Joakim or Joacim is a male given name primarily used in Scandinavian languages[1][2] and Finnish.[3][4] It is derived from a transliteration of the Hebrew יהוֹיָקִים, and literally means "lifted by Jehovah".
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Region of origin | Scandinavia |
In the Old Testament, Jehoiakim was a king of Judah. In deutero-canonical texts, Joakim is the husband of Susanna, the central character in the narrative of Susanna (Daniel 13),[5] and the high priest who leads the people of Israel in prayer in the Book of Judith.[6]
In the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican traditions, Saint Joachim was the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne appears first in the apocryphal Gospel of James: Joachim and Anne are not mentioned in the Bible.[7]
Notable people with the name Joakim or Joacim include:
- Joakim Alexandersson (born 1976), Swedish football player
- Joakim Andersson (born 1971), Swedish diver
- Joakim Andersson (born 1989), Swedish ice hockey player
- Joakim Assenmacher (born 1963), German long jumper
- Joakim Austnes (born 1983), Norwegian football player
- Joakim Berg (born 1970), Swedish musician
- Joakim Bonnier (1930–1972), Swedish motor racer
- Joakim Bäckström (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 (1638–1703), Swedish soldier
- Joacim Eriksson (born 1990), Swedish ice hockey player
- Joakim Eriksson (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 (born 1969), Swedish golfer
- Joakim Halvarsson (born 1972), Swedish ski mountaineer
- Joakim Hedqvist (born 1977), Swedish bandy player
- Joakim Hellstrand (born 1984), Swedish Youtuber and Twitch streamer
- Joakim Hillding (born 1988), Swedish ice hockey player
- Joakim Holmquist (born 1969), Swedish swimmer
- Joakim Ingelsson, Swedish orienteer
- Joakim Jonsson, Swedish drummer
- Joakim Karchovski (c. 1750 – 1820), Macedonian writer
- Joakim Karlsson (kickboxer), Swedish kickboxer
- Joakim Karlsson (footballer) (born 1989), Swedish footballer
- Joakim Karlsson (guitar player), guitarist of the American Metalcore band Bad Omens
- Joakim Lindengren (born 1962), Swedish cartoonist
- Joakim Lindström (born 1983), Swedish ice hockey player
- Joakim Lystad (born 1953), Norwegian civil servant
- Joakim Nätterqvist (born 1974), Swedish actor
- Joakim Nilsson (footballer born 1966), Swedish football player
- Joakim Nilsson (footballer born 1985), Swedish football player
- Joakim Nilsson (born 1971), Swedish javelin thrower
- Joakim Noah (born 1985), American–French–Swedish basketball player
- Joakim Nyström (born 1963), Swedish tennis player
- Joacim Persson, Swedish record producer and songwriter, see Twin (production team)
- Joakim Persson (born 1975), Swedish football player
- Joakim Petersson (born 1983), Swedish member of the band Vains of Jenna
- Joakim Pirinen (born 1961), Swedish cartoonist
- Joakim Puhk (1888–1942), Estonian businessman
- Joakim Sandell (born 1974), Swedish politician
- Joakim Frederik Schouw (1789–1852), Danish lawyer
- Joakim Sjöhage (born 1986), Swedish football player
- Joakim Soria (born 1984), Mexican baseball player
- Joakim Stulić (1730–1817), Croatian lexicographer
- Joakim Sundström (born 1965), Swedish sound designer and musician
- Joakim Thåström (born 1957), Swedish musician
- Joacim Tuuri (born 1989), Finnish footballer
- Joakim Vujić (1772–1847), Serbian dramatist
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