Idris is a

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...

and

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(usually masculine), also given as surname. The two names are spelled identically, but are unrelated.

: 'Ardent lord', from (lord, prince) + (ardent, enthusiastic, impulsive). It lends its name to the mountain ('Idris's Chair') by way of ('Idris the Giant'). The story of is believed to have come from the monkish king Idris of , who was slain in a battle with Oswald of Northumbria on the

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. This indicates that the name may well have been used in Wales before his final stand in 632.

(, also

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''Idrees''): Idris, the Islamic prophet mentioned in the

Qur'an The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. It is organized in 114 chapters (pl.: , s ...

, usually identified with

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in the Bible. The original meaning may be "interpreter."''Encyclopedia of Islam'', Juan Eduardo Campo, Infobase Publishing, 2009, pg. 344: "It probably originated as a term in ancient Hebrew for "interpreter"..." The name ''Idris'' means studious, smart, or to learn in Arabic. The prophet Idris in the Islamic religion was a tailor and is believed to be the first person to write.

People with the name

Given name

Idriss Aberkane Idriss Jamil Aberkane (born May 23, 1986) is a French lecturer and essayist. Known for his writings and lectures on personal development, he published a particularly successful essay in 2016, titled ''Free up your mind!''. However, he was the sub ...

(born 1986), French professor, author, and entrepreneur of Algerian decent *

Idris Bell Sir Harold Idris Bell (2 October 1879 – 22 January 1967) was a museum curator, a British papyrologist (specialising in Roman Egypt) and a scholar of Welsh literature. Bell was born at Epworth, Lincolnshire to an English father and a Welsh ...

(1879–1967), British museum curator,

papyrologist Papyrology is the study of manuscripts of ancient literature, correspondence, legal archives, etc., preserved on portable media from antiquity, the most common form of which is papyrus, the principal writing material in the ancient civilizations ...

and scholar of Welsh literature * Idris Bitlisi (born ''c''. 1450s), Kurdish religious scholar and Ottoman administrator * Idris Cox (1899–1989), Welsh communist activist and newspaper editor *

Idris Davies Idris Davies (6 January 1905 – 6 April 1953) was a Welsh poet. Born in Rhymney, near Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales, he became a poet, originally writing in Welsh, but later writing exclusively in English. He was the only poet to cover signific ...

, (1905–1953), Welsh poet * Idris Charles, (1947–2021), Welsh language comedian, actor, TV presenter and writer *

Idris Elba Idrissa Akuna Elba (; born 6 September 1972) is an English actor.

, OBE (born 1972), English actor, writer, producer, musician, DJ, rapper, singer and boxer *

Idris Foster Sir Idris Llewelyn Foster (23 July 1911 – 18 June 1984) was a Welsh scholar and Jesus Professor of Celtic at the University of Oxford from 1947 until 1978. He was born in Carneddi, Bethesda, Caernarfonshire, Wales, and studied Latin and Welsh ...

(1911–1984), Welsh scholar * Idris Gawr, "Idris the Giant" (c. 560–c. 632), a king of

Meirionnydd Meirionnydd is a coastal and mountainous region of Wales. It has been a kingdom, a cantref, a district and, as Merionethshire, a county. Kingdom Meirionnydd (Meirion, with -''ydd'' as a Welsh suffix of land, literally ''Land adjoined to Meirio ...

in early medieval Wales, traditionally also an astronomer * İdris Güllüce (born 1950), Turkish civil engineer, politician and government minister *

Idris Hopkins Idris Morgan Hopkins (11 October 1910 – 9 October 1994) was a Welsh footballer famed for his talented right foot. He played for many clubs throughout his career, but most famously Brentford where he captained them in the English First Divisi ...

(1910–1994), Welsh footballer *

Idris Jones Idris Jones (born 2 April 1943) is a retired Anglican bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church. He was the Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway from 1998 to 2009 and was also Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church from 2006 to 2009. Early life and e ...

(1900–1971), Welsh industrial chemist and rugby union player *

(born 1943), English-born Anglican bishop of the

Scottish Episcopal Church The Scottish Episcopal Church ( gd, Eaglais Easbaigeach na h-Alba; sco, Scots Episcopal(ian) Kirk) is the ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion in Scotland. A continuation of the Church of Scotland as intended by King James VI, and ...

