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Jack or Joaquim

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Ireguina · 19/01/2009 18:16

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...

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sonniebonnie · 19/01/2009 18:35

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

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missymoo2411 · 19/01/2009 20:30

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

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FairySparkles · 19/01/2009 20:48

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

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ten10 · 19/01/2009 20:53

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?

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treacletart · 19/01/2009 20:56

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.

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sonniebonnie · 19/01/2009 20:57

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

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RiaParkinson · 19/01/2009 20:58

Joachim is lush i love it

it IS WHA chim though not shorten -able to joe

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CandleQueen · 19/01/2009 20:59

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

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BouncingTartan · 19/01/2009 21:03

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!

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BouncingTartan · 19/01/2009 21:05

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

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Jacksmama · 19/01/2009 21:06

Jack.
Definitely.

In Jackbaby's case, short for Jackson.

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

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Xavielli · 19/01/2009 21:08

The only Joaquim I know says it Jo-akim too

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RiaParkinson · 19/01/2009 21:08

i have never heard of that pronounciation

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sonniebonnie · 19/01/2009 21:08

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

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nkf · 19/01/2009 21:10

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

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othersideofchannel · 19/01/2009 21:40

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-É™-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

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Ireguina · 19/01/2009 21:46

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

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violethill · 19/01/2009 21:57

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.

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piscesmoon · 19/01/2009 22:06

Jack

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CandleQueen · 19/01/2009 22:24

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

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lunamoon2 · 20/01/2009 21:48

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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Pinkbump3 · 20/01/2009 22:22

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!

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wuglet · 20/01/2009 22:31

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

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

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magnummum · 21/01/2009 06:59

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"?!

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ninedragons · 21/01/2009 10:06

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.

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