Given name · Persian · Urdu
کریم
“cream”
کریم (karīm) is a masculine given name from Arabic, ultimately from Old French. It is used in Urdu and Persian.
Persian and UrduWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Karim.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
کریم comes from Arabic, and ultimately from Old French.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Arabic كَرِيم, from French crème (“cream”), from Middle French chresme, from Old French cresme, built from Late Latin crāmum + Ecclesiastical Latin chrisma.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
کریم’s family of names
In Urdu usage, کریم can be written in the Roman alphabet as karīm.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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