Meaning of the nameJoaquin

Joaquin is a male name that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil gives as a variant of Joaquim and that matches Spanish Joaquín, from Hebrew yəhôyâqîm.

Meaning

“variant of Joaquim and a form of Spanish Joaquín, from Hebrew yəhôyâqîm, 'may Yahweh raise up'”

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

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People (2022): 16,997
Rank in Brazil: #1,178
Median age: 35 years
2010 Census: 18,540; people

Joaquin in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Joaquin, 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 (3,686 people).

99 women 16,898 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 Joaquin is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,431	0.006%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,736	0.016%
Minas Gerais	1,679	0.008%
Paraná	1,278	0.011%
Santa Catarina	1,156	0.015%
Bahia	1,052	0.007%
Pará	985	0.012%
Rio de Janeiro	857	0.005%
Goiás	792	0.011%
Ceará	633	0.007%
Maranhão	591	0.009%
Mato Grosso	479	0.013%
Pernambuco	451	0.005%
Espírito Santo	339	0.009%
Piauí	325	0.010%
Paraíba	295	0.007%
Amazonas	280	0.007%
Distrito Federal	275	0.010%
Mato Grosso do Sul	259	0.009%
Rondônia	215	0.014%
Tocantins	210	0.014%
Rio Grande do Norte	193	0.006%
Alagoas	151	0.005%
Acre	106	0.013%
Sergipe	82	0.004%
Amapá	76	0.010%
Roraima	71	0.011%

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

About the name Joaquin

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Joaquin among the spelling variants of Joaquim, alongside Joaqin and Juaquin. Wiktionary records Spanish Joaquín as the equivalent of Joachim and the unaccented form, Joaquin, as an English spelling taken from Spanish. Joachim, according to Wiktionary, comes from Latin Iōākīm, from Greek Ἰωακείμ and from Biblical Hebrew yəhôyâqîm, literally 'may Yahweh raise up'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 16,997 people named Joaquin, with a median age of 35. The name is almost always male, appears in every decade of birth and grew a great deal among people born from 2010 on; proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Joaquin

What does the name Joaquin mean?

Joaquin means “variant of Joaquim and a form of Spanish Joaquín, from Hebrew yəhôyâqîm, 'may Yahweh raise up'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Joaquin in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 16,997 people with the first name Joaquin, which ranks it number 1,178 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Joaquin is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 99 women and 16,898 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Joaquin?

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

In which Brazilian state is Joaquin most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.016% of the state's population is named Joaquin (1,736 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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