Given name · Arabic
إدريس
“teacher of the Torah”
إدريس (ʔidrīs) is a masculine given name. It is used in Arabic.
ArabicWritten in Arabic script, read right to left.
Meaning & origin
What it means
إدريس goes back to a word meaning “teacher of the Torah.”
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إدريس’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named إدريس
- Idriss DébyChadian former president (1952–2021)
- Idriss SaadiAlgerian and French footballerborn 1992
- Idriss MhirsiTunisian association football playerborn 1994
- Idriss Ndélé MoussaChadian politician (1959–2013)
- Idris Imad al-Din15th-century Yemeni religious and political leader1392–1467
- Idriss AberkaneFrench consultantborn 1986
- Idriss Azami Al IdrissiMoroccan politicianborn 1966
- Idriss Ech-CherguiAlgerian and French footballerborn 1985
- Idriss MiskineChadian politician (1948-1984)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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