Given name · Russian · Tajik
Карим
“a generous man”
Карим (Karim) is a masculine given name from Classical Persian, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Tajik.
Russian and TajikWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Karim.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Карим is Karim written in Cyrillic. Karim is a variant of Kareem. One Arabic interpretation is “a generous man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Карим comes from Classical Persian, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Classical Persian کَرِیم, from Arabic كَرِيم; its root is Arabic ك ر م.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Карим’s family of names
In Tajik usage, Карим can be written in the Roman alphabet as Karim. In Avar usage, Карим has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Керим.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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