Throughout the world, ケレム (Kerem 
, ケレム) is a common masculine first name. The first name ケレム is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Turkey, where it is quite a common male name, Israel, where it is quite a common epicene name, and Azerbaijan, where it is quite a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Turkey, Israel, and Germany. Much less frequently, ケレム is the last name as well as the forename.