Karami (Arabic كرامي) is an Arabic-based Lebanese surname, particularly that of a famous Lebanese Sunni Muslim political family. It is often francicised in the media as Karamé. It is to be differentiated from the Classical Arabic term Karamah (Arabic كرامة) and its colloquial form, Karameh.

Karami is also a common Persian language surname (Persian کرمی)

Karami may refer to:

Lebanese political family

Also commonly written as francicized Karamé

• Abdul Hamid Karami (1890–1950), Lebanese political and religious leader
• Ahmad Karami (1944–2020), Lebanese statesman
• Faisal Karami (born 1971), Omar Karami's son, Lebanese minister of Sports and Youth
• Omar Karami (1934–2015), Prime Minister of Lebanon
• Rashid Karami (1921–1987), Lebanese statesman

Iranian-based surname

Based on the Persian surname کرمی

• Abdollah Karami (born 1983), Iranian footballer
• Mohammad Sadegh Karami (born 1984), Iranian footballer
• Mohsen Karami (born 1995), Iranian footballer
• Shahab Karami (born 1991), Iranian footballer
• Yaser Karami (born 1992), Iranian football
• Yousef Karami (born 1983), Iranian Taekwondo athlete

Other people

• Khalid Karami (born 1989), Dutch footballer of Moroccan origin
• Miyoko Karami (born 1974), Japanese road cyclist

Language

• Karami language, an extinct and unclassified Papuan language, perhaps a language isolate, of Papua New Guinea.

Places

• Rashid Karami Stadium, a Lebanese stadium named after prime minister Rashid Karami
• Ali Karami-ye Olya, also known as ‘Alī Karamī, a village in Chenar Rural District, Kabgian District, Dana County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran
• Karreh Karami, a village in Tut-e Nadeh Rural District, in the Central District of Dana County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran

See also

• Karameh (disambiguation)
• Karamah (disambiguation)
• Karama (disambiguation)
• Karamat (disambiguation)
• Karam (disambiguation)