# Kareem

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 (1936-2025), 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 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