Jared
Pronunciation | /ˈdʒærəd/ |
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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.
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
Arts, entertainment, and media
- Jared Abrahamson (born 1987), Canadian actor
- Jared Allman (born 1984), American actor
- Jared Anderson (Christian musician) (born 1979), American musician and Christian worship leader
- Jared Anderson (heavy metal musician) (1974–2006), American musician
- Jared Angira (born 1947), Kenyan poet and author
- Jared Angle, American ballet dancer
- Jared Artaud, American musician
- Jared Maurice Arter (1850–1930), American author and former slave
- Jared Ball (born 1971), American author and radio host
- Jared "Drake" Bell (born 1986), American actor and singer
- Jared Blake (born 1978), American musician and actor
- Jared Bowen, American journalist and reporter
- Jared Breeze (born 2005), American child actor
- Jared Bush (born 1974), American screenwriter and television producer
- Jared Byers, American musician
- Jared Carter (born 1939), American author and editor
- Jared Campbell (born 1989), American stand-up comedian and former football player
- Jared Cohn, American film director, screenwriter, and actor
- Jared Cohon (born 1947), American author, editor, engineer
- Jared Cole, American physicist
- Jared Colinger, American musician
- Jared Cotter (born 1981), American musician
- Jared Curtis (born 1936), American author and editor
- Jared Daperis (born 1990), Australian actor
- Jared DePasquale (born 1971), American film, television, and audio drama composer
- Jared Diamond (born 1937), American scientist and author
- Jared Dines (born 1989), American musician and YouTuber
- Jared Eliot (1685–1763) American colonial minister, physician and agronomist
- Jared Emerson-Johnson (born 1981), American video game music composer and voice actor
- Jared Evan (born 1989), American musician
- Jared Bradley Flagg (1820–1899), American painter
- Jared Faber, American film, television producer, and musician
- Jared Falk (born 1981), Canadian musician
- Jared Farmer (born 1974), American historian and author
- Jared Fogle (born 1977), American former spokesman for Subway and registered sex offender
- Jared Followill (born 1986), American musician
- Jared French (1905–1988), American painter
- Jared Friedman (born 1984), American entrepreneur and investor
- Jared Gertner, American actor
- Jared Gilman (born 1998), American actor
- Jared Gilmore (born 2000), American actor
- Jared Gold (born 1972), American fashion designer
- Jared Gold (organist), American musician
- Jared Gomes (born 1968), American musician and activist
- Jared Ian Goldman (born 1979), American film and television producer
- Jared Lee Gosselin (born 1981), American record producer
- Jared J. Grantham (1936–2017), American physician, nephrologist, and author
- Jared Gutstadt (born 1977), Canadian-born American music executive
- Jared Hampton (born 1990), American musician
- Jared Harris (born 1961), British actor
- Jared Hartmann (born 1985), American musician
- Jared Hasselhoff (born 1971), American musician and actor
- Jared Hauser (born 1971), American musician and professor
- Jared Hecht (born 1987), American entrepreneur
- Jared Hedges (born 1980), American screenwriter, television producer, and video games
- Jared Hess (born 1979), American filmmaker
- Jared Heyman, American entrepreneur
- Jared Isaacman (born 1983), American businessman
- Jared Israel (born 1944), American writer, activist, and conspiracy theorist
- Jared Jussim (born 1935), American lawyer, actor and former executive vice president for (SPE)
- Jared Keeso (born 1984), Canadian actor
- Jared Kuemper, Canadian musician, record producer, and audio engineer
- Jared Kusnitz (born 1988), American actor
- Jared Lane (born 1972), New Zealand artist and illustrator
- Jared Lee (born 1943), Canadian artist and cartoonist
- Jared Lehr, American jewelry fashion designer
- Jared Leto (born 1971), American actor and musician
- Jared Louche (born 1960), American musician
- Jared MacEachern (born 1980), American musician
- Jared Marston, Australian musician and DJ producer
- Jared Martin (1940–2017), American actor
- Jared McCloud (born 1980), American musician
- Jared Mezzocchi (born 1985), American theatre projection designer and director
- Jared Mitchell (writer) (born 1955), Canadian journalist and author
