Entry № 5242 · Arabic origin

Karima Karima — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kah-REE-mah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Generous, noble"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Arabic)

A name that means "generous, noble".

Karima (كريمة) is the Arabic word for "generous" or "noble" — feminine form. Al-Karim ("the Generous") is one of the 99 names of Allah.

Karima is widely used in the Arab world.

Generous, noble. From the Arabic divine name.

The name in its native script.

كريمة
Transliteration
Karīma
Pronunciation
/ kəˈriː.mə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Karima stands.

Karima does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Karimas before her.

Real people
Karima Adebibe
British-Algerian actress.
born 1985
In fiction
Karima
Common in Arabic fiction.

Names connected to Karima.

The number behind Karima.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Karima reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.