Krim

surname · Latin script

Meaning: kind, generous, benevolent, noble, bountiful, magnificent, gracious, merciful; epithet of Allah

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/kʁim/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Krim is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Algeria than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 71K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 887K
  • DZAlgeria≈1 in 12K

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.

Algeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,600 people, est.

Sources
183 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)

Algeria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

kind, generous, benevolent, noble, bountiful, magnificent, gracious, merciful; epithet of Allah

Sources 1

  • A Dictionary of Muslim Names

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Krim 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.

Where Krim is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DZ Algeria#395≈3,600 est.≈1 in 12KlistedKrim26
MA Morocco—≈990 est.≈1 in 36K—Krim32
FR France—≈950 est.≈1 in 71K105Krim173
IN India—≈420 est.≈1 in 3.1M2Krim11
US United States—3751 in 887K394Krim183
TN Tunisia—≈120 est.≈1 in 95K—Krim11
FI Finland—≈32 est.≈1 in 174K—Krim1

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 noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; the dz-kaggle-names register; naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Krim is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi given name76 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu, Bangla

    Also written Karim, করিম, Korim, Kareem, Krima

  • Estonian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Crimea

  • Thai surname93 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, Laos, United States, India

    Languages: Thai, Lao

    Also written กรม, Kon, กรีมี, Gaul, Gon

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Krim is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, nickname from Yiddish dialect krim ‘crooked’, ‘bent’ (see Krum).

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • In German, probably a variant of Grimm.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • In Albanian, crime

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Danish, Crimea (a geographic region and peninsula in Eastern Europe, jutting out into the Black Sea; de facto occupied and annexed in 2014 as a republic of Russia, but internationally recognized as an autonomous republic of Ukraine :)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Indonesian, cream:

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1900192019401960Arthur B. Krim, b. 1910Norman Krim, b. 1913Arthur Krim, b. 1943Donald Krim, b. 1945Rachida Krim, b. 1955

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)

FormalMonsieur,Dear Mr Krim, (English)
InformalBonjour Krim,Hi Krim, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 25 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Krim
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020394#56,084
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000389#50,468
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010375#54,864
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1991105—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198194—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197184—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196155—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195124—
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—10#14,612
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19419—
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—8#146,285
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19312—

Reference works 4

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 Krim mean, and where does it come from?
kind, generous, benevolent, noble, bountiful, magnificent, gracious, merciful; epithet of Allah Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names.
How do you pronounce Krim?
A machine transcription gives /kʁim/ (IPA) for French.
In which country does Krim have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.6 thousand people named Krim in Algeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled krim.
How common is the name Krim?
In the United States, the national register counted 375 people named Krim in 2010, about 1 in 887 thousand residents.
How common is Krim compared with other names?
In Algeria, Krim is the 395th most common surname of 89,473 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Krim” — the 395th most common surname in Algeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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