- Jared Morgenstern (born 1981), American designer and entrepreneur
- Jared Moshe, American film director, screenwriter, and producer
- Jared Murillo (born 1988), American dancer, singer, and actor
- Jared Nathan (1985–2006), American child actor
- Jared James Nichols (born 1989), American musician
- Jared Nissim (born 1973), American businessman
- Jared Overton, American musician
- Jared Padalecki (born 1982), American actor
- Jared Palomar, American musician
- Jared Pappas-Kelly (born 1974), American curator, author, and visual artist
- Jared Paul, American Talent manager and producer
- Jared Pelletier (born 1990), Canadian director
- Jared Poythress (born 1985), Japanese-born American music producer and DJ
- Jared Purton (1976–2009), Australian-born immunologist
- Jared Rigsby, American musician
- Jared Robinsen (born 1963), Australian actor
- Jared Rushton (born 1974), American musician and actor
- Jared Safier (born 1982), American television and film producer
- Jared Yates Sexton (born 1981), American author and political commentator
- Jared Shavelson, American musician
- Jared Slingerland (born 1984), Canadian musician
- Jared Van Snellenberg (born 1980), Canadian actor
- Jared Sorensen, indie role-playing game designer
- Jared Southwick, (1976–2011), American musician
- Jared Spears (born 1936), American musician
- Jared Spool (born 1960), American Author, public speaker, and consultant
- Jared Paul Stern (born 1971), American journalist, photographer, and designer
- Jared Swilley (born 1983), American musician
- Jared Taylor (born 1951), American white supremacist and author
- Jared Thomas (born 1976), Australian author
- Jared Tinklenberg, American psychiatrist and author
- Jared Sidney Torrance (1853–1921), American businessman and real estate developer
- Jared Turner (born 1978), New Zealand-born Australian actor
- Jared Tyler (born 1978), American musician
- Jared Wade (born 1989), American musician
- Jared Warren, American musician
- Jared Warth (born 1986), American musician
- Jared Bell Waterbury (1799–1876), American minister and author
- Jared Yates, (American Idol) contestant
Government and politics
- Jared Benson (1821–1894), American politician
- Jared Bernstein (born 1955), American economist, author, and advisor at the (CBPP)
- Jared Brossett (born 1982), American politician
- Jared M. Brush (1814–1895), American politician, (28th Mayor of Pittsburgh PA)
- Jared Cohen (born 1981), American businessman, author, and advisor at the (CFR)
- Jared Genser, international human rights lawyer, author, and advisor at the (RWCHR)
- Jared Golden (born 1982), American politician
- Jared Comstock Gregory (1823–1892), American politician, (12th Mayor of Madison WI)
- Jared Hegwood, American author and writer for the (USN's) (NAVOCEANO)
- Jared Henderson, 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 Ingersoll Sr. (1722–1781) American stamp act agent
- Jared Irwin (1750–1818), American politician, (22nd Governor of Georgia)
- Jared Irwin (Pennsylvania politician) (1768–1818), American politician and zoologist
- Jared Potter Kirtland (1793–1877), America politician
- Jared Kushner (born 1981), American businessman and senior advisor to President Donald Trump
- Jared Maddux (1911–1971), American politician
- Jared Mansfield (1759–1830), American mathematician, Professor at the (USMA), and (Surveyor General of the United States)
- Jared Mead (born 1991), American politician
- Jared Moskowitz (born 1980), American politician
- Jared Nunes (born 1982), American politician
- Jared Olsen (born 1987), American politician
- Jared O'Mara (born 1981), former British politician
- Jared Patterson, American politician
- Jared Paul Stratton, American politician
- Jared V. Peck (1816–1891), American politician
- Jared Perkins (1793–1854), American politician
- Jared Polis (born 1975), American politician, (43rd Governor of Colorado)
- Jared Y. Sanders Jr. (1892–1960), American lawyer and politician
- Jared Y. Sanders Sr. (1869–1944), American politician
- Jared Solomon (born 1978), American politician
- Jared Solomon (Maryland politician), American politician
- Jared Sparks (1789–1866), American historian and politician
- Jared Thompson Jr. (1836–1914), American lawyer and politician
- Jared C. Troop (1837–1876), Canadian lawyer and politician
- Jared Weinstein (born 1979), former government official and personal aide to the (43rd President of the United States)
