Karïm
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Karïm is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Egypt than in any other country, where it is the 73rd most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Arabic كَرِيم (karīm, “noble, generous”).
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 278(inferred from the name graph)
- MAMorocco≈1 in 409
- TNTunisia≈1 in 416
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Egypt (inferred from the name graph)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 391 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 278 (inferred from the name graph)
≈170,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Algeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Karim in EG Egypt, MA Morocco, DZ Algeria and 2 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Arabic كَرِيم (karīm, “noble, generous”).
Sources 10
- A concise dictionary of first names
- African Muslim Names
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Karïm 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EG Egypt | #73 | ≈170,000 est. | ≈1 in 598 | listed | Karim | 198 |
| DZ Algeria | #5 | ≈150,000 est. | ≈1 in 278 | — | Karim | 94 |
| MA Morocco | #58 | ≈87,000 est. | ≈1 in 409 | — | Karim | 151 |
| FR France | — | ≈59,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | 39K | — | 12 |
| TN Tunisia | #29 | ≈28,000 est. | ≈1 in 416 | — | Karim | 91 |
| ES Spain | — | 6,473 | 1 in 7.7K | 6.5K | Karim | 93 |
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: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Karïm mean, and where does it come from?
- From Arabic كَرِيم (karīm, “noble, generous”). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and African Muslim Names and 8 other sources.
- Is Karïm a male or female name?
- Karïm 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 Karïm have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 174 thousand people named Karïm in Egypt, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled karim.
- How common is the name Karïm?
- In Spain, the national register counted 6,473 people named Karïm, about 1 in 7.7 thousand residents.
- How common is Karïm compared with other names?
- In Egypt, Karïm is the 73rd most common given name of 107,792 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kar%C3%AFmThe 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, “Karïm” — the 73rd most common given name in Egypt. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.