| Gender | Male (Female: Karima) |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Arabic |
| Meaning | Generous, Noble, Honorable |
Kareem (alternatively spelled Karim, Kerim or Karem) (Arabic: کریم) is a given name and surname of Arabic origin that means "generous", "noble", "honourable". It is also one of the Names of God .
Given name
Karim
- Karim Abdel Aziz (born 1975), Egyptian actor
- Karim Abdul-Jabbar (later known as Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar) (born 1974), American football player
- Prince Karim Aga Khan (born 1936), Imām of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims
- Karim Valiyev (born 1961), Azerbaijani General
- Karim Ansarifard (born 1990), Iranian football player
- Karim Azizou (born 1985), Moroccan footballer
- Karim Bagheri (born 1974), Iranian footballer
- Karim Bangoura (1926-1972), Guinean diplomat
- Karim Benounes(born 1984), Algerian footballer
- Karim Benzema (born 1987), French footballer
- Karim Boudiaf (born 1990), Algerian-Qatari footballer
- Karim Dahou (born 1982), Moroccan footballer
- Karim Dembélé (1939-2010), Malian soldier and politician
- Karim Djeballi (born 1983), French footballer
- Karim Haggui (born 1984), Tunisian footballer
- Karim Garcia (born 1975), Mexican baseball player
- Karim Gazzetta (1995–2022), Swiss footballer
- Karim Haddad (born 1962), Lebanese composer
- Karim Keïta (born 1979), Malian politician
- Karim Kerkar (born 1977), Algerian footballer
- Karim Khan Zand (1705-1779), Iranian king
- Karim Kharbouch (born 1984), Moroccan-American rapper whose stage name is French Montana
- Karim Khodapanahi (born 1941), Iranian politician
- Karim Laribi (born 1991), Italian footballer
- Karim Matmour (born 1985), Algerian footballer
- Karim Maroc (born 1958), Algerian footballer
- Karim Masimov (born 1965), Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
- Karim Noureldin (born 1967), Swiss artist
- Karim Pakradouni (born 1944), Lebanese-Armenian Christian politician and government minister
- Karim Prince, American actor
- Karim Rashid (born 1960), Egyptian industrial designer
- Karim Saab (born 2001), Venezuelan footballer
- Karim Saidi (born 1983), Tunisian footballer
- Karim Salman (1965-2020), Iraqi footballer
- Karim Tulaganov (born 1973), Uzbek boxer
- Karim Van Overmeire (born 1964), Belgian politician
- Karim Zeroual (born 1993), British actor
- Karim Ziani (born 1982), Algerian footballer
Kareem
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born 1947), American basketball player
- Kareem Al Allaf (born 1998), American tennis player who has played for Syria and the US
- Kareem Amer (born c. 1984), Egyptian blogger
- Kareem Burke (born 1974), American entrepreneur and record executive
- 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 football player
- Kareem Jackson (born 1988), American football player
- Kareem Kelly (born 1981), American football player
- Kareem Maddox (born 1989), American basketball player
- Kareem McKenzie (born 1979), American football player
- Kareem Moses (born 1990), Trinidadian footballer
- Kareem Orr (born 1997), American football player
- Kareem Rush (born 1980), American basketball player
- Kareem Serageldin (born 1973), American banking executive convicted of fraud
Surname
Karim
- Aasif Karim (born 1963), Kenyan cricketer
- Afsir Karim (1934-2019), Indian Army general and military scholar
- Bavand Karim (born 1979), Iranian-American filmmaker
- Jawed Karim (born 1979), co-founder of YouTube
- Mahmoud Karim (1916-1999), Egyptian squash player
- Manzoor Ul Karim, Chief National Commissioner of the Bangladesh Scouts and government official
- Mohammed Karim (1896-1972), Egyptian film director
- Mosharraf Karim (born 1971), Bangladeshi actor
- Mona Karim, Lebanese actress
- Musharraf Karim (1946-2020), Bangladeshi writer
- Persis Karim (born 1962), American poet, editor, educator
- Rashid Karim (1925-2011), Bangladeshi novelist
- Saba Karim (born 1967), Indian cricketer
- Sajjad Karim (born 1970), British Member of the European Parliament
- Youssra Karim (born 1997), Moroccan para-athlete
Kareem
- Khalid Kareem (born 1998), American football player
- Yaqub Kareem, Nigerian boxer
Fictional characters
- Karim family in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
- Kareem Said, a Muslim prisoner in the TV 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
- Karim Bouchtat, a recurring character in the Channel 4 series My Mad Fat Diary
- Karim Denz, a heist crew member in the video game Grand Theft Auto V
- Kareem (Marvel Cinematic Universe), in the Disney+ series Ms. Marvel
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Kareem
- All pages with titles containing Kareem
- Karie (name)
- Abdul Karim (disambiguation), Arabic theophoric name
- Karimov, Russianized surname
- Kerimov, Russianized surname
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