Karim

Where Karim comes from

From Arabic كَرِيم (karīm, “noble, generous”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Karim
  • Arabic
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1957
    First appearance
    #3,552 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1965
    Karim Massimov born
    Kazakhstani politician
  3. 1987
    Karim Benzema born
    French footballer
  4. 2023
    Peak, #706
    376 babies named Karim — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic.
Namesakes
  • Karim Benzema · French footballer, born 1987
  • Karim Massimov · Kazakhstani politician, born 1965
  • Karim Adeyemi · Germany footballer, born 2002
  • Karim Ansarifard · Iranian footballer, born 1990
  • Karim Khan zand · King of the Lurs and founder of the Luri Zand dynasty empire, 1705–1779

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.