Karima is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “generous.” In 2024 it was given to 10 girls in the United States.
Karima at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Muslim & Arabic
Meaning
“generous”
Also spelled
Karim
About the name Karima
Karima belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “generous” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Karim.
In the United States, Karima first appears in Social Security records in 1967. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1647 in 1976, and in 2024 10 babies received the name — 1,460 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.