Joakim is a male name primarily used in Scandinavian cultures. It is derived from a transliteration of the Hebrew יהוֹיָקִים, and literally means "lifted by Jehovah". In the Old Testament Jehoiakim was a king of Judah. In the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican traditions, Saint Joachim was the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne appears first in the apocryphal Gospel of James. Joachim and Anne are not mentioned in the Bible.
The following people are known by the given name Joakim:
- Joakim Alexandersson (born 1976), Swedish football player
- Joakim Andersson (born 1971), Swedish diver
- Joakim Andersson (born 1989), Swedish ice hockey player
- Joakim Assenmacher (born 1963), German long jumper
- Joakim Austnes (born 1983), Norwegian football player
- Joakim Berg (born 1970), Swedish musician
- Joakim Bonnier (1930–1972), Swedish motor racer
- Joakim Bäckström (born 1978), Swedish golfer
- Joakim Brodén (born 1980), member of Sabaton band
- Joakim Cronman (1638–1703), Swedish soldier
- Joakim Engberg (born 1979), Swedish mixed martial artist
- Joakim Eriksson (born 1979), Swedish ice hockey player
- Joakim Esbjörs (born 1970), Swedish ice hockey player
- Joakim Garff (born 1960), Danish theologian
- Joakim Gruev (1828–1912), Bulgarian writer
- Joakim Haeggman (born 1969), Swedish golfer
- Joakim Hagabakken (born 1978), Norwegian football player
- Joakim Halvarsson (born 1972), Swedish ski mountaineer
- Joakim Hedqvist (born 1977), Swedish bandy player
- Joakim Hillding (born 1988), Swedish ice hockey player
- Joakim Holmquist (born 1969), Swedish swimmer
- Joakim Ingelsson, Swedish orienteer
- Joakim Jonsson, Swedish drummer
- Joakim Karchovski (c. 1750–1820), Bulgarian writer
- Joakim Karlsson (born 1971), Swedish kickboxer
- Joakim Lindengren (born 1962), Swedish cartoonist
- Joakim Lindström (born 1983), Swedish ice hockey player
- Joakim Lystad (born 1953), Norwegian civil servant
- Joakim Nätterqvist (born 1974), Swedish actor
- Joakim Nilsson (footballer born 1966), Swedish football player
- Joakim Nilsson (footballer born 1985), Swedish football player
- Joakim Nilsson (born 1971), Swedish javelin thrower
- Joakim Noah (born 1985), American–French basketball player
- Joakim Nyström (born 1963), Swedish tennis player
- Joakim Persson (born 1975), Swedish football player
- Joakim Petersson (born 1983) Swedish rockstar
- Joakim Pirinen (born 1961), Swedish cartoonist
- Joakim Puhk (1888–1942), Estonian businessman
- Joakim Frederik Schouw (1789–1852), Danish lawyer
- Joakim Sjöhage (born 1986), Swedish football player
- Joakim Soria (born 1984), Mexican baseball player
- Joakim Stulić (1730–1817), Croatian lexicographer
- Joakim Sundström (born 1965), Swedish sound designer and musician
- Joakim Tellez (born 1970), México Businessman
- Joakim Thåström (born 1957), Swedish musician
- Joakim Vujić (1772–1847), Serbian dramatist