Jack or Joaquim

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I like both. I really Joaquim, but I am not sure if it's a good idea as DS would have to spend his life spelling his name... Jack is nice, but I don't want him to be one of 10 Jacks in his class...

Joaquim or Joachim is lovely - could be abbreviated to Joe. Much nicer and more original than Jack....

well jack is also john which in turn is evan what abut jackson can be shortened then but wouldnt just be jack

My friend has just named her baby Jackson and everyone loves it! Personally prefer it to Joaquim

I don't like either,
how does Joaquim shorten to Joe seeing as it pronounced with a sort of 'Wh' sound rather than 'J'

What about Joel?

ahem.. There's a snake in the Gruffalo stage show called Joaquim - he thinks that's his name because whenever people see the snake they say "Whackhim! Whackhim!" ... I rest my case m'lud.

I thought Joaquim is pronounced Joe-akim, but I may be wrong...

Joachim is lush i love it

it IS WHA chim though not shorten -able to joe

I know 2 Joaquim's - one is "Whackeem" and is "Joe-a-kim".
I know about a dozen Jacks.
Jackson is nice.

It depends on your surname.
If you're Spanish then yes, great name. But if you have a very English surname it will sound odd.

I'm half Spanish, and I love the name Alejandro. But it would have sounded wrong with my surname as it is very, very English!

Oh the proper Spanish pronunciation is
Hwakim. The J is pronounced like the ch of loch.

Jack.
Definitely.

In Jackbaby's case, short for Jackson.

(Glad to see several people on here like it.)

The only Joaquim I know says it Jo-akim too

i have never heard of that pronounciation

Joachim is a common German name, pronounced Yo-a-chim (sorry, can't phonetically describe the ch)

I think the people saying Jo-akim are mispronouncing it. It's Spanish.

JOACHIM

Gender: Masculine

Usage: French, German, Polish, English

Pronounced: zho-a-SHEN (French), YO-ah-khim (German), yo-AH-khim (German), yaw-AH-kheem (Polish), JO-ə-kim (English)

Contracted form of JEHOIACHIN or JEHOIAKIM. According to the apocryphal Gospel of James, Saint Joachim was the husband of Saint Anne and the father of the Virgin Mary. Due to his popularity in the Middle Ages, the name came into general use in Christian Europe

JOAQUIM
Gender: Masculine

Usage: Portuguese, Catalan

Portuguese and Catalan form of JOACHIM

Thanks a lot. I think Joe would be a great short name.

Agree with Bouncing. Foreign names can sound ridiculous with an English surname, and it also seems a little false if you don't have a connection with the country of origin.

Jack

So Jo-Ah-Kim is the English pronounciation then. (With a hard J sound)

I like both but not sure if you would be able to pronounce Joaquim, or if other people would always be mis-pronouncing it.

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Whispers see already the hassle with joaquim or joekim lol whatever... i would go with whtaever you like but personally i like Jack thats because i like Jackson tho!

Agree Joachim is Jo-a-kim and Joaquim is Wha-keem.

Like Joachim or Jack, NOT Joaquim unless you are Spanish.

Given the debate on pronounciation so far on this thread that would be reason enough for me not to go for it. Is DH's favourite name but as we have no spanish connection I'm vetoing it - especially as he won't let me have my fave girls name "as it's way too spanish"?!

If this child is going to have to contend with an English playground, I wouldn't give him a name with "quim" in it.

It means cunt.