Comments for the name 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.

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

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

In Spanish it is pronounced WA-keem.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Amish pronounce it yo-kuhm.

Also Scandinavian.

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

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

Can also be used as a surname.

Gioacchino Rossini-great Italian composer. Joiachim Murat -French general and King of Naples.

Pronounced yo-AH-kheem in German.

Joachim Beuckelaer (1533–1574) was a Flemish painter. A native of Antwerp, he studied under his uncle, Pieter Aertsen.

Joachim Beuckelaer (1525-1574) was a Netherlandish painter.

Joachim (1890-1920) was the son of Wilhelm II, German Emperor and his wife Augusta.

Joachim (1459-1459) was the son of King Louis XI of France and his wife Charlotte.

Joachim (1557-1557) was the son of Augustus, Elector of Saxony and his wife Anna of Denmark.

Joachim (1603-1625) was the son of John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg and his wife Anna.

A famous bearer is Joachim Murat (1767-1815). A brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte through his marriage to Caroline Bonaparte, he received the titles Grand Duke of Berg and King of Naples. A military officer, he was also in charge of the French Army during the 2nd of May Uprising during the Peninsular War. After Napoleon's fall, he was executed by firing squad, famously asking his executioners to avoid shooting his face.