Joaquín

See also: San Joaquin (disambiguation)

For the city in Texas, United States, see Joaquin, Texas.

Joaquin

Pronunciation	Spanish: [xoaˈkin] English: /hwɑːˈkiːn/ whah-KEEN
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Spanish
Other names
Related names	Joaquim, Joachim, Joaquina, Wakin

Joaquín or Joaquin is a male given name, the Spanish version of Joachim.[1]

Given name

• Joaquín (footballer, born 1956) (Joaquín Alonso González), Spanish football midfielder
• Joaquín (footballer, born 1981) (Joaquín Sánchez Rodríguez), Spanish football winger
• Joaquín (footballer, born 1982) (Joaquín Rodríguez Espinar), Spanish football forward
• Joaquín Almunia, Spanish politician
• Joaquín Andújar, professional baseball player in the Houston Astros organization
• Joaquín Arias, professional baseball player in the San Francisco Giants organization
• Joaquín Balaguer, President of the Dominican Republic
• Joaquín Barañao (born 1982), Chilean writer and podcaster
• Joaquín Belgrano, Argentine patriot
• Joaquín Benoit, professional baseball player for the San Diego Padres
• Joaquin Castro, American politician from San Antonio, Texas
• Joaquín Cortés, Spanish flamenco dancer
• Joaquín De Luz, Spanish New York City Ballet principal dancer
• Joaquin Domagoso, Filipino actor and model
• Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Mexican drug lord
• Joaquín Hernández, Mexican footballer
• Joaquín "Jack" García, Cuban-American FBI agent
• Joaquín Francisco Pacheco (1808–1865), Prime Minister of Spain
• Joaquín Gutiérrez Cano (1920–2009), Spanish diplomat and politician
• Joaquín Lavín, Chilean politician for the Independent Democrat Union
• Joaquín Maurín, Spanish Catalan leader of the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (POUM) and the Workers and Peasants Bloc
• Joaquín Miguel Elizalde (1896–1965), Filipino diplomat, businessman and polo player
• Joaquin Miller (1837–1913), American poet and frontiersman
• Joaquin Oliver (2000–2018), one of the 17 victims who was killed in the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
• Joaquin Murrieta (1829–1853), Mexican-Californian 19th century outlaw
• Joaquín Pardavé (1900–1955), Mexican actor, director, songwriter and screenwriter of the Mexican cinema (1900–1955)
• Joaquin Phoenix (born 1974), American actor
• Joaquín Rodríguez Ortega (1903–1984), known as "Cagancho", Spanish bullfighter
• Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–1999), Spanish composer of classical music, especially for the guitar
• Joaquín Sabina (born 1949), Spanish singer-songwriter and poet
• Joaquín Salvador Lavado "Quino" (1932–2020), Argentine-Spanish cartoonist
• Joaquín Sorolla (1863–1923), Spanish artist
• Joaquin Szuchman (born 1995), Israeli-Argentinian professional basketball player
• Joaquín Turina (1882–1949), Spanish composer of classical music
• Joaquín Zavala (1835–1906), President of Nicaragua

Surname

• Jaymee Joaquin, Filipina actress and TV presenter
• Nick Joaquin, Filipino author
• Waldis Joaquín, Dominican baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants

Fictional characters

• Commander Joaquin, a character in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazer
• Joaquín de la Vega, son of Alejandro Murrieta “Zorro” de la Vega in Mask of Zorro and The Legend of Zorro

See also

• Hurricane Joaquin
• San Joaquin (disambiguation)

References

1. Albaigès, Josep M.; Olivart, J. M. A. (1993). Diccionario de nombres de personas (in Spanish). Universitat de Barcelona. p. 149. ISBN 978-84-475-0264-6. Retrieved 15 September 2018.