Meaning, origin and history of the name Kareem

Gender Masculine

Scripts كريم(Arabic)

Pronounced Pron. ka-REEM [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Alternate transcription of Arabic كريم (see Karim). A famous bearer of this name is basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1947-).

Feminine FormKarima

Other Languages & CulturesKərim(Azerbaijani) Kerim(Bosnian) Karim(Kazakh) Kerîm(Kurdish) Karim(Kyrgyz) Karim(Persian) Karim(Tajik) Karim(Tatar) Ekrem, Kerem, Kerim(Turkish) Karim(Uzbek)

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