# Kareem > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kareem > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kareem.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem > Source revision: 1350836632 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Kareem** (alternatively spelled **Karim**, **[Kerim](/source/Kerim)** or **Karem**) (Arabic: کریم) is a given name and surname of [Arabic](/source/Arabic_language) origin that means "generous", "noble", "honourable". It is also one of the [Names of God](/source/Names_of_God_in_Islam). ## Given name ### Karim - [Karim Abdel Aziz](/source/Karim_Abdel_Aziz) (born 1975), Egyptian actor - Karim Abdul-Jabbar (later known as [Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar](/source/Abdul-Karim_al-Jabbar)) (born 1974), American football player - [Prince Karim Aga Khan](/source/Aga_Khan_IV) (1936–2025), Imām of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims - [Karim Valiyev](/source/Karim_Valiyev) (born 1961), Azerbaijani General - [Karim Ansarifard](/source/Karim_Ansarifard) (born 1990), Iranian football player - [Karim Azizou](/source/Karim_Azizou) (born 1985), Moroccan footballer - [Karim Bagheri](/source/Karim_Bagheri) (born 1974), Iranian footballer - [Karim Bangoura](/source/Karim_Bangoura) (1926–1972), Guinean diplomat - [Karim Benounes](/source/Karim_Benounes) (born 1984), Algerian footballer - [Karim Benzema](/source/Karim_Benzema) (born 1987), French footballer - [Karim Boudiaf](/source/Karim_Boudiaf) (born 1990), Algerian-Qatari footballer - [Karim Dahou](/source/Karim_Dahou) (born 1982), Moroccan footballer - [Karim Dembélé](/source/Karim_Demb%C3%A9l%C3%A9) (1939–2010), Malian soldier and politician - [Karim Djeballi](/source/Karim_Djeballi) (born 1983), French footballer - [Karim Haggui](/source/Karim_Haggui) (born 1984), Tunisian footballer - [Karim Garcia](/source/Karim_Garcia) (born 1975), Mexican baseball player - [Karim Gazzetta](/source/Karim_Gazzetta) (1995–2022), Swiss footballer - [Karim Haddad](/source/Karim_Haddad) (born 1962), Lebanese composer - [Karim Keïta](/source/Karim_Ke%C3%AFta) (born 1979), Malian politician - [Karim Kerkar](/source/Karim_Kerkar) (born 1977), Algerian footballer - [Karim Khan Zand](/source/Karim_Khan_Zand) (1705–1779), Iranian king - Karim Kharbouch (born 1984), Moroccan-American rapper whose stage name is [French Montana](/source/French_Montana) - [Karim Khodapanahi](/source/Karim_Khodapanahi) (born 1941), Iranian politician - [Karim Laribi](/source/Karim_Laribi) (born 1991), Italian footballer - [Karim Matmour](/source/Karim_Matmour) (born 1985), Algerian footballer - [Karim Maroc](/source/Karim_Maroc) (born 1958), Algerian footballer - [Karim Massimov](/source/Karim_Massimov) (born 1965), Prime Minister of Kazakhstan 2007–2012 and 2014–2016 - [Karim Noureldin](/source/Karim_Noureldin) (born 1967), Swiss artist - [Karim Pakradouni](/source/Karim_Pakradouni) (born 1944), Lebanese-Armenian Christian politician and government minister - [Karim Prince](/source/Karim_Prince), American actor - [Karim Rashid](/source/Karim_Rashid) (born 1960), Egyptian industrial designer - [Karim Saidi](/source/Karim_Saidi) (born 1983), Tunisian footballer - [Karim Salman](/source/Karim_Salman) (1965–2020), Iraqi footballer - [Karim Sanjabi](/source/Karim_Sanjabi) (1905–1995), Iranian politician - [Karim Tulaganov](/source/Karim_Tulaganov) (born 1973), Uzbek boxer - [Karim Van Overmeire](/source/Karim_Van_Overmeire) (born 1964), Belgian politician - [Karim Zeroual](/source/Karim_Zeroual) (born 1993), British actor - [Karim Ziani](/source/Karim_Ziani) (born 1982), Algerian footballer ### Kareem - [Kareem Abdul-Jabbar](/source/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar) (born 1947), American basketball player - [Kareem Al Allaf](/source/Kareem_Al_Allaf) (born 1998), American tennis player who has played for Syria and the US - [Kareem