Kareem (alternatively spelled Karim, Kerim or Karem) () 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 Massimov (born 1965), Prime Minister of Kazakhstan 2007–2012 and 2014–2016

• 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 Saidi (born 1983), Tunisian footballer

• Karim Salman (1965–2020), Iraqi footballer

• Karim Sanjabi (1905–1995), Iranian politician

• 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 Marcelle (born 1995), Trinidadian politician

• Kareem McKenzie (born 1979), American football player

• Kareem Moses (born 1990), Trinidadian footballer

• Kareem Orr (born 1997), American football player

• Kareem Rahma (born 1986), Egyptian-American comedian

• 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

See also

• Karie (name)

• Abdul Karim (disambiguation), Arabic theophoric name

• Akram, derived from the Arabic root word Karam

• Karimov, Russianized surname

• Kerimov, Russianized surname