Gender Masculine
Scripts كريم(Arabic) کریم(Persian) Карим(Tajik, Uzbek, Kyrgyz) Кәрім(Kazakh) Кәрим(Tatar)
Pronounced Pron. ka-REEM(Arabic)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Means "generous, noble" in Arabic, from the root كَرُمَ (karuma) meaning "to be generous". In Islamic tradition الكريم (al-Karim) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

Related Names

VariantsAkram, Kareem(Arabic)
Feminine FormKarima(Arabic)
Other Languages & CulturesKərim(Azerbaijani) Kerim(Bosnian) Kerîm(Kurdish) Ekrem, Kerem, Kerim(Turkish)
Surname DescendantsKarim, Karimi(Arabic) Karimov(Kazakh) Karimov(Kyrgyz) Karimi(Persian) Karimov(Tajik) Karimov(Tatar) Karimov(Uzbek)
Same SpellingKərim
User SubmissionKärim

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classic   mature   wholesome   strong   refined   simple   serious  

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Entry updated June 9, 2023