Joachim

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

• German, French, and English : from the Hebrew personal name Yoyakim ‘God has granted (a son)’, which occurs in the Bible (Nehemiah 12:10) and was also borne, according to medieval legend, by the father of the Virgin Mary.
• A bearer of the name from the Dordogne region of France who arrived in Canada in 1665 is documented in Trois Rivières, Quebec, in 1679, with the secondary surname Laverdure.