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[Facts] Idris
by April (ConcludeLove)
11/15/2006, 6:44 AM
There is a guy in my class whose fn is Idris (eye-DREES). He said it was Arabic but I didn't find it in the Arabic names section. Any ideas on what the origin or meaning of this name is? Thanks in advance.April
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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)   +1
11/15/2006, 8:03 AM
According to A Dictionary of Muslim Names by Salahuddin Ahmed, Idris is the form in the Quran of the Old Testament biblical name Enoch. According to The Complete Book of Muslim & Parsi Names by Maneka Gandhi & Ozair Husain, Idris originally meant "one who instructs" in Arabic.
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- Anneza
11/15/2006, 10:54 PM
Most interesting - thank you! I've only ever known the Welsh version. Fascinating how two identical-looking words can arise independently in languages that aren't even related.
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