Karim
| Karim | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Arabic |
| Meaning | Generous, Noble |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Kareem, Kahreem, Kare in iCal karim |
Karim (alternatively spelled Kareem, (Kahreem) or Kerim) (Arabic: کریم) is a common given name and surname of Arabic origin that means generous or noble. It should not be confused with Al-Karim (Arabic: الکریم), which is one of the 99 names of Allah, meaning The Most Generous.
Karimsk is also a spelling of the similar, though much less common, name (Arabic: كرم), which is commonly spelled as Karam, Karem or Kerem. Another derivative name of (Arabic: أکرم) is Akram, meaning more generous.
Given name
- Karim
- 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 and 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 Keïta, Malian politician
- Karim Kerkar, Algerian footballer
- Karim Khan Zand, Iranian king
- Karim Laribi, Italian footballer
- Karim Matmour, Algerian footballer
- Karim Maroc, Algerian footballer
- Karim Masimov, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
- Karim Pakradouni, Lebanese-Armenian Christian politician 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 (born 1947), American former National Basketball Association player
- Kareem Amer (born c. 1984), Egyptian blogger
- Kareem Campbell (born 1973), American skateboarder
- Kareem Dennis (born 1986), British rapper performing as Lowkey
- Kareem Ennab (born 1987), Jordanian swimmer
- Kareem Hunt (born 1995), American National Football League player
- Kareem Jackson (born 1988), American National Football League player
- Kareem Kelly (born 1981), American former football player
- Kareem McKenzie (born 1979), American former National Football League player
- Kareem Rush (born 1980), American basketball player
- Kareem Serageldin, American banking executive convicted of fraud
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
- Manzoor Ul Karim, former Chief National Commissioner of the Bangladesh Scouts and government official
- Mohammed Karim, Egyptian film director
- Mona Karim, Lebanese actress
- 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
- Kareem, played by Rodney Sinclair in the British web series Corner Shop Show
- Karim, in the video game Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
See also
- Abdul Karim (disambiguation), Arabic theophoric name
- Karimov, Russianized surname
- Kerimov, Russianized surname
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