Given name
Karym
“a generous man”
Karym is a variant of Kareem. One Arabic interpretation is “a generous man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Karym is a variant of Kareem. One Arabic interpretation is “a generous man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Karym is a variant of Kareem. An origin associated with Kareem is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Karym through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 26
- 26 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,972 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,972 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 2011.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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