Given name
Joakim
“established by God”·“one who is established by God; God will judge”
Joakim is a variant of Joachim. Interpretations include “established by God” (Hebrew) and “one who is established by God; God will judge” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Joakim is a variant of Joachim. Interpretations include “established by God” (Hebrew) and “one who is established by God; God will judge” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Joakim is a variant of Joachim. An origin associated with Joachim is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Joakim developed from Ioachimus. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Joakim developed from Ἰωακείμ.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Joakim through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 150
- 150 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −42%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 9 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 344 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.
Joakim’s family of names
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Joakim has a diminutive in Kim. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Joakim shares a linguistic root with the Portuguese form Joaquim. Joakim has a related form in Joachim.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Joakim has relatives in 17 languages.
15 related names in 17 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Kimshort form · Norwegian Bokmål, Finnish
- Joachimvariant · Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish
- Akidiminutive · Finnish
- Joacimvariant · Swedish
- Joakkimlikely variant
- Йоакимvariant · rsk
- Jokkepet form · Norwegian Bokmål
- Jokumvariant · Danish
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Joakim
- Joakim MæhleDanish association football playerborn 1997
- Joakim NoahAmerican–French basketball playerborn 1985
- JowstNorwegian DJ, music producer and songwriterborn 1989
- Jo BonnierSwedish racing driver1930–1972
- Joakim BrodénSwedish heavy metal singer (born 1980)
- Joakim NyströmSwedish tennis playerborn 1963
- Joakim LindströmSwedish ice hockey playerborn 1983
- Joakim NilssonSwedish footballer (born 1994)
- Joakim NordströmSwedish ice hockey playerborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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