Idris

Where Idris comes from

Borrowed from Welsh Idris.
— Wiktionary's entry for Idris
  • Welsh
  • Arabic
Along the way
  1. 745
    Idris Ibn Abdallah born
    Idrisid ruler (r. 788–791)
  2. 1914
    First appearance
    #3,264 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1951
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1999
    Idris Kanu born
    Sierra Leonean association football player
  5. 2025
    Peak, #694
    391 babies named Idris — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Welsh, popularized by actor Idris Elba.
  • A male given name from Arabic.
Namesakes
  • Idris Ibn Abdallah · Idrisid ruler (r. 788–791), 745–791
  • Idris Kanu · Sierra Leonean association football player, born 1999
  • Idris Ali · Indian politician, 1950–2024
  • Idris Abdul Wakil · Tanzanian President of Zanzibar, 1925–2000
  • Idris El Mizouni · Tunisian-French association football player, born 2000

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.