Karim

Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic, Persian, Tajik, Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar
Scripts كريم(Arabic) کریم(Persian) Карим(Tajik, Uzbek, Kyrgyz) Кәрім(Kazakh) Кәрим(Tatar)
Pronounced Pron. /ka.ˈriːm/(Arabic) /kæ.ˈɾiːm/(Persian) /ka.ˈɾim/(Tajik Persian)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

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

Related Names

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

Popularity

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Entry updated October 6, 2024