Kerim
Kerim is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Male
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- Turkey, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- US records 1880–2017
- 235 male / 0 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Kerim
If you do not know Kerim’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Kerim,” in English, “Guten Tag Kerim,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Kerim,
German
Guten Tag Kerim,
French
Bonjour Kerim,
Spanish
Estimado/a Kerim:
Chinese
Kerim您好：
Japanese
Kerim様
English
Hi Kerim,
German
Hi Kerim,
French
Salut Kerim,
Spanish
Hola Kerim,
Chinese
Kerim你好：
Japanese
Kerimさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| Turkey | uncommon | man's name |
| Azerbaijan | rare | man's name |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | rare | man's name |
| Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan | rare | man's name |
| North Macedonia | rare | man's name |
| United States | rare | man's name |
| Arabic and Persian countries | rare | man's name |
United States birth data
235 male · 0 female · 235 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 100% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Kerim a male or female name?
Kerim is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Kerim in an email?
If you do not know Kerim’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Kerim,” in English, “Guten Tag Kerim,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Kerim a unisex name?
Kerim is classified as generally male in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Kerim a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/kerim. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_kerim,
title = {Is Kerim a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/kerim},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}