Idris

id-riss; eed-riss
Welsh; Arabic
"ardent lord; studious, interpreter"
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Famous People Named Idris

  • Idrissa Akuna "Idris" Elba
    British actor
  • Idris
    King of Libya
  • Idris I and II
    Kings of Morocco
  • Idris Shah
    Indian Sufi author
  • Idris Muhammad (born Leo Morris)
    American jazz drummer
  • Idris Davies
    Welsh poet
  • İdris Güllüce
    Turkish politician
  • Idris Rahman
    British musician

The name Idris in Pop Culture

  • Idris Gawr
    giant and astronomer in Welsh mythology
  • Idris
    the shadowhunter capital in The Mortal Instruments series
  • Idris
    humanoid body that housed the TARDIS on TV's "Doctor Who"
  • Idris
    dragon in British animated series "Ivor the Engine"
  • Idris
    character in Mary Shelley's "The Last Man"
  • Idris Williams
    character on Welsh TV series "Hinterland"
  • Cadair Idris
    the 'Chair of Idris', mountain in Gwynedd, Wales where Idris Gawr studied the stars
  • Ancient Welsh name derived from *iudd
    meaning 'lord' (an obsolete element also found in Gruffudd/Griffith), and ris, 'ardent, impulsive' (same as Rhys). It was revived in the mid,19th century and used very regularly until the 1920s, but infrequent thereafter.

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