Idris (name)
Idris is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. Man like Idris Elba
Idris is a Welsh name meaning "ardent lord", from udd (lord, prince) + ris (ardent, enthusiastic, impulsive).[1] It lends its name to the mountain Cadair Idris (Idris' Chair). It is also the name (Arabic: إدريس) of Idris the Islamic prophet mentioned in the Qur'an, usually identified with Enoch in the Bible. The original meaning may be "interpreter."[2]
People with the name
Given name
- Idris Bitlisi (born c. 1450s), Kurdish religious scholar and Ottoman administrato
- Idris Cox (1899–1989), Welsh communist activist and newspaper editor
- Idris Davies, (1905–1953), Welsh poet
- Idris Elba, OBE (born 1972), English actor
- Idris Gawr, "Idris the Giant" (c. 560–c. 632), a king of Meirionnydd in early medieval Wales, traditionally also an astronomer
- İdris Güllüce (born 1950), Turkish civil engineer, politician and government minister
- Idris Abdul Karim (born 1976), Malaysian footballer
- Idris Muhammad (born 1939), American jazz drummer
- Idris Rahman (born 1976), English musician
- İdris Naim Şahin (born 1956), Turkish politician
- Idris Sardi (1938-2013), Indonesian violinist
- Idris Seabright, pseudonym of American author Margaret St. Clair (1911–1995)
- Idries Shah or Idris Shah (1926–1996), author and teacher in the Sufi tradition
- Idris Waziri, Nigerian politician
Royal and political titles
- Idris I of Morocco, the first ruler and founder of the Idrisid Dynasty of Morocco.
- Idris II of Morocco, the son of Idris I
- Idris of Libya (1889–1983), first and only king of Libya
- Idris Shah II of Perak (1924–1984), sultan of Perak
Nickname
- Joni Hendrawan or Idris, Indonesian member of Jemaah Islamiyah
Surname
- Jamal Idris (born 1990), Australian professional rugby league footballer
- Kamil Idris, Sudanese international civil servant
- Salim Idris (b. 1957), Syrian general
- Suhayl Idris (1923–2008), Lebanese novelist, short-story writer, journalist, and translator
- Yusuf Idris (1927–1991), Egyptian writer
Fictional entities
- Idris, a fictional dragon in Ivor the Engine
- Idris, the TARDIS personified in the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Wife"
- Idris, a character in Mary Shelley's story The Last Man
- Idris Williams, a character in the Welsh television show Hinterland, series 1, episode 2
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.behindthename.com/name/idris-2
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Islam, Juan Eduardo Campo, Infobase Publishing, 2009, pg. 344: "It probably originated as a term in ancient Hebrew for "interpreter"..."
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