- Meaning
- Generous, noble
- Arabic
- كريم
- Say it
- ka-REEM
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
About the meaning
Al-Karim, the Most Generous, is a name of God; a person is called Karim without al-.
Other spellings
Kareem, Kerim
Names from the same root (ك ر م)
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Questions about Karim
What does Karim mean?
Karim means: Generous, noble. Al-Karim, the Most Generous, is a name of God; a person is called Karim without al-.
Is Karim in the Quran?
No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.
Is Karim a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Karim is a boy’s name.
How do you write Karim in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Karim is written كريم.