Edris
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in England and Wales.
Edris by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Edris. In the US, 20 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 24 babies in 1915, making it a 1910s name.
What we can tell you about Edris
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Edris. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Erisdiscord; strife; Greek goddess126 in the US (2017)
- Edricwealthy ruler8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ediswealthy guardian; a form of Edward3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Edrasstrong helper; biblical form of Ezra7 in the US (2017)
- Edrikwealthy ruler; a form of edric6 in the US (2017)
- Edrin6 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Edris
Names that are said the same way as Edris, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Edrees5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Edris
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