Karim
Karim is a male name . The feminine form is Karima. The first name comes from the Arab world. In recent years the name has also come into vogue in the countries of southern Europe , especially in Italy and Spain , as well as in Latin America . Here the originally male form is also used more often as a female first name, for example Karim Bernal , Miss Peru Universe in 1998.
Origin and meaning of the name
The name comes from Arabic ( Arabic کریم, DMG Karīm ) and means something like generous , hospitable , noble or distinguished . Al-Karim is one of the 99 names of Allah in Islam. In Islam, the Koran and Ramadan have the suffix "al-Karim" ( al-Qur'an al-Karim , Ramadan al-Karim ).
variants
- Kareem , Karem, Karime, Kerim , Kariem, Kerem, Abdel-Karim, Abd el-Karim, Karim Sallam, Karīm (with the macron accent on the i, since the Arabic vowel ي is circumscribed with an ī)
Name bearer
First name
- Karim Bellarabi (* 1990), German-Moroccan football player
- Karim Benyamina (* 1981), Algerian-German soccer player
- Karim Benzema (* 1987), Algerian-French football player
- Karim El Ahmadi (* 1985), Moroccan football player
- Karim El-Gawhary (* 1963), German-Austria-Egyptian journalist
- Karim Sebastian Elias (* 1971), German actor
- Karim Gazzetta (* 1995), Swiss soccer player
- Karim Günes (* 1986), German actor
- Karim Haggui (* 1984), Tunisian soccer player
- Karim Herouat (* 1986), Algerian-French football player
- Karim Dulé Hill (* 1975), American actor
- Karim Khan (1705–1779), Shah of Persia
- Karim Köster (* 1973), German actor
- Karim Matmour (* 1985), Algerian-French football player
- Karim Rekik (* 1994), Dutch soccer player
- Karim Rouani (* 1982), Moroccan-French football player
- Karim Saidi (* 1983), Tunisian football player
- Karim Ziani (* 1982), Algerian-French soccer player
family name
- Abd el-Krim or Abd el-Karim (1882–1963), leader of the Rif Berbers
- Abdul Karim (Munshi) (1863–1909), Indian servant of the British Queen Victoria
- Abdul Karim (canoeist) (* 1967), Indonesian canoeist
- Abdul Karim (soccer player) , Comorian soccer player
- Abdul Waheed Karim (* 1927), Afghan diplomat
- Ahmed A. Karim (* 1974), German psychotherapist, neuropsychologist and health psychologist with a focus on prevention
- Aman Ullah Karim , Malaysian hockey player
- Arfa Karim (1995–2012), Pakistani student
- Basil Sultan Karim (* 1982), Bahraini football player
- Faisal Karim (* 1981), Pakistani boxer
- Hatem Karim (* 1982), Palestinian soccer player
- Imad Karim (* 1958), Lebanese director, screenwriter and television journalist
- Ignatius Ephräm II. Karim (* 1965), Syrian Patriarch of the Syrian Orthodox Church
- Jaafar Abdul Karim (* 1981), German TV presenter
- Jawed Karim (* 1979), American entrepreneur ( Youtube )
- Mahdi Karim (* 1983), Iraqi soccer player
- Mahmoud Karim (1916–1999), Egyptian squash player
- Mohammed Ali Karim (* 1986), Iraqi soccer player
- Najib Karim (* 1973), German politician and biochemist
- Najmaldin Karim (* 1949), Kurdish politician in Iraq
- Rahman Karim , Bahraini soccer player
- Rezaul Karim (* 1987), Bangladeshi football player
- Sajjad Karim (* 1970), English European politician
- Salim S. Abdool Karim , South African epidemiologist and specialist in infectious diseases
- Sardar Fazlul Karim († 2014), Bangladeshi philosopher
- Taha Abdul Karim (* 1939), Iraqi boxer
- Yaya Karim (* 1994), Chadian football player