Idriss

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Idriss is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Chad than in any other country, where it is the 7th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • MAMorocco≈1 in 3.5K(inferred from the name graph)
  • TDChad≈1 in 538
  • CMCameroon≈1 in 1.7K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Chad (inferred from the name graph)

≈31,000 people, est.

Sources
251 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 538 (inferred from the name graph)

Chad, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Sources 1

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Idriss counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Idriss is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TD Chad#7≈31,000 est.≈1 in 538—Idriss27
CM Cameroon#196≈16,000 est.≈1 in 1.7K—Idriss22
MA Morocco#400≈10,000 est.≈1 in 3.5KlistedIdriss81
CI Côte d’Ivoire—≈9,000 est.≈1 in 3K—Idriss26
NG Nigeria—≈7,000 est.≈1 in 31K—Idriss25
TN Tunisia#579≈1,100 est.≈1 in 11K—Idriss21
ES Spain—6261 in 80K626Idriss25

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: the ma-etatcivil-authorized-given-names register; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Idriss is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Nigeria, United States, Germany, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Ïdrîss, Îdrïss, Ïdríss, Îdrîśś, Îdřiss

  • Spanish given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, United States, Morocco, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Ídrïss, Ìḑřịśś, Idríss, Ïdriss, Idrïss

  • Danish given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, Sweden, Norway

    Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Ĩdřįŝŝ, Ïdrîss

  • Estonian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Morocco, Nigeria

    Languages: Estonian, Finnish

    Also written Ídrìss

55 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

12001400160018002000Idris Imad al-Din, b. 1392Idris Bek Raghib, b. 1862Idriss Cherif, b. 1866Idriss Jazairy, b. 1936Idriss Miskine, b. 1948Idriss Déby, b. 1952Idriss Ndele Moussa, b. 1959Idriss Azami Al Idrissi, b. 1966Idriss Aberkane, b. 1986Idriss Saadi, b. 1992

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 57 sources across 32 countries.

Official registers attesting Idriss
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—626#3,923
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—493#2,131
MA MoroccoListe des prénoms d'usage au Maroc — official authorized given-names list———

Reference works 5

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Idriss a male or female name?
Idriss is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Idriss?
In the etymology graph, Idrissa is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Idriss have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 31 thousand people named Idriss in Chad, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled idriss.
How common is the name Idriss?
In Spain, the national register counted 626 people named Idriss, about 1 in 80 thousand residents.
How common is Idriss compared with other names?
In Chad, Idriss is the 7th most common given name of 250 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Idriss” — the 7th most common given name in Chad. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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