Joaquin - Meaning of Joaquin

What does Joaquin mean?

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Joaquin

[ 2 syll. joa-qui(n), jo-aqu-in ] The baby boy name Joaquin is pronounced as HHWaa-KIY-N †. Joaquin is used mostly in Spanish and it is of Hebrew origin.

Joaquin is a derivative (Spanish) of the English, French, German, and Polish name Joachim.

Joaquin is also a derivative (Spanish) of the English name Joshua.

A form of the name is the Spanish spelling variant Joaquín.

See also the related categories, hebrew and spanish.

Joaquin is rather popular as a baby boy name. The name grew in popularity from the 1940s up to the 2000s. At the height of its usage in 2008, 0.057% of baby boys were named Joaquin. It had a ranking of #275 then. The baby name has seen a decline in frequency since then. In 2018, its usage was 0.049% and its ranking #347. Within the family of boy names directly related to Joaquin, Joshua was the most regularly used. In 2018, it was more commonly used than Joaquin by 8 times.

Baby names that sound like Joaquin include Chason, Haakim, Haakon, Haashim, Hacan, Hackim, Hackman, Hacmann, Hagan, Hagen, Haggan, Haggen, Haggin, Haggon, Haggun, Haggyn, Hagin, Hagon, Hagun, and Hagyn.

† English pronunciation for Joaquin: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; W as in "we (W.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"

A famous person named Joaquin is Joaquin Phoenix, Actor, born 28 October 1974, San Juan, Puerto Rico.