Joachim
m.
Hebrew יְהוֹיָקִים 'may God raise'.
The apocryphal name of the father of Mary, venerated as a saint, and a 13th C Italian founder of a monastic order called the 'Joachimites'. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Joachim, Joachym, Joakyn.
The name was never common in any culture, but the importance of the saintly father of Mary meant that this name could be found pretty much anywhere.
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ● 1436 Yochim BbRT p. 359
- ◑ 1592 Jachi Tiik1977 p. 286
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1378 Joachim (dat) hanquetvol1 1677
- Germany
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- Early New High German
- ● 1409 Joachim (dat) mairhofer DCXC;
1416 Joachim (nom) ibid. DCCIII;
1419 Joachim (gen) ibid. DCCIX;
1420 Joachim (nom) ibid. DCCXV
- Latvia
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- Latin
- ● 1287 Yachim (nom) RigSB 499;
1290 Yachim (nom) ibid. 223;
1302 Joachim (gen) ibid. 91
- ◑ 1292 Yake (nom) RigSB 235
- The Netherlands
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- Dutch
- ● 1573 Joachim MagMiddelburg-1560,
Joachims (gen) ibid.;
1574 Joachim ibid.,
Joachims (gen) ibid.
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Joachim". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Joachim.