Karim
| Karim | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Arabic |
| Meaning | Generous |
Karim (alternatively spelled Kareem, or Kerim) (Arabic: کریم) is a common given and surname of Arabic origin that means Generous. Not to be confounded with Alkarim(Arabic: الکریم), which is one of the 99 names of Allah, meaning THE Generous.
Karim is also a spelling of a similar though a lot less common name, (Arabic: كرم), this name has a short second vowel, it is commonly spelled as Karam also often spelled Karem or Kerem. Another derivative name of (Arabic: أکرم) is Akram (meaning more generous).
Given name
- Karim Abdel Aziz, Egyptian actor
- Karim Abdul-Jabbar (later known as Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar), American football player
- Prince Karim Aga Khan current Imām of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims.
- Karim Ali, American TV/Film Writer, Producer
- Karim Ansarifard, Iranian football player
- Karim Azizou, Moroccan footballer
- Karim Bagheri, Iranian footballer
- Karim Bangoura, Guinean diplomat
- Karim Benounes, Algerian footballer
- Karim Benzema, French footballer
- Karim Boudiaf, Algerian footballer
- Karim Dahou, Moroccan footballer
- Karim Djeballi, French footballer
- Karim Haggui, Tunisian footballer
- Karim Garcia, baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies
- Karim Haddad, Lebanese composer of contemporary music
- Karim Kawar, Jordanian diplomat
- Karim Kerkar, Algerian footballer
- Karim Khan Zand, Iranian king
- Karim Matmour, Algerian footballer
- Karim Maroc, Algerian footballer
- Karim Masimov, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
- Karim Pakradouni, Lebanese-Armenian Christian politician (Kataeb Party, Lebanese Forces) and former government minister
- Karim Prince, American actor
- Karim Saidi, Tunisian footballer
- Karim Tulaganov, Uzbek boxer and Olympic medalist
- Karim Van Overmeire, Belgian politician
- Karim Ziani, Algerian footballer
- Kareem
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American former basketball player
- Kareem Amer, Egyptian blogger
- Kareem Campbell, American skateboarder
- Kareem Dennis, British rapper performing as Lowkey
- Kareem Kelly, Canadian footballer
- Kareem McKenzie, American football player
- Kareem Rush, American basketball player
- Kerim
Main article: Kerim
Surname
- Karim
- Aasif Karim, Kenyan cricketer
- Afsir Karim, Indian Army general and military scholar
- Bavand Karim, Iranian-American filmmaker
- Jawed Karim, co-founder of YouTube
- Mahmoud Karim, Egyptian professional squash player
- Mohammed Karim, Egyptian film director
- Rashid Karim, Bangladeshi novelist
- Saba Karim, Indian cricketer
- Sajjad Karim, British Member of the European Parliament
- Kareem
- Yaqub Kareem (Yakuba Karim), Nigerian boxer of the 2000s and 2010s
Fictional characters
- Karim family in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
- Kareem Said, a Muslim prisoner in the T.V. series Oz
- Karim, a fictional character in the video game Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Other uses
- Karim (record label)
- Karim, Iran
- Karim, Khuzestan, Iran
- Karimnagar, a city in Andhra Pradesh, India
- Karimnagar district, a district in Andhra Pradesh, India