MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Idris mean?
Idris, written إدريس, is the name of a prophet mentioned in the Quran. Later accounts often identify him with Enoch, while the name's deeper etymology has several proposed explanations.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Arabic
إدريس
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
इदरीस
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Idris in Indian usage
9,398 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (93.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 647 records (6.9%).
- Recorded as male: 8,751 records (93.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 894 |
| 1950s | 1,726 |
| 1960s | 2,410 |
| 1970s | 2,014 |
| 1980s | 1,473 |
| 1990s | 550 |
| Other decades | 331 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,316 |
| Bihar | 2,252 |
| Maharashtra | 1,509 |
| Jharkhand | 480 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 175 |
| Tripura | 133 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 100 |
| Other states | 433 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Idris / M | 368 | 142 |
| Scotland | Idris / M | 13 | 278 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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Documented namesakes
Tunku Ismail Idris
Crown Prince of Johor
Idris Haron
Malaysian politician
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Idris (Q14420618) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Idris (Q30090628) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Given-name entry (Wiktionary): Idris ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Idris; Table_6, C147 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Idris; Table_6, C147
- Scotland 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Idris; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Boy ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Idris; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Boy
- Wiktionary: إدريس ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.