Given name & surname
Akim
“God will judge”
Akim is used as a given name and a surname. One Russian interpretation is “God will judge.”
Original RussianАким
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Russian interpretation is “God will judge.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Russian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Akim through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 813
- 813 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #4,709 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +2%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,709 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 1.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 765 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 53,157 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Akim’s family of names
Akim has an affectionate form in Kima. Akim shares a linguistic root with Joachim. Akim has a related form in Akeem.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Akeemvariant
- Kimapet form
- Achimvariant · German
- Akeimvariant
- Akiemvariant
- Akeamvariant
- Akkimlikely variant
- Akeymvariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Joachimcognate
- Joaquimequivalent
- Joakimequivalent
- Jochenequivalent
- Gioacchinoequivalent
- Joaquínequivalent
- Jochemequivalent
- Jáchymequivalent
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Akim
- Akim TamiroffAmerican actor (1899-1972)
- Akim ZedadkaAlgerian and French footballerborn 1995
- Akim AliuCanadian ice hockey playerborn 1989
- Akim VolynskyRussian writer and literary critic (1863–1926)1861–1926
- Akim DjahaComorian and French association football playerborn 1998
- Jaša BakovSerbian pole vaulter (1906-1974)
- Akim IskerFrench actor and film directorborn 1953
- Akim Orinelfootballerborn 1986
- Akim KozlovSoviet and Russian trombonist (1908–1992)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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