Idris is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname.
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."
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
Joni Hendrawan or Idris, Indonesian member of Jemaah Islamiyah
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
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
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