Kareem (alternatively spelled Karim or

Kerim Kerim is both a masculine given name and a surname. People with the name include: Given name *Kerim Chatty (born 1973), Swedish man suspected of attempted hijacking of an aircraft in 2002 *Kerim Erim (1894–1952), Turkish mathematician and physic ...

) ( ar, کریم) is a common given name and surname of

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origin that means "generous", "noble", "honorable". It is also one of the

Names of God in Islam Names of God in Islam ( ar, أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ , "''Allah's Beautiful Names''") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. While some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith, th ...

in the

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Given name

Karim

* Karim Abdel Aziz, Egyptian actor * Karim Abdul-Jabbar (later known as

Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar (born Sharmon Shah; June 28, 1974), known previously as Karim Abdul-Jabbar, is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). Al-Jabbar played college foot ...

), American football player *

Prince Karim Aga Khan Shāh Karim al-Husayni (born 13 December 1936), known by the religious title Mawlānā Hazar Imam by his Ismaili followers and elsewhere as Aga Khan IV, is the 49th and current Imam of Nizari Ismailis, a denomination within Shia Islam. He h ...

, Imām of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims * Karim Ansarifard, Iranian football player *

Karim Azizou Karim Azizou ( ar, كريم عزيزو) (born 20 January 1985 in Périgueux, France) is a Moroccan football (soccer) right back. He currently plays for Maghreb Fez. Azizou signed a three-year contract with Triestina in summer 2005. He joined Cr ...

, Moroccan footballer *

Karim Bagheri Karim Bagheri ( fa, ; born 20 February 1974) is an Iranian professional football coach and former player. He played over half of his professional career for Persepolis in the Persian Gulf Pro League. He is an assistant coach for Persepolis and t ...

, Iranian footballer *

Karim Bangoura Karim Bangoura (c. 1926 – 1972) was a Guinean diplomat. Born into a notable Susu family in Coyah in the mid-1920s, Bangoura was originally a school teacher and was an important member of the African Bloc of Guinea. Until 1958, he was a repr ...

, Guinean diplomat *

Karim Benounes Karim Benounes (born 9 February 1984) is an Algerian international footballer. He plays as a midfielder. Career Benounes was born in Lille, France. On 28 February 2010, he made his league debut for Hungarian team Vasas SC in a 3–2 loss to Nyí ...

, Algerian footballer * Karim Benzema, French footballer *

Karim Boudiaf Karim Boudiaf ( ar, كريم بوضياف; born 16 September 1990) is a professional footballer who plays for Al-Duhail in the Qatar Stars League. He can play as a central defender and as a defensive midfielder. Born in France, he represents t ...

, Algerian-Qatari footballer *

Karim Dahou Karim Dahou (; born 15 May 1982 in Orange, Vaucluse) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. His previous notable clubs include Olympique de Marseille and FC Lorient. He is also of Moroccan and Algerian descent and ...

, Moroccan footballer *

Karim Djeballi Karim Djellabi (born 31 May 1983) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Having been formed as a left-winger, he played mainly as left-back. Career In summer 2015, Djellabi joined Clermont Foot Clermont Foo ...

, French footballer *

Karim Haggui Karim Haggui ( ar, كريم حقي; born 20 January 1984) is a Tunisian former footballer who played as a defender. His last club was FC St. Gallen. Club career Early career Born in Kasserine, Haggui started his career in 1998 with AS Kas ...

, Tunisian footballer *

Karim Garcia Kareem (alternatively spelled Karim or Kerim) ( ar, کریم) is a common given name and surname of Arabic origin that means "generous", "noble", "honorable". It is also one of the Names of God in Islam in the Quran. Given name Karim * Karim A ...

, baseball player *

Karim Gazzetta Karim Emilio Roberto Gazzetta (1 April 1995 – 21 November 2022) was a Swiss professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Gazzetta had played for Servette FC since he was young. In 2013, he received his first professional c ...

(1995–2022), Swiss footballer *

Karim Haddad Karim Haddad ( ar, كريم حداد) (born January 22, 1962 in Dar-el Mraisseh, Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese composer. Education He achieved his first musical studies at the National Conservatory of Beirut. He received B.A. of Philosophy and ...

, 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 Kharbouch (Arabic: æɾiːm χɑɾbuːʃ born November 9, 1984), better known by his stage name French Montana, is a Moroccan-American rapper. Born and raised in Morocco, he emigrated to the United States with his family when he was 13. ...