* Idris Abdul Karim (born 1976), Malaysian footballer * Idris Khattak, Pakistani human rights activist who has been missing since 2019 * İdris Küçükömer (1925–1987), Turkish academic, philosopher and economist *

Idris Lewis Idris Lewis (21 November 1889 – 15 April 1952) was a Welsh conducting, conductor and composer. He worked on the film scores of a number of productions during the 1930s, when he was employed by British International Pictures. He was the Direc ...

(1889–1952), Welsh conductor and composer * Idris Miles (1908–1983), Welsh footballer * Idris Muhammad (born 1939), American jazz drummer *

Idris Phillips Idris Phillips (January 1958 – July 16, 2022) was an American musician, composer, songwriter, and music producer based in Nashville. In recent years, he was best recognized for his work as a pianist, guitarist and producer for Canadian sin ...

(1958–2022), American musician * Idris Rahman (born 1976), English musician *

İdris Naim Şahin İdris Naim Şahin (born 1 June 1956, Ünye, Ordu, Turkey) is a Turkish politician who was elected to the Turkish Grand National Assembly in 2002, representing Istanbul. He was appointed to the Ministry of Internal Affairs on 6 July 2011 by Pri ...

(born 1956), Turkish politician *

Idris Sardi Muhammad Idris Sardi (June 7, 1938 – April 28, 2014) was an Indonesian violinist and composer. Idris Sardi was born on June 7, 1938 to Mas Sardi, Sardi, an Indonesian composer, and Hadidjah, an Indonesian actress. Idris learned to play the vi ...

(1938-2013), Indonesian violinist * Idris Seabright, pseudonym of American author

Margaret St. Clair __NOTOC__ Margaret St. Clair (17 February 1911 – 22 November 1995) was an American fantasy and science fiction writer, who also wrote under the pseudonyms Idris Seabright and Wilton Hazzard. Biography St. Clair was born as Eva Margaret Neeley ...

(1911–1995) *

Idries Shah Idries Shah (; hi, इदरीस शाह, ps, ادريس شاه, ur, ; 16 June 1924 – 23 November 1996), also known as Idris Shah, né Sayed Idries el- Hashimi (Arabic: سيد إدريس هاشمي) and by the pen name Ark ...

or Idris Shah (1926–1996), author and teacher in the Sufi tradition * Idris Towill (1909–1988), Welsh dual-code rugby player * Idris Waziri, Nigerian politician * Idris Galcia Welsh, birthname of Canadian-American explorer, author, filmmaker and aviator

Aloha Wanderwell Aloha Wanderwell (Idris Galcia Hall née Welsh, October 13, 1906 – June 4, 1996) was a Canadian-American Internationalist explorer, author, filmmaker, and aviator. In the 1920s, while still a teenager, she traveled 380,000 miles across 80 coun ...

(1906–1996) * Idris Williams (1836–1894), Welsh educationalist, Congregationalist and councillor *

Idris Jamma' Idris Muhammad Jamma' ( ar, إدريس محمد جماع, translit=Idrīs Muḥammad Jammāʻ; 1 January 1922 – 27 March 1980) was a Sudanese poet whose only collection of poems, which is titled ''The Last moments'' ( ar, لحظات باقية), ...

(1922 – 1980), Sudanese poet.

Royal and political titles

Idris I of Morocco Idris (I) ibn Abd Allah ( ar, إدريس بن عبد الله, translit=Idrīs ibn ʿAbd Allāh), also known as Idris the Elder ( ar, إدريس الأكبر, translit=Idrīs al-Akbar), (d. 791) was an Arab Hasanid Sharif and the founder of the ...

, the first ruler and founder of the Idrisid Dynasty of Morocco. *

Idris II of Morocco Idris bin Idris ( ar, إدريس بن إدريس) known as Idris II ( ar, إدريس الثاني) (August 791 – August 828), was the son of Idris I, the founder of the Idrisid dynasty in Morocco. He was born in Walīlī two months after the d ...

