Given name & surname
Achim
“God will judge”
Achim is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “God will judge.”
Original GreekΑχειμ
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “God will judge.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
Achim is used as a shortened form of Joachim.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2017. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Achim appears in Matthew 1:14.
From biblical name research
Achim through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 27
- 27 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #10,713 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,713 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 252 as a first name in 2020; 174 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Achim’s family of names
In French usage, Achim is a diminutive of Joachim. In German usage, Achim has a related form in Akim. In German usage, Achim is a short form of Joachim.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Achim has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Joaquinequivalent
- Joaquimequivalent
- Joakimequivalent
- Jochenequivalent
- GioacchinoItalian
- Jokinequivalent
- Ioachimusequivalent
- Joaquínequivalent
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See also 13
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Achim
- Achim BeierlorzerGerman association football player and association football managerborn 1967
- Achim HillEast German rower (1935-2015)
- Achim MüllerGerman scientist (1938–2024)
- Achim SteinerGerman politician and public servant (born 1961)
- Achim von BorriesGerman film director and screenwriterborn 1968
- Achim MentzelGerman television presenter and musician1946–2016
- Achim WarmboldGerman rally driverborn 1941
- Achim ReichelGerman musicianborn 1944
- Achim VogtLiechtensteiner alpine skierborn 1970
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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