Kareem

Kareem (alternatively spelled Karim or Kerim) is a common given name and surname of Arabic origin that means "Dignified". It comes from the root "Karama (كرامة)" which means "Dignity". 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 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
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
See also
Karie (name)
Abdul Karim (disambiguation), Arabic theophoric name
Karimov, Russianized surname
Kerimov, Russianized surname
Arabic-language surnames
Arabic-language masculine given names
Masculine given names
Bosniak masculine given names
Names of God in Islam
Bengali Muslim surnames