Given name
Jakim
“one who brings others together; the establisher”
Jakim is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who brings others together; the establisher.”
Original Hebrewיקים
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “one who brings others together; the establisher.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb qum (קום), “to rise up or stand.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. 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 Jakim appears in 1 Chronicles 8:19.
From biblical name research
Jakim through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 186
- 186 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 191 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jakim’s family of names
Jakim has a related form in Joachim. Jakim has a related form in Jakeem. Jakim has a related form in Jakima.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Joachimvariant
- Jakeemvariant
- Jakimavariant
- Jakeamavariant
- Jakiemavariant
- Jakeimavariant
- Jakeemavariant
- Jakymavariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 13
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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