Jared
| Pronunciation | /ˈdʒærəd/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew |
| Other names | |
| Nickname(s) | Jean, Jaye, Jay, Red, Redd, Jerry |
| Related names | Gared, Gerad, Jarad, Jared, Jeptha, Jartha, Jareth, Jarid, Jarod, Jarrad, Jarred, Jarrid, Jarrod, Jarryd, Jaryd, Jhared, Jean, Jerad, Jered, Jerid, Jerod, Jerrad, Jerred, Jerrid, Jerrod, Jerry, Yared |
Jared is a given name of Biblical derivation, common today mostly in North American English-speaking countries.
Origin
In the Book of Genesis, the biblical patriarch Jared (יֶרֶד) was the sixth in the ten pre-flood generations between Adam and Noah; he was the son of Mahalaleel and the father of Enoch, and lived 962 years (Genesis 5:18). The biblical text in Jubilees implicitly etymologizes the name as derived from the root YRD "descend", because in his days "the angels of the Lord descended to earth".[1] Alternative suggestions for the name's etymology include words for "rose","servant" and "one who rules".[2]
Yared (505–571), a namesake, was an Ethiopian bishop who introduced the concept of sacred music to Ethiopian Orthodox services. He is regarded as a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church with a feast day of 11 Genbot (May 19).
People
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Arts, entertainment, and media
- Jared Anderson (heavy metal musician) (1974–2006), American musician
- Jared Bernstein (born 1955), American economist
- Jared Carter (born 1939), American poet
- Jared Daperis (born 1990), Australian actor
- Jared Evan (born 1989), American musician
- Jared Bradley Flagg (1820–1899), American painter
- Jared Fogle (born 1977), former American spokesman for Subway
- Jared French (1905–1988), American painter
- Jared Gold (born 1972), American fashion designer
- Jared Harris (born 1961), English actor
- Jared Hasselhoff (born 1971), American musician
- Jared Hedges (born 1980), American writer
- Jared Hess (born 1979), American filmmaker
- Jared Keeso (born 1984), Canadian actor
- Jared Kushner (born 1981), American businessman
- Jared Lane (born 1972), New Zealand artist
- Jared Lee (born 1943), Canadian artist
- Jared Leto (born 1971), American actor and musician
- Jared Martin (born 1940), American actor
- Jared Mitchell (writer) (born 1955), Canadian journalist
- Jared Murillo (born 1988), American dancer
- Jared Nathan (1985–2006), American actor
- Jared Padalecki (born 1982), American actor
- Jared Rushton (born 1974), American musician and actor
- Jared Slingerland (born 1984), Canadian musician
- Jared Taylor (born 1951), American journalist
- Jared Turner (born 1978), New Zealand-born Australian actor
Government and politics
- Jared Benson (1821–1894), American politician
- Jared Brossett (born 1982), American politician
- Jared M. Brush (1814–1895), American politician
- Jared Golden (born 1982), American politician
- Jared Huffman (born 1964), American politician
- Jared Ingersol Chipman (1788–1832), Nova Scotian lawyer and politician
- Jared Ingersoll (1749–1822), American politician
- Jared Irwin (1750–1818), American politician, Governor of Georgia
- Jared Irwin (Pennsylvania) (1768–1818), American politician
- Jared V. Peck (1816–1891), American politician
- Jared Perkins (1793–1854), American politician
- Jared Polis (born 1975), American politician
- Jared Y. Sanders Jr. (1892–1960), American politician
- Jared Y. Sanders Sr. (1869–1944), American politician
- Jared C. Troop (1837–1876), Canadian lawyer and politician
- Jared Whitaker (1818–1884), American newspaperman and politician
- Jared W. Williams (1796–1864), American lawyer and politician
- Jared Williams (Virginia) (1766–1831), American politician
Sports
- Jared Allen (born 1982), American football player
- Jared Aulin (born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jared Barker (born 1975), Canadian rugby player
- Jared Boll (born 1986), American ice hockey player
- Jared Borgetti (born 1973), Mexican football player
- Jared Brennan (born 1984), Australian football player
- Jared Brown (born 1973), American football player
- Jared Burton (born 1981), American baseball player
