MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Karima mean?
Karima is the feminine form of Arabic karim, generous or noble. The root concerns honour and generosity and also appears in words for hospitality. Its masculine counterpart Karim appears in the Arabic divine title al-Karim, the Generous.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
करीमा
Conventional spelling
Arabic
كريمة
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Karima in Indian usage
3,676 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (92.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 3,389 records (92.2%).
- Recorded as male: 287 records (7.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 401 |
| 1950s | 562 |
| 1960s | 809 |
| 1970s | 694 |
| 1980s | 588 |
| 1990s | 408 |
| Other decades | 214 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,897 |
| Rajasthan | 854 |
| Bihar | 449 |
| Jharkhand | 139 |
| Maharashtra | 131 |
| Other states | 206 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001