MEANING & HISTORY
What does Edris mean?
Nordic Names records Edris as an Idris variant in one name tradition. Its separate Swedish entry leaves origin and meaning unknown, proposing only a possible AUD and RIS combination.
These accounts cannot be merged or selected from the Philippine bearer’s name alone; no gender or ancestry is inferred.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗THE RECORDED SPELLING
Find Edris in the sources
Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
EDRISCSV record 800 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Edris in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Edris
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Edric♂Wealth and ruler
- Idris♂Welsh ardent lord, or an Arabic prophetic name
- Baris♂Unmarked Turkish Barış form; peace
- Caris·Welsh love-name branch; separate Dutch personal-name account
- Chris♂♀Short form of Christopher or Christian
- Cris♂♀Short form of Christopher, Christian or Christine
- Doris♀Dorian woman
- Eddie♂Familiar form of Edward, Edmund or Edgar
What rhymes with Edris?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
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- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Nordic Names: Edris, Idris-variant account (opens in a new tab)
Explicit Idris variant; no universal literal expansion.
- Nordic Names: Edris, Swedish account (opens in a new tab)
Explicit unknown origin and meaning with a tentative AUD + RIS proposal.