{{See also|San Joaquin (disambiguation)}} {{for|the city in Texas, United States|Joaquin, Texas}} {{Infobox given name | name = Joaquin | image = | imagesize = | caption = | pronunciation = {{IPA|es|xoaˈkin|lang}}<br>{{IPAc-en|lang|hw|ɑː|ˈ|k|iː|n}} {{respell|whah|KEEN|'}} | gender = Male | meaning = | region = | origin = Spanish | related names = Joaquim, Joachim, Joaquina, Wakin | footnotes = }}

'''Joaquín''' or '''Joaquin''' is a male given name, the Spanish version of Joachim.<ref name="Albaigès Olivart 1993">{{cite book | last1 = Albaigès | first1 = Josep M. | last2 = Olivart | first2 = J. M. A. | title = Diccionario de nombres de personas | publisher = Universitat de Barcelona | year = 1993 | isbn = 978-84-475-0264-6 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=A_KHaYiixzwC&pg=PA149 | language = es | access-date = 15 September 2018 | page = 149 }}</ref>

==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 Correa, Argentine football forward * 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 * Jaoquin Gage (born 1973), former professional ice hockey goaltender * 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 ==

* Addy Joaquín Coldwell, Mexican politician * Carlos Joaquín González, Mexican politician * Jaymee Joaquin, Filipina actress and TV presenter * Nick Joaquin, Filipino author * Pedro Joaquín Coldwell, Mexican politician * 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) * Quino (disambiguation) (diminutive form of the given name)

== References == {{Reflist}}

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