Kareem

Kareem
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

Given name

Karim

Kareem

Surname

Karim

Kareem

Fictional characters

See also