JOACHIM male French, German, Polish, Judeo-Christian Legend Contracted form of JEHOIACHIN or JEHOIAKIM. According to the apocryphal Gospel of James, Saint Joachim was the husband of Saint Anne and the father of the Virgin Mary. Due to his popularity in the Middle Ages, the name came into general use in Christian Europe (though it was never common in England). | ||||||||||||||||||||
JEHOIACHIN male Biblical Means "established by YAHWEH" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of a king of Judah. Also known as Jeconiah, he was imprisoned in Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar after a brief reign in the early 6th century BC. | ||||||||||||||||||||
YAHWEH male Theology A name of the Hebrew God, represented in Hebrew by the tetragrammaton ("four letters") יהוה (Yod Heh Vav Heh), which was transliterated into Roman script as Y H W H. Because it was considered blasphemous to utter the name of God, it was only written and never spoken, which resulted in the original pronunciation becoming lost. The name may have originally been derived from the old Semitic root הוה (hawah) meaning "to be" or "to become". | ||||||||||||||||||||
JEHOIAKIM male Biblical Means "raised by YAHWEH" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of a king of Judah. He lived in the 7th century BC, and was the son of Josiah and the father of Jehoiachin. | ||||||||||||||||||||
YAHWEH male Theology A name of the Hebrew God, represented in Hebrew by the tetragrammaton ("four letters") יהוה (Yod Heh Vav Heh), which was transliterated into Roman script as Y H W H. Because it was considered blasphemous to utter the name of God, it was only written and never spoken, which resulted in the original pronunciation becoming lost. The name may have originally been derived from the old Semitic root הוה (hawah) meaning "to be" or "to become". | ||||||||||||||||||||
JOACHIM male French, German, Polish, Judeo-Christian Legend Contracted form of JEHOIACHIN or JEHOIAKIM. According to the apocryphal Gospel of James, Saint Joachim was the husband of Saint Anne and the father of the Virgin Mary. Due to his popularity in the Middle Ages, the name came into general use in Christian Europe (though it was never common in England). | ||||||||||||||||||||
JEHOIACHIN male Biblical Means "established by YAHWEH" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of a king of Judah. Also known as Jeconiah, he was imprisoned in Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar after a brief reign in the early 6th century BC. | ||||||||||||||||||||
YAHWEH male Theology A name of the Hebrew God, represented in Hebrew by the tetragrammaton ("four letters") יהוה (Yod Heh Vav Heh), which was transliterated into Roman script as Y H W H. Because it was considered blasphemous to utter the name of God, it was only written and never spoken, which resulted in the original pronunciation becoming lost. The name may have originally been derived from the old Semitic root הוה (hawah) meaning "to be" or "to become". | ||||||||||||||||||||
JEHOIAKIM male Biblical Means "raised by YAHWEH" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of a king of Judah. He lived in the 7th century BC, and was the son of Josiah and the father of Jehoiachin. | ||||||||||||||||||||
YAHWEH male Theology A name of the Hebrew God, represented in Hebrew by the tetragrammaton ("four letters") יהוה (Yod Heh Vav Heh), which was transliterated into Roman script as Y H W H. Because it was considered blasphemous to utter the name of God, it was only written and never spoken, which resulted in the original pronunciation becoming lost. The name may have originally been derived from the old Semitic root הוה (hawah) meaning "to be" or "to become". |
FULL FORMS |
CATALAN: Joaquim |
SPANISH: Joaquín |
EQUIVALENTS |
BASQUE: Jokin |
BIBLICAL HEBREW: Yehoyakhin, Yehoyakim |
BIBLICAL: Jehoiachin, Jehoiakim |
CATALAN: Chimo, Quim, Ximo |
CZECH: Jáchym |
DANISH: Joakim, Jokum, Kim |
DUTCH: Jochem |
FINNISH: Aki, Jaakkima, Joakim, Kim |
FRENCH: Joachim |
GERMAN: Achim, Jo, Joachim, Jochen, Jochim, Jockel |
ITALIAN: Gioacchino, Gioachino |
JUDEO-CHRISTIAN LEGEND: Ioachim, Ioakeim, Joachim |
MACEDONIAN: Joakim |
NORWEGIAN: Joakim, Kim |
POLISH: Joachim |
PORTUGUESE: Joaquim, Quim |
RUSSIAN: Akim, Yakim |
SERBIAN: Joakim |
SPANISH: Chimo, Ximo |
SWEDISH: Joakim, Kim |
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS |
FINNISH: Kimi |
FEMININE FORMS |
CATALAN: Joaquima |
SPANISH: Joaquina |
OTHER FORMS |
THEOLOGY: Yahweh |