Idriss

A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning studious one; form of Enoch.

Babies a year
5
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3684
5 babies

Idriss by the numbers

In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Idriss. In the US, 15 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 best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

Other names that come from Enoch

Like Idriss, each of these traces back to Enoch: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Enochdedicated or initiated307 in the US (2017)
  • Enocdedicated or initiated; variant of Enoch41 in the US (2017)
  • Enockdedicated or initiated; a form of Enoch10 in the US (2017)
  • Henokdedicated; a form of Enoch8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Enokdedicated, consecrated; a form of Enoch8 in the US (2017)
  • Chanochdedicated, initiated; variant of Enoch6 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Idriss. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Idrisardent lord368 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Idrissairon; strong and powerful9 in the US (2017)
  • Idreesstudious one; a form of Enoch99 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Irish9 in the US (2017)
  • Idiris5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Idriss

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