* Karim Khodapanahi, Iranian politician * Karim Laribi, Italian footballer * Karim Matmour, Algerian footballer * Karim Maroc, Algerian footballer * Karim Masimov, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan *

Karim Noureldin Karim Noureldin (born 1967 in Zurich, Switzerland) is a Swiss visual artist. Biography Noureldin studied at the ''Zürcher Hochschule der Künste'' Zurich (1988–1989) and at Hochschule für Design und Kunst Basel HGK/University of Art and De ...

, 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 Karim Saïdi ( ar, كريم سعيدي; born 24 March 1983) is a Tunisian former footballer who last played for Belgian club Lierse SK. He now runs a coffee shop in Tunisia. He was part of the squad that won the 2004 African Cup of Nations. Club ...

, Tunisian footballer * Karim Salman, Iraqi footballer * Karim Tulaganov, Uzbek boxer *

Karim Van Overmeire Karim Van Overmeire (born 14 October 1964) is a Flemish politician, author, city planner and member of the New Flemish Alliance party. Karim Van Overmeire has a law degree from the University of Ghent. In 1990, he became a board member of the ...

, Belgian politician *

Karim Zeroual Karim Zeroual (born 14 November 1993) is a British television presenter and actor. Early life Zeroual was born in London to parents of Moroccan heritage and was brought up by his mother. He attended theatre school in London. Stage and televisi ...

, British actor *

Karim Ziani Karim Koceila Yanis Ziani ( ar, كريم زياني; born 17 August 1982) is an Algerian former professional footballer. He played in different midfield positions but was best known as a playmaker. He is now the sporting director of JS Kabylie. ...

, Algerian footballer

Kareem

* Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born 1947), American basketball player * Kareem Amer (born c. 1984), Egyptian blogger *

Kareem Burke Kareem "Biggs" Burke (born January 19, 1974) is an American entrepreneur, record executive, and producer. He is best known as the co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records along with Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter and Damon "Dame" Dash. Early life Kareem Bur ...

(born 1974), American entrepreneur and record executive *

Kareem Campbell Kareem Campbell (born November 14, 1973) is an American professional skateboarding, skateboarder. He is known for popularizing the skateboard trick "The Ghetto Bird" which is a nollie hardflip late 180°. Skateboarding career Kareem Campbell w ...

(born 1973), American skateboarder * Kareem Dennis (born 1986), British rapper performing as Lowkey *

Kareem Ennab Kareem Ennab (born 1 April 1987) is a Jordanian swimmer. He was born in Irbid. He competed in 50 metre freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 201 ...

(born 1987), Jordanian swimmer * Kareem Hunt (born 1995), American football player *

Kareem Jackson Kareem Jackson (born April 10, 1988) is an American football strong safety for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Alabama. He was drafted by the Houston Texans in the first round of the 2010 NF ...

(born 1988), American football player *

Kareem Kelly Kareem Kelly (born April 1, 1981) is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL Draft. World junior record holder over indoor 50 meters 5.67 sec. He played college football ...

(born 1981), American football player *

Kareem McKenzie Kareem Michael McKenzie (born May 24, 1979) is a former American football offensive tackle. As a member of the New York Giants, he won Super Bowl XLII and Super Bowl XLVI, twice against the New England Patriots. High school and college career M ...

(born 1979), American football player *

Kareem Moses Kareem Moses (born 11 February 1990) is a Trinidadian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Finnish club FF Jaro. Club career Early career Born in Morvant, Moses played for Joe Public, St. Ann's Rangers and North East Stars in ...

(born 1990), Trinidadian footballer * Kareem Orr (born 1997), American football player *

Kareem Rush Kareem Lamar Rush (born October 30, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player. Rush's younger brother, Brandon, last played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, while older brother JaRon played college basketball for UCLA. College ca ...

(born 1980), American basketball player *

Kareem Serageldin Kareem Serageldin () (born in 1973) is a former executive at Credit Suisse. He is notable for being the only banker in the United States to be sentenced to jail time as a result of the financial crisis of 2007–2008, a conviction resulting from m ...

, American banking executive convicted of fraud

Surname

Karim

Aasif Karim Aasif Yusuf Karim (born 15 December 1963) is a Kenyan former cricketer who captained the Kenya national cricket team in One Day International (ODI) cricket. Karim made a reputation for himself as a useful lower-order batsman but predominantly as ...

