Kareem Explained
| Kareem |
| Gender: | Male (Female: Karima) |
| Meaning: | Generous, Noble, Honorable |
Kareem (alternatively spelled Karim, Kerim or Karem) (ar|کریم) is a given name and surname of Arabic origin that means "generous", "noble", "honourable". It is also one of the Names of God in Islam in the Quran.
Given name
Karim
- Karim Abdel Aziz, Egyptian actor
- Karim Abdul-Jabbar (later known as Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar), American football player
- Prince Karim Aga Khan, Imām of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims
- Karim Valiyev, Azerbaijani General
- Karim Ansarifard, Iranian football player
- Karim Azizou, Moroccan footballer
- Karim Bagheri, Iranian footballer
- Karim Bangoura, Guinean diplomat
- Karim Benounes, Algerian footballer
- Karim Benzema, French footballer
- Karim Boudiaf, Algerian-Qatari footballer
- Karim Dahou, Moroccan footballer
- Karim Dembélé, Malian soldier and politician
- Karim Djeballi, French footballer
- Karim Haggui, Tunisian footballer
- Karim Garcia, baseball player
- Karim Gazzetta (1995–2022), Swiss footballer
- Karim Haddad, Lebanese composer
- Karim Keïta, Malian politician
- Karim Kerkar, Algerian footballer
- Karim Khan Zand, Iranian king
- Karim Kharbouch, Moroccan-American rapper whose stage name is French Montana
- Karim Khodapanahi, Iranian politician
- Karim Laribi, Italian footballer
- Karim Matmour, Algerian footballer
- Karim Maroc, Algerian footballer
- Karim Masimov, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
- Karim Noureldin, Swiss artist
- Karim Pakradouni, Lebanese-Armenian Christian politician and government minister
- Karim Prince, American actor
- Karim Rashid, Egyptian industrial designer
- Karim Saab, Venezuelan footballer
- Karim Saidi, Tunisian footballer
- Karim Salman, Iraqi footballer
- Karim Tulaganov, Uzbek boxer
- Karim Van Overmeire, Belgian politician
- Karim Zeroual, British actor
- Karim Ziani, Algerian footballer
Kareem
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born 1947), American basketball player
- 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, American banking executive convicted of fraud
Surname
Karim
- Aasif Karim, Kenyan cricketer
- Afsir Karim, Indian Army general and military scholar
- Bavand Karim, Iranian-American filmmaker
- Jawed Karim, co-founder of YouTube
- Mahmoud Karim, Egyptian squash player
- Manzoor Ul Karim, Chief National Commissioner of the Bangladesh Scouts and government official
- Mohammed Karim, Egyptian film director
- Mosharraf Karim, Bangladeshi actor
- Mona Karim, Lebanese actress
- Musharraf Karim, Bangladeshi writer
- Persis Karim, American poet, editor, educator
- Rashid Karim, Bangladeshi novelist
- Saba Karim, Indian cricketer
- Sajjad Karim, British Member of the European Parliament
- Youssra Karim, Moroccan para-athlete
Kareem
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
- 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
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