- Jared Whitaker (1818–1884), American newspaperman and politician
- Jared W. Williams (1796–1864), American lawyer and politician
- Jared Williams (Virginia politician) (1766–1831), American politician
- Jared Woodfill (born 1968), American lawyer and politician
- Jared Wright, American newspaper editor and former politician
Sports
- Jared Abbrederis (born 1990), American football player
- Jared Allen (born 1982), American football player
- Jared Allen (quarterback) (born 1981), American football coach and former player
- Jared Anderson (boxer) (born 1999), American boxer
- Jared Aulin (born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jared Barker (born 1975), Canadian rugby union player
- Jared Bednar (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey coach and former player
- Jared Benko, American athletic director
- Jared Berggren (born 1990), American basketball player
- Jared Bird (born 1997), English football player
- Jared Bidwell (born 1987), Australian rower
- Jared Boll (born 1986), American ice hockey player
- Jared Borgetti (born 1973), Mexican football player
- Jared Brennan (born 1984), Australian rules football player
- Jared Brown (born 1973), American football player
- Jared Brownridge (born 1994), American basketball player
- Jared Burton (born 1981), American baseball player
- Jared Butler (born 2000), American basketball 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 Coreau (born 1991), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jared Cowen (born 1991), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jared Crick (born 1989), American football player
- Jared Crouch (born 1978), Australian rules football player
- Jared Cunningham (born 1991), American basketball player
- Jared Curtis (footballer) (born 1979), Samoan football player
- Jared Deacon (born 1975), British sprinter
- Jared DeMichiel (born 1985), American ice hockey coach and former player
- Jared DeVries (born 1976), American football player
- Jared Dillinger (born 1984), Filipino-American basketball player
- Jared Donaldson (born 1996), American tennis player
- Jared Downing (born 1989), American mixed martial artist
- Jared Dudley (born 1985), American basketball player
- Jared Elliott, American football coach
- Jared Embick (born 1978), American soccer coach and former player
- Jared Fernández (born 1972), American baseball player
- Jared Frayer (born 1978), American wrestler
- Jared Gaither (born 1986), American football player
- Jared Garcia (born 1982) American BMX rider
- Jared Goff (born 1994), American football player
- Jared Goldberg (born 1991), American alpine skier
- Jared Gomes (ice hockey) (born 1988), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jared Gordon (born 1988), American mixed martial artist
- Jared Grasso (born 1980), American basketball coach and former player
- Jared Graves (born 1982), Australian cyclist
- Jared Green (born 1989), American football player
- Jared Hamman (born 1982), American martial artist
- Jared Harper (born 1997), American basketball player
- Jared Heine (born 1984), Marshallese swimmer
- Jared Hess (fighter) (born 1983), American mixed martial artist
- Jared Hodgkiss (born 1986), English football player
- Jared Homan (born 1983), American basketball player
- Jared Hoying (born 1989), American baseball player
- Jared Hughes (born 1985), American baseball player
- Jared Jarvis (born 1994), Antigua and Barbuda sprinter
- Jared Jeffrey (born 1990), American soccer player
- Jared Jeffries (born 1981), American basketball player
- Jared Jenkins (born 1989), American football player
- Jared Jordan (born 1984), American basketball player
- Jared Kelley (born 2001), American baseball player
- Jared Khasa (born 1997), French football player
- Jared Kirby, American fencing instructor and martial artist
- Jared Koster (born 1991), Canadian football player
- Jared Lakind (born 1992), American baseball player
- Jared Landers (born 1982), American racing driver
- Jared Lewis (born 1982), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines sprinter
- Jared London (born 1995), Trinidadian and Tobagonians football player
- Jared Lorenzen (1981-2019), American football player
- Jared Lum (born 1992), Australian soccer player
- Jared Mayden (born 1998), American football player
- Jared McCann (born 1996), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jared McGee, American football player
