Joachim Forename
2,087th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 484,417 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany
Joachim Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew Jehoiachim ‘Jah has set up’. In apocryphal writings this was said to be the name of the father of the Blessed Virgin, and it was consequently used as a christian name, particularly in the Greek Church. Joachim or Akim is still fairly common in Russia.
Read More About This ForenameJoachim Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 367,357 | 1:263 | 67 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 17,270 | 1:4,275 | 561 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 12,933 | 1:4,082 | 701 |
| France | 99% | 6,333 | 1:10,496 | 654 |
| Madagascar | - | 5,744 | 1:4,114 | 873 |
| Austria | 100% | 4,740 | 1:1,796 | 263 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 4,313 | 1:5,011 | 779 |
| Rwanda | - | 3,626 | 1:3,136 | 631 |
| South Africa | 100% | 3,376 | 1:16,153 | 2,399 |
| Benin | 100% | 3,328 | 1:3,178 | 626 |
| United States | 100% | 3,287 | 1:110,294 | 4,753 |
| Ghana | 100% | 3,090 | 1:8,733 | 891 |
| Belgium | 100% | 3,081 | 1:3,729 | 652 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2,876 | 1:6,391 | 780 |
| Poland | 100% | 2,686 | 1:14,158 | 571 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 2,544 | 1:3,229 | 532 |
| Norway | 100% | 2,541 | 1:2,020 | 369 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 2,444 | 1:72,653 | 4,629 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 2,427 | 1:40,198 | 4,244 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2,406 | 1:4,097 | 498 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 2,272 | 1:10,157 | 1,099 |
| Denmark | - | 2,087 | 1:2,707 | 417 |
| Togo | - | 2,060 | 1:3,514 | 580 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 1,896 | 1:4,300 | 457 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1,838 | 1:22,283 | 1,753 |
| Guinea | 100% | 1,827 | 1:6,491 | 568 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,209 | 1:13,980 | 1,513 |
| Kenya | 100% | 1,202 | 1:38,525 | 2,915 |
| Canada | 100% | 929 | 1:35,666 | 2,673 |
| Senegal | 100% | 824 | 1:17,696 | 1,106 |
| Gabon | 100% | 762 | 1:2,472 | 591 |
| Congo | 100% | 732 | 1:6,843 | 944 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 653 | 1:23,620 | 2,508 |
| England | 100% | 612 | 1:90,854 | 3,550 |
| Mali | 100% | 608 | 1:27,924 | 1,823 |
| Chad | 100% | 494 | 1:27,527 | 3,248 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 429 | 1:48,483 | 5,248 |
| Brazil | 100% | 425 | 1:504,085 | 16,512 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 408 | 1:75,521 | 8,273 |
| Thailand | 100% | 389 | 1:180,118 | 12,370 |
| Bangladesh | - | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Morocco | - | 355 | 1:96,757 | 3,231 |
| Australia | - | 345 | 1:39,587 | 2,080 |
| India | 100% | 325 | 1:3,738,086 | 157,786 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 315 | 1:33,115 | 2,591 |
| Namibia | - | 303 | 1:7,935 | 1,021 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 293 | 1:103,925 | 7,222 |
| Haiti | 100% | 291 | 1:36,862 | 2,634 |
| Zambia | - | 249 | 1:63,674 | 3,629 |
| Philippines | 94% | 242 | 1:438,056 | 15,241 |
| Malawi | 100% | 233 | 1:73,443 | 4,317 |
| Finland | 100% | 223 | 1:24,588 | 1,237 |
| Italy | 100% | 198 | 1:308,394 | 3,818 |
| Spain | 100% | 195 | 1:238,615 | 4,446 |
| Hungary | 100% | 166 | 1:58,987 | 585 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 160 | 1:3,631 | 516 |
| Egypt | - | 152 | 1:604,611 | 14,932 |
| Portugal | - | 129 | 1:80,704 | 2,343 |
| Ireland | 96% | 99 | 1:46,904 | 1,571 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 94 | 1:6,001 | 600 |
| Greece | 100% | 93 | 1:117,576 | 2,981 |
| Israel | 96% | 91 | 1:92,340 | 4,169 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 84 | 1:1,103 | 263 |
| Czechia | 100% | 76 | 1:140,213 | 1,339 |
| Estonia | 100% | 71 | 1:18,526 | 1,627 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 70 | 1:2,540 | 473 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 68 | 1:78,089 | 900 |
