Meaning and Origin of: Karim

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Arabic : Charitable

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

  • Muslim : from a personal name based on Arabic karīm ‘kind’, ‘generous’. Al-Karīm ‘the Generous’ is an attribute of Allah. The word is found in compound names such as ‛Abd ul-Karīm ‘servant of the Most Generous’.