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Karam

Karam: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“generosity, nobility”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
kuh-RAHM · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

From Arabic karam, meaning generosity or nobility. It is also used as a surname in Arabic-speaking communities.

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How popular is Karam?

202441.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Karam in 2024137

2024 rank#1,372 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18801,526

Karam is rising: use over the last five years is 2.1× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Karam

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Amircommander, prince · Arabic
  • Muhammadpraised · Arabic
  • Zaynbeauty, grace · Arabic
  • Omarflourishing, long-lived · Arabic
  • Alihigh, exalted · Arabic
  • Cairovictorious · Arabic
  • Ibrahimfather of multitudes · Arabic
  • Amiriprincely, of a commander · Arabic

Karam questions

What does the name Karam mean?

Karam means "generosity, nobility". It comes from Arabic. From Arabic karam, meaning generosity or nobility. It is also used as a surname in Arabic-speaking communities.

Is Karam a boy or girl name?

Karam is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Karam?

137 US babies were named Karam in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Karam?

Karam is usually pronounced kuh-RAHM.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.