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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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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, Joakym, 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.

England
Dutch
● 1592 Joachim AuFr Bradleij
Estonia
Middle Low German
● 1436 Yochim BbRT p. 359
◑ 1592 Jachi Tiik1977 p. 286
France
Latin
● 1378 Joachim (dat) hanquetvol1 1677
Middle French
● 1493 Joachim MSR1838 p. 375; 1564 Joachim RegPCC-1 p. 50; 1566 Joachim ibid. p. 252; 1567 Joachim ibid. p. 339; 1571 Joachim ibid. p. 439
Germany
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
Latin
● 1287 Yachim (nom) RigSB 499; 1290 Yachim (nom) ibid. 223; 1302 Joachim (gen) ibid. 91
◑ 1292 Yake (nom) RigSB 235
The Netherlands
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 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Joachim.