachim Napoléon Murat, 5th Prince Murat (28 February 1856 – 2 November 1932) was a member of the Bonaparte-Murat family. Early life Joachim Napoléon Murat was born on 28 February 1856 at Boissy-Saint-Léger, Val-de-Marne, France. His par ...

(1856–1932), member of the Bonaparte-Murat family *

Joachim Ringelnatz Joachim Ringelnatz is the pen name of the German author and painter Hans Bötticher (7 August 1883, Wurzen, Saxony – 17 November 1934, Berlin). His pen name ''Ringelnatz'' is usually explained as a dialect expression for an animal, possibly ...

(1883–1934), pen name of German author and painter Hans Bötticher * Joachim Albrecht Eggeling (1884–1945), German Nazi SS officer *

Joachim, 6th Prince Murat Joachim Napoléon Michel Murat, 6th Prince Murat (6 August 1885, in Paris, Île-de-France, France – 11 May 1938, in Paris), was a member of the Bonaparte-Murat family. Biography His parents were Joachim, 5th Prince Murat and Marie Cécile ...

(1885–1938), member of the Bonaparte-Murat family *

Prince Joachim of Prussia Prince Joachim Franz Humbert of Prussia (17 December 1890 – 18 July 1920) was the youngest son and sixth child of Wilhelm II, German Emperor, by his first wife, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. He committed suicide at age 29. Prince J ...

(1890–1920), German royal * Joachim Stutschewsky (1891–1982), Ukraine-born Austrian and Israeli cellist *

Joachim von Ribbentrop Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim von Ribbentrop (; 30 April 1893 – 16 October 1946) was a German politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nazi Germany from 1938 to 1945. Ribbentrop first came to Adolf Hitler's not ...

(1893–1946), German Nazi foreign minister and war criminal * Joachim Ziegler (1905–1948), 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 Joachim Hamann (18 May 1913 in Kiel – 13 July 1945 in Heikendorf) was an officer of the ''Einsatzkommando 3'', a killing unit of ''Einsatzgruppe A'', responsible for tens of thousands of Jewish deaths in Lithuania. Hamann organized and commande ...

(1913–1945), Baltic-German Holocaust perpetrator *

Joachim Peiper Joachim Peiper (30 January 1915 – 14 July 1976) was a German ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) officer and a Nazi war criminal convicted for the Malmedy massacre of U.S. Army prisoners of war (POWs). During the Second World War in Europe, Peiper serve ...

(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 Vemork is a hydroelectric power plant outside Rjukan in Tinn, Norway. The plant was built by Norsk Hydro and opened in 1911, its main purpose being to fix nitrogen for the production of fertilizer. At opening, it was the world's largest power ...

Joachim-Ernst Berendt Joachim-Ernst Berendt (20 July 1922 in Berlin – 4 February 2000 in Hamburg) was a German music journalist, author and producer specialized on jazz. Life Berendt's father, Ernst Berendt, was a Protestant pastor belonging to the Confessing ...

(1922–2000), German jazz journalist *

Joachim Fest Joachim Clemens Fest (8 December 1926 – 11 September 2006) was a German historian, journalist, critic and editor who was best known for his writings and public commentary on Nazi Germany, including a biography of Adolf Hitler and books about ...

(1926–2006), German historian, writer on Nazi Germany including an important biography of Adolf Hitler *

Joachim Fuchsberger Joachim "Blacky" Fuchsberger (pronounced ; 11 March 1927 – 11 September 2014) was a German actor and television host, best known to a wide German-speaking audience as one of the recurring actors in various Edgar Wallace movies (often a Detecti ...

(1927–2014), German actor and television host *

Joachim, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau Joachim, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau ( German: ''Joachim Heinrich Maria Carl Rudolf Franz Xaver Joseph Antonius Christophorus Hubertus Alfons Graf von Schönburg-Glauchau''; 4 February 1929 – 29 September 1998) was the nominal successor head ...

(1929–1998), German count * Joachim Wendler (1939–1975), German aquanaut *

Joachim Gauck Joachim Wilhelm Gauck (; born 24 January 1940) is a German politician and civil rights activist who served as President of Germany from 2012 to 2017. A former Lutheranism, Lutheran pastor, he came to prominence as an anti-communist civil rights ...

