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.
- Austria
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- Early New High German
- ● 1571 Joachim (nom) ChronSH p. 9
- Belgium
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- Dutch
- ● 1597x1598 Joachem BoonenGes p. 391,
Joachim ibid. p. 337
- England
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- Dutch
- ● 1571 Joachim AuFr Grunekees;
1586 Joachim ibid. Rombouts;
1588 Jochim ibid. Rombout;
1592 Joachim ibid. Bradleij
- 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
- Middle French
- ● 1493 Joachim MSR1838 p. 375;
1563 Joachim RegPCC-1 p. 536;
1564 Joachim ibid. p. 50;
1566 Joachim ibid. p. 252;
1567 Joachim ibid. p. 339;
1571 Joachim ibid. p. 439;
1572 Joachim ibid. p. 505;
1587 Joachim RTFProvins 46
- 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;
1291 Yachim (nom) ibid. 634;
1292 Yachim (nom) ibid. 702;
1295 Jachym (nom) ibid. 754;
1296 Jachim (nom) ibid. 777;
1301 Jachim (nom) ibid. 863;
1302 Joachim (gen) ibid. 91;
1305 Jachim (nom) ibid. 932,
Yachim (nom) ibid. 936;
1307 Joachim (nom) ibid. 955,
Johachim (nom) ibid. 942
- ◑ 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.
- Sweden
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- Early Modern Swedish
- ● 1593 Jochim (nom) HGS p. 161
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Joachim". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Joachim.