Joaquim

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Joaquim is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name268K records spelled Joaquim10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Germany, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Joa-Quim, Joaquím, Jöäquïm, Joăquim

• Spanish given name50K records spelled Joaquim5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Argentina, Venezuela

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Joaquím, Jehoiakim, Joaquìm

• Catalan given name8.0K records spelled Joaquim2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Andorra

  Also written Joaquím

• a separate given name3.2K records spelled Joaquim2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Spain, United Kingdom

  Also written Joaquím

• Russian given name900 records spelled Joaquim20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Spain, United States, Türkiye

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Joachim, Иоахим, Йоахим, Жоаким, Хоаким

61 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Joaquim is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Portuguese, a male given name, equivalent to English Joachim

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Portuguese form of JOACHIM .

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 77 years between 1917–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Jehoiakimb. 634ILnot in their usual nameEighteenth King of Judah
• Machado de Assisb. 1839BRnot in their usual nameBrazilian writer (1839–1908)
• Joaquín Sorollab. 1863ESnot in their usual nameSpanish painter (1863–1923)
• Alvaro Sizab. 1933PTnot in their usual namePortuguese architect (1933-)
• Joaquim Chissanob. 1939MZ2nd President of Mozambique
• Joaquim de Almeidab. 1957PTPortuguese actor
• Joaquim Torra i Plab. 1962ESformer president of Catalonia (born 1962)
• Joaquim Cruzb. 1963BRBrazilian middle-distance runner (track and field), coach
• Joaquim Dos Santosb. 1977PTPortuguese animator and producer
• Quim Gutiérrezb. 1981ESnot in their usual nameSpanish actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 352 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Joaquim?

We estimate roughly 252 thousand people bear Joaquim (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Joaquim have the most bearers?

We estimate about 238 thousand people bear Joaquim in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled joaquim.

How common is Joaquim compared with other names?

In Brazil, Joaquim is the 132nd most common given name of 536,280 given names recorded there.

Is Joaquim a male or female name?

Joaquim is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Joaquim mean?

Recorded meaning: from the personal name Joaquim (see Joachim).