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Joakim or Joacim 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.