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Joaquín

“he whom Yahweh has raised”

Language context for this entry: Spanish

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masculineLatin script

[xo.aˈkĩn] · Spanish

Origin: Not established
1 language context: Spanish
Follow the evidence: 7 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Joaquín

Joaquín is a masculine given name documented in Spanish. Spanish Wiktionary gives the meaning “he whom Yahweh has raised”.

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “he whom Yahweh has raised”

Del latín Joachim, y este del griego antiguo Ἰωακείμ, a su vez del hebreo antiguo יהויקים, "el que Yavé ha elevado".

Sources for this account (6)

Spanish Wiktionary: JoaquínCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikidata Q6204496CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: JoaquínCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: JoaquínCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: JoaquínCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: JoaquínCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Joaquín is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Joaquín’s connections around the world.

1 country with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

Spain

Language records

Documented as a given name in Spanish.

Explore Spain

4 of 4 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Switzerland

2000–2025 Spelling: Joaquín

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 2; births; Rank #1,916
Peak year: 2019; 9 births

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Source: Federal Statistical Office · Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Joaquín in Switzerland, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	1	1,220	observed
2003	1	1,241	observed
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	1	1,331	observed
2006	1	1,362	observed
2007	4	922	observed
2008	1	1,473	observed
2009	2	1,267	observed
2010	4	1,020	observed
2011	2	1,334	observed
2012	2	1,386	observed
2013	3	1,216	observed
2014	3	1,271	observed
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	1	1,830	observed
2018	3	1,378	observed
2019	9	749	observed
2020	5	1,091	observed
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	1	1,890	observed
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	1	1,925	observed
2025	2	1,916	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Joaquín” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Annual first given names of newborns, BEVNAT live-birth statistics, national geography 8100 only. Infostar civil-register data. Regional rows are not added to national totals.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names and cells published in the FSO flows are covered. Literal zero cells are not emitted; absence in NameStoria must not be treated as a complete national zero-frequency claim.
Ranking: FSO RANK observations retained unchanged; zero rank/count pairs omitted.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution)

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04 / Through time

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Joaquin— “the Lord will judge”
Joaquin, _m. Span._ _Port._ Heb. the Lord will judge, 37
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Joaquin Phoenix
born 1974
American actor
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Joaquín Guzmán
born 1957
Mexican drug lord (born 1957)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Joaquín Sorolla
1863–1923
Spanish painter (1863–1923)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Joaquín Correa
born 1994
Argentine association football player
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Joaquín Sabina
born 1949
Spanish musician
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Joaquín with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wikidata Q6204496CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: JoaquínCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: JoaquínCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: JoaquínCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: JoaquínCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: JoaquínCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates1

Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Opening name…

About Joaquín

Joaquín is a masculine given name documented in Spanish. Spanish Wiktionary gives the meaning “he whom Yahweh has raised”.

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “he whom Yahweh has raised”

Del latín Joachim, y este del griego antiguo Ἰωακείμ, a su vez del hebreo antiguo יהויקים, "el que Yavé ha elevado".

Sources for this account (6)

Spanish Wiktionary: JoaquínCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikidata Q6204496CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: JoaquínCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: JoaquínCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: JoaquínCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: JoaquínCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Joaquín is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Joaquín’s connections around the world.

1 country with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

Spain

Language records

Documented as a given name in Spanish.

Explore Spain

4 of 4 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Switzerland

2000–2025 Spelling: Joaquín

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 2; births; Rank #1,916
Peak year: 2019; 9 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Federal Statistical Office · Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Joaquín in Switzerland, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	1	1,220	observed
2003	1	1,241	observed
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	1	1,331	observed
2006	1	1,362	observed
2007	4	922	observed
2008	1	1,473	observed
2009	2	1,267	observed
2010	4	1,020	observed
2011	2	1,334	observed
2012	2	1,386	observed
2013	3	1,216	observed
2014	3	1,271	observed
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	1	1,830	observed
2018	3	1,378	observed
2019	9	749	observed
2020	5	1,091	observed
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	1	1,890	observed
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	1	1,925	observed
2025	2	1,916	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Annual first given names of newborns, BEVNAT live-birth statistics, national geography 8100 only. Infostar civil-register data. Regional rows are not added to national totals.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names and cells published in the FSO flows are covered. Literal zero cells are not emitted; absence in NameStoria must not be treated as a complete national zero-frequency claim.
Ranking: FSO RANK observations retained unchanged; zero rank/count pairs omitted.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution)

Read our methodology

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Joaquin— “the Lord will judge”
Joaquin, _m. Span._ _Port._ Heb. the Lord will judge, 37
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Joaquin Phoenix
born 1974
American actor
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Joaquín Guzmán
born 1957
Mexican drug lord (born 1957)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Joaquín Sorolla
1863–1923
Spanish painter (1863–1923)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Joaquín Correa
born 1994
Argentine association football player
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Joaquín Sabina
born 1949
Spanish musician
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wikidata Q6204496CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: JoaquínCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: JoaquínCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: JoaquínCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: JoaquínCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: JoaquínCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates1

Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Joaquín

Meaning in the sources

Where Joaquín is used

Across borders

Spain

Popularity over time

Switzerland

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquín Guzmán

Joaquín Sorolla

Joaquín Correa

Joaquín Sabina

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Joaquín

Meaning in the sources

Where Joaquín is used

Across borders

Spain

Popularity over time

Switzerland

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquín Guzmán

Joaquín Sorolla

Joaquín Correa

Joaquín Sabina

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page