Meaning of the nameJoaquina

Joaquina is the feminine of Joaquim, the Portuguese form of Joachim, a name that comes from Biblical Hebrew yəhôyâqîm, 'may Yahweh raise up'.

Meaning

“feminine form of Joaquim, from Hebrew yəhôyâqîm, 'may Yahweh raise up'”

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

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People (2022): 12,833
Rank in Brazil: #1,433
Median age: 67 years
2010 Census: 18,578; people

Joaquina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Joaquina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (3,104 people).

12,765 women 68 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 Joaquina is most common

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

Piauí 0.023%
Amapá 0.017%
Tocantins 0.016%
Minas Gerais 0.011%
Goiás 0.011%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	2,215	0.011%
São Paulo	1,957	0.004%
Goiás	749	0.011%
Piauí	736	0.023%
Rio de Janeiro	649	0.004%
Bahia	632	0.005%
Paraná	620	0.005%
Pará	612	0.008%
Ceará	594	0.007%
Maranhão	590	0.009%
Pernambuco	529	0.006%
Rio Grande do Sul	427	0.004%
Santa Catarina	366	0.005%
Distrito Federal	298	0.011%
Amazonas	282	0.007%
Mato Grosso	249	0.007%
Paraíba	246	0.006%
Tocantins	241	0.016%
Rio Grande do Norte	157	0.005%
Espírito Santo	156	0.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul	154	0.006%
Amapá	124	0.017%
Rondônia	103	0.007%
Alagoas	73	0.002%
Roraima	33	0.005%
Sergipe	25	0.001%
Acre	16	0.002%

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

About the name Joaquina

Wiktionary records Joaquina as the feminine of Joaquim, the Portuguese equivalent of Joachim, and Behind the Name also gives it as the Spanish feminine form of Joachim. Wiktionary traces Joachim to Latin Iōākīm, to Greek Ἰωακείμ and to Biblical Hebrew yəhôyâqîm, literally 'may Yahweh raise up'. Behind the Name sees Joachim 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 12,833 people named Joaquina, with a median age of 67. The name is almost always female, peaked among women born in the 1950s and, proportionally, is most common in Piauí.

Sources

Wiktionary: Joaquina · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Joaquim · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Joachim · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Joaquina · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Joachim · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Jehoiakim · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Jehoiachin · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Joaquina

What does the name Joaquina mean?

Joaquina means “feminine form of Joaquim, from Hebrew yəhôyâqîm, 'may Yahweh raise up'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Joaquina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 12,833 people with the first name Joaquina, which ranks it number 1,433 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Joaquina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 12,765 women and 68 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Joaquina?

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

In which Brazilian state is Joaquina most common?

Proportionally, in Piauí: 0.023% of the state's population is named Joaquina (736 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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