, the son of Idris I *

Idris of Libya Muhammad Idris bin Muhammad al-Mahdi as-Senussi ( ar, إدريس, Idrīs; 13 March 1890 – 25 May 1983) was a Libyan political and religious leader who was King of Libya from 24 December 1951 until his overthrow on 1 September 1969. He ruled ov ...

(1889–1983), first and only king of Libya *

Idris Shah II of Perak Sultan Idris Iskandar Al-Mutawakkil Alallahi Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar Shah Kaddasullah, CMG (17 August 1924 – 31 January 1984) was the 33rd Sultan of Perak from 5 January 1963 until his death on 31 January 1984. He was the son of Sul ...

(1924–1984), sultan of Perak

Nickname

Joni Hendrawan Joni Hendrawan, also known as Idris, is an Indonesian, who after escaping conviction for his role in the 2002 Bali Bombing, was convicted for the 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing. Early life Hendrawan grew up in the town of Pekanbaru Indonesia, and th ...

or ''Idris'', Indonesian member of

Jemaah Islamiyah Jemaah Islamiyah ( ar, الجماعة الإسلامية, ''al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmiyyah'', meaning "Islamic Congregation", frequently abbreviated JI) is a Southeast Asian militant extremist Islamist terrorist group based in Indonesia, which i ...

* Howell Idris (1842–1925) Welsh politician born Thomas Howell Williams. (Also Idris, a brand of

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, originally made by Howell Idris' company)

Surname

* Alimcan Idris (1887-1959), Tatar theologian *

Damson Idris Damson Idris (born 2 September 1991) is a British-Nigerian actor. He currently stars on John Singleton's crime drama ''Snowfall'', which debuted 5 July 2017 on FX. He played the co-lead in Netflix's sci-fi action film '' Outside the Wire'' (202 ...

(born 1991), English actor *

Denise Idris Jones Denise Idris Jones (7 December 1950 – 24 July 2020; née Woodrow) was a Labour member of the National Assembly for Wales for the Conwy Assembly constituency between 2003 and 2007. She served on the Culture, Welsh Language & Sport Commi ...

(1950–2020),

Welsh Labour Welsh Labour ( cy, Llafur Cymru) is the branch of the United Kingdom Labour Party in Wales and the largest party in modern Welsh politics. Welsh Labour and its forebears won a plurality of the Welsh vote at every UK general election since 192 ...

politician *

Jamal Idris Jamal Dasuki Idris is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. Idris was a junior athletics record holder and played in representative teams such as: Country, the indigenous nrl all stars New South Wales and Australia . A , he ...

(born 1990), Australian professional rugby league footballer * Kamil Idris, Sudanese international civil servant * Salim Idris (b. 1957), Syrian general *

Suhayl Idris Suhayl Idris (1925 – February 19, 2008) was a Lebanese novelist, short-story writer, journalist and translator. Biography Idris studied in Beirut before going on to study in Paris and receive a PhD from Sorbonne. His first collection, ''Ashwaq ...

(1923–2008), Lebanese novelist, short-story writer, journalist, and translator *

Yusuf Idris Yusuf Idris, also Yusif Idris ( ar, يوسف إدريس) (May 19, 1927 – August 1, 1991) was an Egyptian writer of plays, short stories, and novels. Biography Idris was born in Faqous. He originally trained to be a doctor, studying at the ...

(1927–1991), Egyptian writer * S. M. Mohamed Idris (1926-2019), Malaysian environmental diplomat

Fictional characters

* Idris, a.k.a. Red Idris, a main character in Jennifer Maiden's third novel in the Play With Knives series, ''Play With Knives: Three: George and Clare and the Grey Hat Hacker' * Idris, the TARDIS personified in the ''Doctor Who'' episode "

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" * Idris, in Mary Shelley's novel ''

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'' *

Idris the Dragon ''Ivor the Engine'' is a British cutout animation television series created by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin's Smallfilms company. It follows the adventures of a small green steam locomotive who lives in the "top left-hand corner of Wales" ...

, a Welsh dragon in the animated series ''

Ivor the Engine ''Ivor the Engine'' is a British cutout animation television series created by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin's Smallfilms company. It follows the adventures of a small green steam locomotive who lives in the "top left-hand corner of Wales" ...

'' * Idris, an

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