Exclusive Christmas discount for your expert parenting classes from FamilyEducation — 50% for a limited time only! Click Here to get started.

Joachim

Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

Hebrew : God will judge

Boy name variations

How Popular Is The Name Joachim

Family name origins & meanings

German, French, and English : from the Hebrew personal name Yoyakim ‘God has granted (a son)’, which occurs in the Bible (Nehemiah 12:10) and was also borne, according to medieval legend, by the father of the Virgin Mary.
A bearer of the name from the Dordogne region of France who arrived in Canada in 1665 is documented in Trois Rivières, Quebec, in 1679, with the secondary surname Laverdure.