Wakim

Wakim (also transliterated as Yowakim, Youakim, or Yowakeem) is a Levantine Christian family surname historically rooted in lower Galilee, modern day Lebanon and Palestine/Israel, with branches documented in Mount Lebanon and the Beqaa Valley (notably Zahlé) and in the Jerusalem area.

The family's origins are relatively well-documented, with Maronite and Greek Orthodox records tracing their lineage to before the Islamic conquest of the Levant.[1][2] The name itself believed to derive from the Hebrew Yehoyaqim (rendered as Joachim in Christian tradition), meaning “raised” or “established by God.”[3]For centuries, the family has traditionally been associated with the Desposyni, the early Judeo-Christian families regarded as relatives of Jesus.[4][5]

Notable people with the surname include:

  • Bishara Wakim (1890–1949), Egyptian director and actor
  • Chris Wakim, former member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
  • Emil Wakim (born 1998), Lebanese-American comedian and actor
  • Najah Wakim (born 1946), president and one of the founders of the Lebanese leftist group the People's Movement
  • Sam Wakim (born 1937), Canadian lawyer and former Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons

See also

References

  1. ^ واكيم، واكيم. «جذور آل واكيم وأنسباؤهم من عائلات لبعا» [Roots of the Wakim Family and Their Relatives from the Families of Lebaa], 1st ed., 181 pp.
  2. ^ ʿĪsā Iskandar al-Maʿlūf, Tārīkh al-Usar al-Sharqiyya [History of Eastern Families], ed. Fawwaz Traboulsi, volume on the Beqaa/Ras Baalbek (entries on the Wakim/Khallaf lines).
  3. ^ "Jehoiakim | Babylonian Captivity, Prophecies, & Reign | Britannica". www.britannica.com.
  4. ^ "CHURCH FATHERS: Church History, Book III (Eusebius)". www.newadvent.org.
  5. ^ "Hegesippus (Roberts-Donaldson translation)". www.earlychristianwritings.com.
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