| China | - | 64 | 1:21,344,622 | 60,454 |
| Chile | 98% | 57 | 1:308,898 | 4,655 |
| Botswana | 100% | 53 | 1:41,216 | 4,268 |
| Singapore | 100% | 53 | 1:118,624 | 7,664 |
| Indonesia | - | 51 | 1:5,058,111 | 199,441 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 44 | 1:30,941 | 3,244 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Central African Republic | - | 36 | 1:125,428 | 257 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| French Polynesia | - | 32 | 1:8,684 | 1,174 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 30 | 1:1,262 | 255 |
| Mexico | 100% | 27 | 1:4,597,942 | 19,118 |
| Scotland | 100% | 27 | 1:198,162 | 3,518 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 26 | 1:10,391 | 1,033 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 26 | 1:1,161,611 | 23,916 |
| Ecuador | - | 25 | 1:709,077 | 6,440 |
| Japan | - | 21 | 1:6,094,574 | 29,475 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 20 | 1:177,515 | 2,440 |
| New Zealand | - | 18 | 1:252,002 | 7,674 |
| Croatia | 100% | 17 | 1:248,063 | 3,890 |
| Wales | 100% | 17 | 1:182,018 | 3,415 |
| Burundi | - | 16 | 1:619,160 | 838 |
| Russia | 100% | 16 | 1:9,014,606 | 35,676 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Hong Kong | - | 14 | 1:553,766 | 4,519 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 13 | 1:156,923 | 11,892 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 13 | 1:99,830 | 3,329 |
| Niger | 100% | 11 | 1:1,743,999 | 22,373 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:9,977 | 1,310 |
| Grenada | 100% | 10 | 1:10,812 | 1,335 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Vietnam | - | 9 | 1:10,291,457 | 4,134 |
| Liberia | 100% | 8 | 1:551,508 | 14,444 |
| Argentina | 100% | 7 | 1:6,110,463 | 14,292 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 7 | 1:1,021,713 | 39,786 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Colombia | 100% | 6 | 1:7,963,154 | 36,949 |
| Guatemala | - | 6 | 1:2,684,738 | 6,435 |
| Monaco | 100% | 6 | 1:6,411 | 917 |
| Oman | - | 6 | 1:684,778 | 5,486 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 5 | 1:953,590 | 10,779 |
| Peru | 100% | 5 | 1:6,358,291 | 42,272 |
| South Korea | - | 5 | 1:1,108,884 | 18,705 |
| Turkey | 100% | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Belarus | - | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Guyana | - | 4 | 1:190,816 | 11,826 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Serbia | - | 4 | 1:1,786,430 | 6,903 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Bolivia | - | 3 | 1:3,533,801 | 5,917 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 3 | 1:64,785,893 | 186,184 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Slovenia | - | 2 | 1:1,229,379 | 6,326 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
The alternate forms: Joachím (11) & Joáchim (3) are calculated separately.
Joachim (45,158) may also be a surname.
Joachim Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew Jehoiachim ‘Jah has set up’. In apocryphal writings this was said to be the name of the father of the Blessed Virgin, and it was consequently used as a christian name, particularly in the Greek Church. Joachim or Akim is still fairly common in Russia. Gioiachino in Italy and Joaquin in Spain were also formerly in use. Joachim is recorded in England from the 13th C, but has never been in general use.
Joachim, Joachin Hundred Rolls 1273. Joachim Feudal Aids 1346.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
An English—and German and Russian—contraction of the Hebrew Jehoiachin or Jehoiakim, ‘(the) appointed of the Lord.’ Jehoiachin was the luckless king who was carried into captivity in Babylon.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Hebrew (masculine) - God is my strength
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Joachim Forename Popularity
Joachim Demographics
Average Male Joachim Height
176.54 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 321 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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