Meaning, origin and history of the name Kareem

Gender Masculine

Scripts كريم (Arabic)

Pronounced Pron. /ka.ˈriːm/ [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

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

VariantsAkram, Karim

Feminine FormKarima

Other Languages & CulturesKərim (Azerbaijani) Akram (Bengali) Kerim (Bosnian) Kärım, Karim (Kazakh) Kerîm (Kurdish) Karim (Kyrgyz) Karim (Persian) Karim (Tajik) Kärim, Karim (Tatar) Ekrem, Kerem, Kerim (Turkish) Kerim (Turkmen) Akram (Urdu) Akrom, Karim (Uzbek)

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