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Idris (name)

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Idris is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname.

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Idris is a Welsh name meaning "ardent lord", from udd (lord, prince) + ris (ardent, enthusiastic, impulsive). 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."

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

    • References

    Idris (name) Wikipedia
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