Kərim
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/cæɾˈim/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kərim is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Azerbaijan than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Ultimately from Arabic كَرِيم (karīm).
- AZAzerbaijan≈1 in 37K(inferred from the name graph)
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Azerbaijan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 10 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 37K (inferred from the name graph)
≈280 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Azerbaijan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Ultimately from Arabic كَرِيم (karīm).
Sources 1
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kərim counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ Azerbaijan | ≈280 est. | ≈1 in 37K | 311 | Kərim | 10 |
| KG Kyrgyzstan | — | — | — | Kərim | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Kerim Erimb. 1894TRnot in their usual nameTurkish mathematician (1894–1952)
- Kerim Kerimovb. 1917RUnot in their usual nameSoviet rocket scientist (1917–2003)
- Kerim Afşarb. 1930TRnot in their usual nameTurkish actor (1930–2003)
- Kerim Pamukb. 1970DEnot in their usual nameGerman screenwriter and author
- Kerim Seilerb. 1974CHnot in their usual nameSwiss artist
- Kerim Tekinb. 1975TRnot in their usual nameTurkish singer (1975–1998)
- Kerim Freib. 1993TRnot in their usual nameTurkish association football player (born 1993)
- Kerim Mrabtib. 1994SEnot in their usual nameSwedish association football player
- Kerim Çalhanoğlub. 2002DEnot in their usual nameTurkish-German association football player (born 2002)
- Kerim Alajbegovićb. 2007BAnot in their usual nameBosnia and Herzegovina footballer (born 2007)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ Azerbaijan | Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics | — | 311 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Kərim mean, and where does it come from?
- Ultimately from Arabic كَرِيم (karīm). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Kərim?
- A machine transcription gives /cæɾˈim/ (IPA) for Azerbaijani.
- Is Kərim a male or female name?
- Kərim is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Kərim have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 276 people named Kərim in Azerbaijan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kərim.
- How common is the name Kərim?
- Mondonomo estimates about 280 people in Azerbaijan have Kərim as their first given name, about 1 in 37 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
What do you want to know about Kərim?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/k%C9%99rimThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kərim”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.