Given name
Joaquina
“God will judge”
Joaquina is a variant of Joakima. In Hebrew use, Joakima carries the interpretation “God will judge.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Joaquina is a variant of Joakima. In Hebrew use, Joakima carries the interpretation “God will judge.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Joaquina connects to the Joachim name family through Joakima. An origin associated with Joachim is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Joaquina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 460
- 0 boys · 460 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,969 for girls
- 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 girls, ranking No. 13,969 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 1926. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,689 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.
Joaquina’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Joaquina has a diminutive in Kina. Joaquina has a related form in Joakima.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Joaquina
- Joaquina Vedruna de Masfounder of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity1783–1854
- Joaquina SitchesSpanish soprano and actress (1780-1864)
- Joaquina SoaresPortuguese anthropologist and archaeologistborn 1953
- Joaquina Téllez-Girón, Marchioness of Santa CruzSpanish aristocrat1784–1851
- Joaquina García BalmasedaSpanish journalist, poet, comedian, and writer (1837–1911)
- Joaquina Dorado PitaSpanish anarcho-syndicalist, republican and anti-Franco activist (1917-2017)
- Joaquina KalukangoAmerican actress (born 1989)
- Consuelo BarcelóSpanish Servant of God (1857-1940)
- Joaquina López LaffiteMember of Las Trece Rosas1916–1939
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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