(born 1940), President of Germany 2012–2017 *

Joachim, 8th Prince Murat Joachim Louis Napoléon Murat, 8th Prince Murat (born 26 November 1944) is a member of the Bonaparte- Murat family and the current head of the Murat family. He is an important figure in the Napoleonic circles and is very much involved in the co ...

(born 1944), current head of the Murat family * Joachim Sauer (born 1949), German scientist *

Joachim Witt Joachim Witt (born 22 February 1949) is a German rock musician and actor. Biography Witt was the guitarist/singer in the 1970s krautrock band Duesenberg. He released three albums with them, ''Duesenberg'' (1977), ''Duesenberg 2'' (1978) and ...

(born 1949), German musician and actor * Joachim Kroll (1933–1991), German serial killer, rapist, and cannibal *

Hans-Joachim Stuck Hans-Joachim Stuck (born 1 January 1951), nicknamed "Strietzel", is a German racing driver who has competed in Formula One and many other categories. He is the son of pre-WW2 racing driver Hans Stuck Life and career He was born in Garmisch-Parte ...

(born 1951), German motor racing driver *

Joachim Löw Joachim Löw (born 3 February 1960) is a German football coach and former player. He was the manager of the Germany national team from 2006 until 2021. During his tenure as manager, he led Germany to victory at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil ...

(born 1960), German football coach and former manager of the German national team *

Joachim Garraud Joachim André Garraud (; born 27 September 1968) is a French DJ, remixer and record producer from Nantes. He is a producer of artists such as Paul Johnson, Deep Dish, David Bowie, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Kylie Minogue, Mylè ...

, (born 1968), French DJ *

Prince Joachim of Denmark , father = Henri de Laborde de Monpezat , mother = Margrethe II of Denmark , house = Glücksburg (official) Monpezat (agnatic) , religion = Church of Denmark , occupation = Military Attaché, Royal Danish Embassy ...

(born 1969) * Joachim Stamp (born 1970), German politician * Joachim Björklund (born 1971), Swedish football player *

Joachim, Prince of Pontecorvo Joachim Charles Napoléon Murat, Prince of Pontecorvo (born 3 May 1973 in Neuilly-sur-Seine Neuilly-sur-Seine (; literally 'Neuilly on Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is a commune in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in France, just wes ...

(born 1973), member of the Bonaparte-Murat family *

Joachim Johansson Joachim Johansson (born 1 July 1982) is a former professional male tennis player from Sweden. He reached the semifinals of the 2004 US Open, won 3 singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 9 in February 2005. Backg ...

(born 1982), Swedish tennis player *

Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (born 5 June 1962), is the second child and first daughter of King Albert II and Queen Paola, and the younger sister to the current Belgian monarch, King Philippe. She is married to Prin ...

(born 1991)

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 Jostein Gaarder (; born 8 August 1952) is a Norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories, and children's books. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children, exploring their sense of wonder about the world. He often ...

'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 ''The Witcher'' ( pl, Wiedźmin ) is a series of six fantasy novels and 15 short stories written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The series revolves around the eponymous "witcher", Geralt of Rivia. In Sapkowski's works, "witchers" are b ...

'' 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 Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ...

: Jokin, Iokin * Catalan:

Joaquim Joaquim is the Portuguese and Catalan version of Joachim and may refer to: * Alberto Joaquim Chipande, politician * Eduardo Joaquim Mulémbwè, politician * Joaquim Agostinho (1943–1984), Portuguese professional bicycle racer * Joaquim Amat ...

, 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 () * Hungarian: Joakim * Icelandic: Jóakim * Irish: Ioaichím * Italian: Gioacchino * Maltese: Ġwakkin * Murcian: Iacin, Juaqui, Quino * Polish: Joachim * Portuguese:

(short forms: Jaquim, Quim, Quincas) * Romanian: Ioachim * Russian: Ioakim (), Akim () * Serbian: Joakim (), Jakim (), Akim (), Aćim (), Jaćim (), and diminutives. * Spanish: Joaquín * Swedish: Joakim, Joacim, Joachim

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