, Kenyan cricketer *

Afsir Karim Major General Afsir Karim, was an Indian Army general and military scholar who has authored several books on strategic affairs & military studies. He was a graduate of the Defense Services Staff College, Wellington and the National Defence Coll ...

, Indian Army general and military scholar *

Bavand Karim Bavand Karim (born Bavand Karimzadeh; February 10, 1979) is an Iranian-American multi-media artist and filmmaker from Dallas, Texas. Education Karim attended J.J. Pearce High School in Richardson, Texas. He received the degree of Master of Fine ...

, Iranian-American filmmaker * Jawed Karim, co-founder of

YouTube YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by ...

Mahmoud Karim Mahmoud el Karim (1916–1999) was a squash (sport), squash player from Egypt. He won the British Open Squash Championships, British Open men's title four consecutive times from 1947–1950. Playing career Karim first played golf and tennis at the ...

, Egyptian squash player *

Manzoor Ul Karim Manzoor Ul Karim ( bn, মঞ্জুরুল করিম) served as the Chief National Commissioner of the Bangladesh Scouts. He served as the Secretary of the Government of Bangladesh in various key ministries including Home Affairs, Communi ...

, Chief National Commissioner of the Bangladesh Scouts and government official * Mohammed Karim, Egyptian film director *

Mosharraf Karim K M Mosharraf Hossain (born 22 August 1971), known by his stage-name Mosharraf Karim ( bn, মোশাররফ করিম), is a Bangladeshi actor, works both in films and television. He began working as a theater artist in late the 1980s wi ...

, Bangladeshi actor * Mona Karim, Lebanese actress *

Musharraf Karim Musharraf Karim (9 January 1946 – 11 January 2020) was a Bangladeshi writer and journalist. He was conferred with the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2003 for his contribution to juvenile literature. He was a fellow of Bangla Academy too. Earl ...

, Bangladeshi writer *

Persis Karim Persis Maryam Karim (born 1962) is an American poet, essayist, editor, and educator. She serves as the Neda Nobari Distinguished Chair and director of the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies at San Francisco State University (SFSU) since 2017. Her ...

, American poet, editor, educator * Rashid Karim, Bangladeshi novelist * Saba Karim, Indian cricketer *

Sajjad Karim Sajjad Haider Karim (born 11 July 1970) is a British politician. He served as a Member of the European Parliament for the North West England between 2004 and 2019. Sajjad is one of 10 members of the executive of European Movement UK and Chair o ...

, British Member of the European Parliament

Kareem

* Khalid Kareem (born 1998), American football player *

Yaqub Kareem Yaqub Kareem (born in Lagos) is a Nigerian professional super fly/ bantam/super bantamweight boxer of the 2000s and 2010s who won the Commonwealth super flyweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e. super flyweight to , i. ...

, Nigerian boxer

Fictional characters

Karim family The Karims are a fictional family that appear in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' between July 1987 and June 1990. Creation and development The Muslim Karim family are introduced as the owners of the soap's grocery store, the First til Last, fo ...

in the BBC soap opera ''

EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the Ea ...

'' *

Kareem Said The characters of '' Oz'', fictional characters on the television series about prison life, are a diverse mixture of inmates from various gangs and prison staff. Main inmates Key Other inmates The Aryans The Aryans are a f ...

, a Muslim prisoner in the TV series '' Oz'' *

Kareem Kareem (alternatively spelled Karim or Kerim) ( ar, کریم) is a common given name and surname of Arabic origin that means "generous", "noble", "honorable". It is also one of the Names of God in Islam in the Quran. Given name Karim * Karim A ...

, played by Rodney Sinclair in the British web series '' Corner Shop Show'' * Karim, in the video game '' Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem'' * Karim Bouchtat, Rae Earl's stepfather in the Channel 4 series ''

My Mad Fat Diary ''My Mad Fat Diary'' is a British teen drama, teen comedy-drama television series that debuted on E4 (TV channel), E4 on 14 January 2013. It is based on the novel ''My Fat, Mad Teenage Diary'' by Rae Earl. The second series started on 19 Februa ...

'' *

Kareem (Marvel Cinematic Universe) Kareem (alternatively spelled Karim or Kerim) ( ar, کریم) is a common given name and surname of Arabic origin that means "generous", "noble", "honorable". It is also one of the Names of God in Islam in the Quran. Given name Karim * Karim Ab ...

, in the Disney+ series ''Ms. Marvel''

Given name

Karim

Kareem

Surname

Karim

Kareem

Fictional characters

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