Akim
A Hebrew name meaning "established by god". Only about 250 men in Poland carry it, and the register barely lists it now: most Poles have never met one.
Akim Pronunciation
Akim is pronounced AH-keem (/ˈakim/).
What Akim means
Where Akim comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Akim comes from Hebrew. It is a shortened form of Yehoyakim, borne by a king of Judah, and the elements mean something close to "established by God." Russian speakers took it up as Аким, where it settled among peasants and clergy rather than princes.
The meaning stayed legible. "Established by God" was not fastened to the name afterward. The sense sits in the original parts, the divine name joined to a verb for setting firm.
Leo Tolstoy gave the name to a character in his 1886 play "The Power of Darkness." His Akim is a stammering peasant, poor and plain, who keeps pressing for the truth while the people around him lie. The choice fits. A name meaning "established by God" lands on the one honest man in the house.
In a Polish class register the entry would read as an eastern guest among the Jakubs and Piotrs. Poland keeps its own Joachim from the same Hebrew root. Akim is the Russian cousin that held on to the shorter shape. Its meaning in Polish is plain: ustanowiony przez Boga.
How many people are named Akim
1 in 83384 men in Poland is named Akim. 256 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1919 among male names.
Akim's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Akim as a middle name
Akim is a first name for 256 men in Poland and a middle name for another 7, a 97/3 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 3742nd, between Ahad (7) and Aldemar (7).
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#3740 Afolabi7
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#3741 Ahad7
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#3742 Akim7
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#3743 Aldemar7
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#3744 Alden7