Amer](/source/Kareem_Amer) (born c. 1984), Egyptian blogger - [Kareem Burke](/source/Kareem_Burke) (born 1974), American entrepreneur and record executive - [Kareem Campbell](/source/Kareem_Campbell) (born 1973), American skateboarder - Kareem Dennis (born 1986), British rapper performing as [Lowkey](/source/Lowkey) - [Kareem Hunt](/source/Kareem_Hunt) (born 1995), American football player - [Kareem Jackson](/source/Kareem_Jackson) (born 1988), American football player - [Kareem Kelly](/source/Kareem_Kelly) (born 1981), American football player - [Kareem Maddox](/source/Kareem_Maddox) (born 1989), American basketball player - [Kareem Marcelle](/source/Kareem_Marcelle) (born 1995), Trinidadian politician - [Kareem McKenzie](/source/Kareem_McKenzie) (born 1979), American football player - [Kareem Moses](/source/Kareem_Moses) (born 1990), Trinidadian footballer - [Kareem Orr](/source/Kareem_Orr) (born 1997), American football player - [Kareem Rahma](/source/Kareem_Rahma) (born 1986), Egyptian-American comedian - [Kareem Rush](/source/Kareem_Rush) (born 1980), American basketball player - [Kareem Serageldin](/source/Kareem_Serageldin) (born 1973), American banking executive convicted of fraud ## Surname ### Karim - [Aasif Karim](/source/Aasif_Karim) (born 1963), Kenyan cricketer - [Afsir Karim](/source/Afsir_Karim) (1934–2019), Indian Army general and military scholar - [Bavand Karim](/source/Bavand_Karim) (born 1979), Iranian-American filmmaker - [Jawed Karim](/source/Jawed_Karim) (born 1979), co-founder of [YouTube](/source/YouTube) - [Mahmoud Karim](/source/Mahmoud_Karim) (1916–1999), Egyptian squash player - [Manzoor Ul Karim](/source/Manzoor_Ul_Karim), Chief National Commissioner of the Bangladesh Scouts and government official - [Mohammed Karim](/source/Mohammed_Karim) (1896–1972), Egyptian film director - [Mosharraf Karim](/source/Mosharraf_Karim) (born 1971), Bangladeshi actor - [Mona Karim](/source/Mona_Karim), Lebanese actress - [Musharraf Karim](/source/Musharraf_Karim) (1946–2020), Bangladeshi writer - [Persis Karim](/source/Persis_Karim) (born 1962), American poet, editor, educator - [Rashid Karim](/source/Rashid_Karim) (1925–2011), Bangladeshi novelist - [Saba Karim](/source/Saba_Karim) (born 1967), Indian cricketer - [Sajjad Karim](/source/Sajjad_Karim) (born 1970), British Member of the European Parliament - [Youssra Karim](/source/Youssra_Karim) (born 1997), Moroccan para-athlete ### Kareem - [Khalid Kareem](/source/Khalid_Kareem) (born 1998), American football player - [Yaqub Kareem](/source/Yaqub_Kareem), Nigerian boxer ## Fictional characters - [Karim family](/source/Karim_family) in the BBC soap opera *[EastEnders](/source/EastEnders)* - [Kareem Said](/source/Kareem_Said), a Muslim prisoner in the TV series *[Oz](/source/Oz_(TV_series))* - [Kareem](/source/List_of_Corner_Shop_Show_characters#Recurring_characters), played by Rodney Sinclair in the British web series *Corner Shop Show* - [Karim](/source/Karim_(Eternal_Darkness)), in the video game *[Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem](/source/Eternal_Darkness:_Sanity's_Requiem)* - Karim Bouchtat, a recurring character in the Channel 4 series *[My Mad Fat Diary](/source/My_Mad_Fat_Diary)* - Karim Denz, a heist crew member in the video game *[Grand Theft Auto V](/source/Grand_Theft_Auto_V)* - [Kareem (Marvel Cinematic Universe)](/source/Kareem_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)), in the Disney+ series *Ms. Marvel* ## See also - [Karie (name)](/source/Karie_(name)) - [Abdul Karim (disambiguation)](/source/Abdul_Karim_(disambiguation)), Arabic theophoric name - [Karimov](/source/Karimov), Russianized surname - [Kerimov](/source/Kerimov), Russianized surname --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kareem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem?action=history)). 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