Akram ( ar, أکرم), is a given name and surname, derived from the Arabic root word ''Karam'' (), meaning generosity. In the Arabic language, Akram is a comparative adjective and means "kinder."
In Turkey and Eastern Europe, the name is also rendered as
Ekrem/Eqrem. Notable people with the name include:
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Akram Afif
Akram Hassan Afif Yahya Afif Al Yafei ( ar, أكرم عفيف; born 18 November 1996) is a Qatari professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd and the Qatar national team.
Early in his career, he was ...
, Qatari footballer
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Akram Aldroubi, American mathematician
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Akram Monfared Arya, Iranian pilot
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Akram Chehayeb, Lebanese politician
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Akram al-Hawrani, Syrian politician
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Akram Khan (cricketer), Bangladeshi cricketer
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Akram Khan (dancer)
Akram Hossain Khan, MBE ( bn, আকরাম হুসেইন খান) (born 29 July 1974) is an English dancer and choreographer of Bangladeshi descent. His background is rooted in his classical kathak training and contemporary dance.
Car ...
, English dancer of Bangladeshi descent
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Akram Fouad Khater
Akram Fouad Khater (Arabic: أكرم فؤاد خاطر; born December 3, 1960) is a Lebanese Americans, Lebanese-born American professor, historian, and author. He serves as a professor of history, and the director of the Moise A. Khayrallah Cent ...
, Lebanese-American historian
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Akram Khpalwak, Governor of Paktika Province in Afghanistan
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Akram Khuzam Akram Khuzam ( ar, أكرم خزام) was the Al Jazeera Channel's former Moscow Bureau chief. He served as the Bureau Chief in Moscow for 9 years until he was replaced in a storm of controversy by Amro Abdel-Hamid in late September 2005. , al-Jazeera journalist
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Akram Mahinan, Malaysian footballer
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Akram Mohammadi
Akram Mohammadi ( fa, اکرم محمدی) is an Iranian actress.
She was born on July 28, 1958, in Tehran. She started her professional career in theater in 1983 and after a while, she was invited to play in the movie "Mother" directed by the d ...
, Iranian actress
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Akram Ojjeh
Akram Ojjeh ( ar, أَكْرَم عُجَّة, ʾAkram ʿUjjah; 21 April 1918 – 28 October 1991) was a Syrian-born Saudi Arabia, Saudi businessman. Ojjeh was an intermediary in deals between Saudi Arabia and France, particularly arms sales. Ojje ...
, Saudi businessman
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Akram Pahalwan, Pakistani wrestler
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Akram El Hadi Salim
Akram El Hadi Saleem (born 27 February 1987) is a Sudanese international association football, footballer who plays for Al-Naser SC (Omdurman), as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He was the starting goalkeeper for the Sudan nation ...
, Sudanese footballer
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Akram Shammaa, Syrian politician
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Akram Umarov
Akram Umarov (russian: Акрам Умаров; born 7 February 1994) is a Kyrgyzstani footballer who plays as defender.
International career
He is a member of the Kyrgyzstan national football team. He made his debut in the match vs. Kazakhstan ...
, Kyrgyzstani footballer
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Akram Yurabayev, Uzbekistani sprint canoer
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Akram Zaki, Pakistani Senator and literary scholar
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Akram uz-Zaman, Bengali politician and member of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Surname
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Ahmed Akram, Egyptian swimmer
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Barmak Akram
Barmak Akram, ( fa, برمک اکرم) (born in 1966 in Kabul), is an Afghan filmmaker. Akram lives in Paris, where he studied fine arts. His first feature film, '' Kabuli Kid'' (2008), won several awards and has been shown at the Venice Film Fes ...
, Afghani filmmaker
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Hajaz Akram
Hajaz Akram (born January 1970) is a British actor. Principal and founder of the Hampstead Academy of Acting & Drama, Akram has trained and worked as an actor, teacher and director for 20 years. He was previously the founder of the Academy Of As ...
, British actor
* Malik Faisal Akram (1977–2022), perpetrator of the
Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis
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Nashat Akram
Nashat Akram Abid Ali Al-Eissa ( ar, نشأت أكرم عبد علي العيسى) (born 12 September 1984) is a former Iraqi professional footballer. Popularly dubbed "The Maestro" and "The Musician", Akram usually played as a playmaker or as ...
(born 1984), Iraqi football player
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Nawaal Akram, Qatari comedian
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Omar Akram, American pianist
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Wasim Akram
Wasim Akram HI (; born 3 June 1966) is a Pakistani cricket commentator, coach, and former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. Akram is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time, and several crit ...
(born 1966), Pakistani cricketer
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Arabic-language surnames
Arabic masculine given names