Lew Alcindor
Kareem Mortimer's birth name is Kareem Mortimer.
Kareem Rush's birth name is Kareem Lamar Rush.
Kareem Taylor's birth name is Kareem Michael Taylor.
Kareem Adepoju's birth name is Alhaji Kareem Adepoju.
Kareem McKenzie's birth name is Kareem Michael McKenzie.
Kareem Hamdy's birth name is Kareem Esam Hamdy.
Kareem Larrimore's birth name is Kareem Maktrel Larrimore.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was born, Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. or, Lew Alcindor for short. Alcindor changed his name legally to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1971, during his conversion from Catholicism to Islam.
No. Kareem's original surname was "Alcindor" but had it legally changed to "Jabbar." They are not related.
Kareem
Kareem
Karim (male name) means "generous". Not sure if related to Kareem in anyway. Just found out that the origin of Kareem is Arabic and means "noble".