- Jared Cannonier (born 1984), American mixed martial artist
- Jared Clauss (born 1981), American football player
- Jared Connaughton (born 1985), Canadian sprinter
- Jared Cook (born 1987), American football player
- Jared Cowen (born 1991), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jared Crouch (born 1978), Australian football player
- Jared DeVries (born 1976), American football player
- Jared Dillinger (born 1984), Filipino-American basketball player
- Jared Dudley (born 1985), American basketball player
- Jared Fernández (born 1972), American baseball player
- Jared Gaither (born 1986), American football player
- Jared Goff (born 1994), American football player
- Jared Goldberg (born 1991), American Olympic skier
- Jared Graves (born 1982), Australian cyclist
- Jared Harper (born 1997), American basketball player
- Jared Hodgkiss (born 1986), English football player
- Jared Homan (born 1983), American basketball player
- Jared Jeffries (born 1981), American basketball player
- Jared Jordan (born 1984), American basketball player
- Jared Lakind (born 1992), American baseball player
- Jared Lewis (born 1982), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines sprinter
- Jared Lorenzen (1981-2019), American football player
- Jared Mayden (born 1998), American football player
- Jared Mitchell (baseball) (born 1988), American baseball player
- Jared Montz (born 1982), American soccer player
- Jared Newberry (born 1981), American football player
- Jared Newson (born 1984), American basketball player
- Jared Norris (born 1993), American football player
- Jared Odrick (born 1987), American football player
- Jared Palmer (born 1971), American tennis player
- Jared Petrenko (born 1989), Australian football player
- Jared Pinkney (born 1997), American football player
- Jared Poulton (born 1977), Australian football player
- Jared Rando (born 1981), Australian mountain biker
- Jared Reiner (born 1982), American basketball player
- Jared Retkofsky (born 1983), American football player
- Jared Rivers (born 1984), Australian football player
- Jared Ross (born 1982), American ice hockey player
- Jared Sandberg (born 1978), American baseball player
- Jared Shuster (born 1998), American baseball player
- Jared Staal (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jared Sullinger (born 1992), American basketball player
- Jared Tallent (born 1984), Australian race walker
- Jared Tebo (born 1987), American radio-controlled racer
- Jared Theodorakos (born 1981), American baseball player
- Jared Tomich (born 1974), Australian football player
- Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (born 1989), New Zealand Rugby League player
- Jared Wells (born 1981), American baseball player
- Jared Wilson (footballer) (born 1989), English football player
- Jared Zabransky (born 1983), American football player
Other people
- Jared Bernstein, American economist
- Jared Carter (1801–1849), early American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement
- Jared Cohen (born 1981), American foreign policy advisor and author
- Jared Diamond (born 1937), American scientist and writer
- Jared Potter Kirtland (1793–1877), American naturalist and politician
- Jared Lee Loughner (born 1988), American arrested for the 2011 Tucson shooting
- Jared Mansfield (1759–1830), American mathematician and surveyor
- Jared C. Monti (1975–2006), American soldier
- Jared Sparks (1789–1866), American historian and university president
- Jared Sidney Torrance (1853–1921), American real estate developer
- Jared Tinklenberg, American psychiatrist
Fictional characters
- Jared Banks, fictional character on One Life to Live
- Jared Casey, fictional character on Passions
- Jared Garrity, fictional character from The Twilight Zone
- Jared Grace, from The Spiderwick Chronicles
- Jared Kleinman, side character in the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen
- Jared Nomak, antagonist from the movie Blade 2 (played by Luke Goss)
- Jared Vasquez, fictional character on Manifest (TV series)
- Jared Bakravan, fictional character from James Clavell's novel Whirlwind