Aćim

Aćim
Serbian physician Aćim Medović
Gender male
Language(s) Serbian
Origin
Word/name Hebrew (Biblical)
Meaning God erects
Other names
Variant form(s) Aćam, Aća and Aćo[1]
Related names Akim (original),[2] Jaćim,[3] Jakim,[4] and their diminutives

Aćim (Serbian Cyrillic: Аћим) is a Serbian masculine given name, a variant of Akim, adopted from Biblical (Hebrew) name Joachim (Greek: Iōākeím) meaning "God erects".[2] It is attested in Serbian society since the Middle Ages.[1] The patronymic surname Aćimović is derived from the name. It may refer to:

  • Aćim Doljanac (fl. 1804–06), Serbian Revolutionary
  • Aćim Medović (1815–1893), Serbian physician
  • Aćim Čumić (1836–1901), Serbian professor of law, judge, President of Government (1874–75)
  • Aćim Babić (1894–1944), Bosnian Serb Chetnik
  • Aćim Grulović (1898–1948), Yugoslav Partisan

References

Sources

  • Grković, Milica (1977). Rečnik ličnih imena kod Srba. Belgrade: Vuk Karadžić.
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