Given name & surname
Idriss
“an eager lord”
Idriss is a variant of Idris. One Welsh interpretation is “an eager lord.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Idriss is a variant of Idris. One Welsh interpretation is “an eager lord.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Idriss is a variant of Idris. An origin associated with Idris is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Idriss is a variant of Idris. The history of Idris gives this family its wider story. Idris was in use during the Middle Ages.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Idriss through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 203
- 203 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,225 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +32%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,225 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 343 as a first name in 2020; 428 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Idriss’s family of names
Idriss has a related form in Idris. In French usage, Idriss has a conventional equivalent in the English form Idris.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Idriss
- 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.