Joaquin

Borrowed from Spanish Joaquín.

• IPA^(key): /wɑˈkiːn/, /hwɑˈkiːn/

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• Rhymes: -iːn
• Hyphenation: Joa‧quin

Joaquin

1. A male given name from Spanish, an anglicized spelling of Spanish Joaquín.
   • 2025 August 4, Dara Kerr, “Jim Acosta interviews ‘made-up’ AI avatar of Parkland victim Joaquin Oliver”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Jim Acosta, former chief White House correspondent for CNN, stirred controversy on Monday when he sat for a conversation with a reanimated version of a person who died more than seven years ago. His guest was an avatar of Joaquin Oliver, one of the 17 people killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, in 2018.

• Quijano

Borrowed from Spanish Joaquín.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /hoaˈkin/ [ho.ɐˈxɪn̪], (colloquial) /waˈkin/ [wɐˈxɪn̪]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: Jo‧a‧quin

Joaquín (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜏᜃᜒᜈ᜔)

1. a male given name from Spanish
2. a surname originating as a patronymic

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Joaquin is the 416th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 21,074 individuals.

• Quijano