Jared

For other uses, see Jared (disambiguation).

Jared
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	Descent or Ruler
Other names
Related names	Jarred, Jarad, Jarrad, Jarid, Jarrid, Jarod, Jarrod, Jareth, Jered, Jerred, Jerad, Jerrad, Jerid, Jerrid, Jerod, Jerrod

Jared, /ˈdʒæɹəd/, is a proper name of Biblical derivation that is a common first name, mostly in North American English-speaking countries.

In the Biblical Book of Genesis, Jared was the sixth link 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 (per Genesis 5:18).

The meaning of the name is "he who descended" (Hebrew root YRD). In the Book of Enoch it is explained that Mahalaleel named Jared because during his lifetime the angels of the Lord descended to earth. The name could also be understood as "he who shall rule" (future tense of the Hebrew root RDH, as found for example in Psalms 72:8).

Translations

• Arabic: جاريد
• Belarusian: Джарэд (Džared)
• Chinese Simplified: 贾里德 (Jiǎlǐdé)
• Chinese Traditional: 賈裏德 (Jiǎlǐdé)
• Greek: Ιαρεδ (Iareth)
• Gujarati: જારેડ (Jārēḍa)
• Hebrew: ירד(Yared, Yered), ג'ארד (Jered)
• Hindi: जारेड (Jārēḍa)
• Japanese: ジャレド (Jaredo)
• Kannada: ಜೇರ್ಡ್ (Jērḍ)
• Korean: 제라드 (Jeladeu)
• Maori: Iarere
• Mongolian: Жаред (Jaryed)
• Nepali: येरेद (Yērēda)
• Persian: جارد
• Punjabi: ਯਰਦ (Yarada)
• Russian: Джаред (Dzhared)
• Serbian: Џаред (Džared)
• Tamil: ஜாரெட் (Jāreṭ)
• Telugu: జారెడ్ (Jāreḍ)
• Thai: จาเร็ด (Cārĕd)
• Ukrainian: Джаред (Dzhared)
• Yiddish: דזשאַרעד (Dzşʼarʻd)
• Ethiopian: ያሬድ (Yared)

People

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 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 Graves (born 1982), Australian cyclist
• Jared Hess (born 1983), American mixed martial artist
• 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 Lewis (born 1982), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines sprinter
• 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 Odrick (born 1987), American football player
• Jared Palmer (born 1971), American tennis player
• Jared Petrenko (born 1989), Australian 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 Rollins (born 1977), American mixed martial artist
• Jared Ross (born 1982), American ice hockey player
• Jared Sandberg (born 1978), American baseball player
• Jared Staal (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey 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 Weaver (born 1982), American baseball player
• Jared Wells (born 1981), American baseball player
• Jared Wilson (footballer) (born 1989), English football player
• Jared Zabransky (born 1983), American football player

Politicians

• Jared Benson (1821–1894), American politician
• Jared Brossett (born 1982), American politician
• Jared Brush (1814–1895), 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 Peck (1816–1891), American politician
• Jared Perkins (1793–1854), American politician
• Jared Polis (born 1975), American politician
• Jared 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
• Jared Young Sanders, Jr. (1892–1960), American politician
• Jared Young Sanders, Sr. (1869–1944), American politician

Other people

• Jared Anderson (heavy metal musician) (1974–2006), American musician
• Jared Bernstein, American economist
• Jared Carter (born 1939), American poet
• Jared Carter (1801–1849), early American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement
• Jared Cohen (born 1981), American foreign policy advisor and author
• Jared Daperis (born 1990), Australian actor
• Jared Diamond (born 1937), American scientist and writer
• Jared Evan (born 1989), American musician
• Jared Bradley Flagg (1820–1899), American painter
• Jared Fogle (born 1977), former American spokesman for Subway
• Jared Followill (born 1986), American musician
• 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 Kirtland (1793–1877), American naturalist and politician
• Jared Kushner (born 1981), American newspaper owner
• Jared Lane (born 1972), New Zealand artist
• Jared Lee Loughner (born 1988), American arrested for the 2011 Tucson shooting
• Jared Lee (born 1943), Canadian artist
• Jared Leto (born 1971), American actor and musician
• Jared Mansfield (1759–1830), American mathematician and surveyor
• Jared Martin (born 1940), American actor
• Jared Mitchell (writer) (born 1955), Canadian journalist
• Jared Monti (1975–2006), American soldier
• Jared Murillo (dancer) (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 Sparks (1789–1866), American historian and university president
• Jared Taylor (born 1951), American journalist
• Jared Sidney Torrance (1853–1921), American real estate developer
• Jared Turner (born 1978), New Zealand-born Australian actor
• Yared (born April 25, 505 – May 20, 571), Ethiopia-born a legendary Ethiopian musician credited with inventing the sacred music tradition of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and Ethiopia's system of musical notation. He is responsible for creating the Zema or the chant tradition of Ethiopia, particularly the chants of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, which are still performed today. He is regarded as a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church with a feast day of 11 Genbot (May 19).

Religion

• Yared (505–571), Ethiopian Orthodox Saint and who introduced the concept of sacred music to Ethiopian Orthodox services.

Fiction

• Jared Banks, fictional character on One Life to Live
• Jared Grace, from "The Spiderwick Chronicles"
• Jared Casey, fictional character on Passions
• Jared Nomak, antagonist from the movie Blade 2 (played by Luke Goss)