Baby name

FADING BOY · HEBREW-GERMAN
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Jochen

/YOH · khen/


“Raised by God”

German short form of Joachim, from Hebrew Yoyaqim meaning 'raised by God'; a distinctly German masculine name with a warm, casual register.

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How it ages.

Peaked in Germany in the 1950s-60s - currently reads as a grandfather name, revival distant.

The cultural moment.

Common in Germany from the 1940s-1970s; rare for newborns today.