Joachim (given name)
Joachim derives from the Hebrew Yehoyaqim יְהוֹיָקִים and means "raised by God".[1]
People with the given name Joachim
- Jehoiakim (c. 635-597 BC), king of Judah, from whom all later versions of the name are directly or indirectly derived
- 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), 12th century monk and founder of the heretical "Three Ages" theory
- Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (1484–1535)
- Patriarch Joachim I of Constantinople, reigned 1498–1502, 1504
- Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (1505–1571)
- Joachim du Bellay (1522–1560), poet
- Patriarch Joachim (1620–1690), the eleventh Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia
- 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
- Ecumenical Patriarch Joachim III of Constantinople (1834–1912)
- Joachim Ringelnatz (1883–1934), pen name of German author and painter Hans Bötticher
- Prince Joachim of Prussia (1890–1920)
- Joachim Stutschewsky (1891–1982), Ukraine-born Austrian and Israeli cellist
- Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893–1946), Nazi German foreign minister
- Joachim Peiper (1915–1976), Waffen-SS officer
- 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 Sauer (born 1949), German scientist
- Hans-Joachim Stuck (born 1951), German motor racing driver
- Joachim Löw (born 1960), German football coach and current manager of the German national team
- Prince Joachim of Denmark (born 1969)
- Joachim Björklund (born 1971), Swedish football player
- Joachim Johansson (born 1982), Swedish tennis player
- Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (born 1991)
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References
- ^ Behind the Name