Fun Facts About the Name Idrissa
- 174 babies named Idrissa: U.S. records list 174 babies given the name Idrissa from 1880 through 2025. Even 6 girls received the name Idrissa - about 1 girl for every 28 boys.
What Does the Name Idrissa Mean?
Idrissa is a West African form of the Arabic name Idris (إدريس). The meaning of Idris is not settled. One widely repeated explanation links it to the Arabic root d-r-s (د-ر-س), found in the verb darasa, "to study" or "to read," which would give a sense such as "studious" or "learned." Another view treats Idris as a name borrowed into Arabic from another language, in which case the Arabic root would not explain it. Because these accounts disagree, the safest description of the meaning is that it is uncertain.
Idrissa Name History & Origins
Idris is the name of a prophet named in the Quran, in Surah Maryam (19:56 - 57) and Surah Al-Anbiya (21:85 - 86). Islamic tradition identifies him with the biblical Enoch and credits him with early knowledge of writing and the stars, though the Quran itself gives no such details. From Arabic the name spread through the Muslim world and is used in Arabic-speaking countries and in Turkey as İdris.
Idrissa is the form the name took in West Africa, where a final -a is often added to Quranic and biblical names: Ibrahima beside Ibrahim, Musa beside Moses, Isa beside Jesus. It is common in Senegal and The Gambia and is also found in Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, and northern Nigeria, among Wolof, Mandinka, Fulani, and Hausa speakers. Related spellings and short forms include Idriss, Idris, Idrees, and Drissa.
How Popular is the Name Idrissa?
Idrissa has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2012. Its best rank was #6,105 in 2012.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | #7,774 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,176 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #8,556 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #9,223 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #13,063 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #10,122 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #9,944 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #10,132 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #11,305 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #8,401 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #10,062 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2015 | #9,055 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #8,393 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #9,108 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2012 | #6,105 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2011 | #8,317 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #9,106 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #7,397 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2008 | #10,286 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #9,964 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #10,462 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #11,036 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #10,536 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Idrissa Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Your tendency is to finish whatever you start. You like to use the pen or the needle (writing, fashion design etc). You are loving, compassionate, intuitive and humanitarian. Runs of luck, either good or bad, follow you. You are sympathetic, but at times might be touchy and oversensitive. You may have a gift for writing. You are intuitive and might be interested in the arts, drama or science.
You are very intuitive. You have a reservoir of inspired wisdom combined with inherited analytical ability, which could reward you through expressions of spiritual leadership, business analysis, marketing, artistic visions, and scientific research. Operating on spiritual side of your individuality can bring you to the great heights, and drop you off if you neglect your spiritual identity. You are always looking for an opportunity to investigate the unknown, to use and show your mental abilities, to find the purpose and meaning of life. You want to grow wise and to understand people and things. You need privacy to replenish your energy. You have a unique way of thinking, intuitive, reflective, absorbing.
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