Sharon, It seems to be the same. Several years ago, I saved this link, 'behindthename.com' which has come in handy: http://www.behindthename.com/name/joachim  Interesting info about the name...... Diana  audianaq@msn.com ---------------------- From: snkgenealogy@hotmail.com Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012  Subject: [PABERKS] Joachim Anyone know what the English equivalent of the German given name "Joachim" would be?   Sharon, snkgenealogy@hotmail.com