Meaning of the nameJoaquim

Joaquim is the Portuguese form of Joachim, a name of Hebrew origin that Wiktionary glosses as 'may Yahweh raise up'.

Meaning

“may Yahweh raise up”

Source: Wiktionary: Joachim · Behind the Name: Jehoiakim · Behind the Name: Jehoiachin

People (2022): 237,723
Rank in Brazil: #131
Median age: 50 years
2010 Census: 214,504; people

Joaquim in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Joaquim, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (41,721 people).

1,218 women 236,505 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Joaquim is most common

States with the highest share of people named Joaquim in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Piauí 0.183%
Minas Gerais 0.177%
Goiás 0.173%
Tocantins 0.165%
Mato Grosso 0.139%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	49,644	0.112%
Minas Gerais	36,300	0.177%
Bahia	18,939	0.134%
Paraná	13,829	0.121%
Rio de Janeiro	13,254	0.083%
Goiás	12,218	0.173%
Ceará	11,931	0.136%
Rio Grande do Sul	11,925	0.110%
Santa Catarina	8,690	0.114%
Pará	7,362	0.091%
Pernambuco	7,324	0.081%
Maranhão	6,251	0.092%
Piauí	5,987	0.183%
Mato Grosso	5,081	0.139%
Espírito Santo	3,602	0.094%
Amazonas	3,311	0.084%
Mato Grosso do Sul	3,298	0.120%
Paraíba	3,276	0.082%
Distrito Federal	3,136	0.111%
Rio Grande do Norte	2,768	0.084%
Tocantins	2,490	0.165%
Alagoas	1,918	0.061%
Rondônia	1,903	0.120%
Sergipe	1,483	0.067%
Amapá	663	0.090%
Acre	597	0.072%
Roraima	543	0.085%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Joaquim

Wiktionary traces Joachim to Latin Iōākīm, Greek Ἰωακείμ and Biblical Hebrew yəhôyâqîm, literally 'may Yahweh raise up', and gives Joaquim as the Portuguese equivalent. Behind the Name describes it as a contracted form of Jehoiachin, 'Yahweh will establish', or of Jehoiakim, 'Yahweh raises up', two Old Testament names. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 237,723 people named Joaquim, with a median age of 50. The name is almost always male and has grown again among those born from 2010 onward; proportionally, it is most common in Piauí.

Sources

Wiktionary: Joachim · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Joaquim · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Behind the Name: Joachim · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Jehoiakim · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Jehoiachin · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Joaquim · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Joaquim

What does the name Joaquim mean?

Joaquim means “may Yahweh raise up”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Joaquim in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 237,723 people with the first name Joaquim, which ranks it number 131 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Joaquim a boy's or a girl's name?

Joaquim is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 1,218 women and 236,505 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Joaquim?

Joaquim is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Joaquim most common?

Proportionally, in Piauí: 0.183% of the state's population is named Joaquim (5,987 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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