Comments for JOACHIM:

This is the first name of the Danish Prince Joachim. He is the youngest son of Queen Margrete II of Denmark and her husband Prince Henrik.

-- Charlie1977  10/12/2005

The Danish pronunciation of Joachim: YO-a-kim.

-- Charlie1977  10/12/2005

My younger brothers' name is Joachim. My parents say it is Hebrew also and it means "the Lord will judge".

-- pandabear1987  1/11/2006

In Spanish it is pronounced WA-keem.

-- Anonymous User  6/29/2006

The Spanish pronunciation wouldn't actually be "WA-keem" as another user said. It would be "ho-AH-keem," though said quickly (as words in Spanish usually are) it would sound almost identical.

-- Anonymous User  1/13/2007

The current coach of the German national football team is Joachim Löw.

-- podolski_fan2  10/17/2006

Listen to the German pronunciation of Joachim here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.

-- _satu_  10/24/2006

The French pronunciation is actually "zho-ah-KIM". [noted -ed]

-- hayat  1/4/2007

In Portuguese this is pronounced "Zho-ah-kee".

-- tigerlilly  1/10/2007

In Polish it's not pronounced yaw-AH-kheem but yo-AH-heem.

-- ADT  5/15/2007

Joachim is also the Slovak form. Czech form is Jáchym. Pronounced as "Ya-kheem" (short -ee-).

-- Karcoolka  6/17/2007

The Amish pronounce it yo-kuhm.

-- leananshae  12/25/2007

Also Scandinavian.

-- Anonymous User  3/9/2008

Joachim is one of the two central characters in Jostein Gaarder's novel, "The Christmas Mystery".

-- amelie  1/10/2009

In France it is more often pronounced "zho-ah-kim". The pronunciation "zho-ah-shen" was used in the Middle Age, though. [noted -ed]

-- lillinparadise  6/16/2009

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