Idra as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Idra

What is the meaning of the name Idra ?

The baby name Idra is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced {'common': 'ID-rah', 'IPA': '/ˈɪdrə/'}.

Idra is Aramaic, Greek, Hebrew in Origin.

Idra draws on an Aramaic root (’idra) meaning “threshing floor” or “circular gathering place.” The term is preserved in Kabbalistic literature through the Idra Rabba and Idra Zuta - “Great” and “Lesser Assembly” - where sages convene in a circle. As a given name, it carries resonances of community, learning, and harvest, often glossed as “assembly” or “sacred circle.” This gives Idra a quietly luminous, scholarly aura with ties to Jewish textual tradition while remaining sleek and modern in form.

Usage is rare but steadily visible in the late 20th and 21st centuries, particularly in Hebrew- and English-speaking contexts; American novelist and poet Idra Novey offers a contemporary touchstone. Variants and near-forms include Idrah and, by analogy, Edra. Some also treat Idra as a streamlined elaboration of Ida or a feminine echo of Idris, though these are folk associations rather than strict etymologies.

⚙ Idra is a rare name. It doesn't appear in any of the major national birth registries we track; we found only 47 recorded uses across 19 countries. Expect very few children to share this name.