Jochem
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in Dutch: a male given name, shortened form of Joachim
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/jɔxəm/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Jochem is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the Netherlands.
- NLNetherlands
- DEGermany
- BEBelgium
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a male given name, shortened form of Joachim
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
How Jochem is read(measured from records)
Jochem is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Dutch44%
a male given name, shortened form of Joachim
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- German30%
variant of Joachim.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
- English9.8%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Jochem in English.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jochem Jourdanb. 1937DEGerman architect
- Jochem Schindlerb. 1944ATAustrian Indo-Europeanist
- Jochem Hendricksb. 1959DEGerman artist (born 1959)
- Jochem Kahlb. 1961DEGerman Egyptologist (born 1961)
- Jochem Uytdehaageb. 1976NLDutch speed skater
- Jochem Myjerb. 1977NLDutch actor and comedian
- Jochem Verberneb. 1978NLDutch rower
- Jochem Kamphuisb. 1986NLDutch association football referee
- Jochem Jansenb. 1990NLDutch footballer
- Jochem Dobberb. 1997NLDutch sprinter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 29 sources across 14 countries.
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Jochem mean, and where does it come from?
- a male given name, shortened form of Joachim Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Jochem?
- In the etymology graph, Joaquin, Joaquim and Joachim are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Jochem?
- A machine transcription gives /jɔxəm/ (IPA) for Dutch.
- Is Jochem a male or female name?
- Jochem is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Jochem have the most bearers?
- Jochem is most frequently recorded in the Netherlands.
What do you want to know about Jochem?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jochemThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jochem”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.