Jared

Gender Masculine

Usage English, Biblical

Scripts יָרֶד, יֶרֶד(Ancient Hebrew)

Pronounced Pron. JAR-əd(English)

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Meaning & History

From the Hebrew name יָרֶד (Yared) or יֶרֶד (Yered) meaning "descent". This is the name of a close descendant of Adam in the Old Testament. It has been used as an English name since the Protestant Reformation, and it was popularized in the 1960s by the character Jarrod Barkley on the television series The Big Valley [1].

Related Names

VariantsJarod, Jarred, Jarrod, Jerrod, Jerred(English)

Other Languages & CulturesIared(Biblical Greek) Yared, Yered(Biblical Hebrew) Iared(Biblical Latin) Yared(Ethiopian)

Popularity

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Categories

A Song of Ice and Fire characters, biblical patriarchs, Jerry, literature, Stephen King characters, television, trendy, Will and Grace characters, Winx Club characters, YouTubers

Sources & References

Evans, Cleveland Kent. The Great Big Book of Baby Names. Publications International, 2006, page 171.

Entry updated February 4, 2020