- Jared McGriff-Culver (born 1989), American football player
- Jared Mees (born 1986), American motorcycle racer
- Jared Mitchell (baseball) (born 1988), American baseball player
- Jared Mills (born 1976), New Zealand rugby league player
- Jared Montz (born 1982), American soccer player
- Jared Moon (born 1971), American baseball coach and former player
- Jared Mortensen (born 1988), Canadian baseball player
- Jared Newberry (born 1981), American football player
- Jared Newson (born 1984), American basketball player
- Jared Nickens (born 1994), American basketball player
- Jared Nightingale (born 1982), American ice hockey player
- Jared Norman (born 1974), English cricketer
- Jared Norris (born 1993), American football player
- Jared Odenbeck (born 1995), American soccer player
- Jared Odrick (born 1987), American football player
- Jared Oliva (born 1995), American baseball player
- Jared Page (born 1993), New Zealand rugby union player
- Jared Palmer (born 1971), American tennis player
- Jared Panchia (born 1993), New Zealand field hockey player
- Jared Papazian (born 1988), American mixed martial artist
- Jared Payne (born 1985), New Zealand-born Irish rugby union player
- Jared Peniston (born 1982), Bermudian football player
- Jared Perry (born 1988), American football player
- Jared Petrenko (born 1989), Australian rules football player
- Jarred Phillips (born 1995), Canadian soccer player
- Jared Pinkney (born 1997), American football player
- Jared Poché (born 1994), American baseball player
- Jared Polec (born 1992), Australian rules football player
- Jared Poulton (born 1977), Australian rules 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 rules football player
- Jared Rollins (born 1977), American mixed martial artist
- Jared Rosholt (born 1986), American mixed martial artist
- Jared Ross (born 1982), American ice hockey player
- Jared Rosser (born 1997), Welsh rugby union player
- Jared Sandberg (born 1978), American baseball coach and former player
- Jared Saunders (born 1990), South African rugby union player
- Jared Savage (born 1997), American basketball player
- Jared Schuurmans (born 1987), American discus thrower
- Jared "Skip" Schumaker (born 1980), American baseball player
- Jared Shuster (born 1998), American baseball player
- Jared Simpson (born 1996), English rugby league player
- Jared Sims (born 1993), English football player
- Jared Smith (born 1990), American football player
- Jared Spurgeon (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jared Staal (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jared Stroud (born 1996), American soccer player
- Jared Sullinger (born 1992), American basketball player
- Jared Tallent (born 1984), Australian race walker
- Jared Taylor (rugby league) (born 1981), French rugby league player
- Jared Tebo (born 1987), American radio-controlled car racer
- Jared Terrell (born 1995), American basketball player
- Jared Theodorakos (born 1981), American baseball player
- Jared Timmer (born 1997), American soccer player
- Jared du Toit (born 1995), Canadian golfer
- Jared Tomich (born 1974), American football player
- Jared Veldheer (born 1987), American football player
- Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (born 1989), New Zealand rugby league player
- Jared Walsh (born 1993), American baseball player
- Jared Ward (born 1988), American long-distance runner
- Jared Warner (born 1996), English cricketer
- Jared Watts (born 1992), American soccer player
- Jared Weaver (born 1982), American baseball player
- Jared Wells (born 1981), American baseball player
- Jared Wilson (footballer) (born 1989), English football player
- Jared Wolfe (born 1988), American golfer
- Jared Young (born 1995), Canadian baseball player
- Jared Zabransky (born 1983), American football player
- Jared Zezel (born 1991), American curler
Other people
- Jared Carter (Latter Day Saints) (1801–1849), early American leader in the (Latter Day Saint movement)
- Jared Crane, son of American businessman (Jim crane)
- Jared Kleinstein, American baseball fan who mimicked baseball player (Tim Tebow) for (kneeling during the U.S. national anthem)
- Jared Lee Loughner (born 1988), American criminal who was arrested for the (2011 Tucson shooting)
- Jared C. Monti (1975–2006), American soldier who was killed in action during the (War in Afghanistan)
- Jared Pratt (1769–1839), American and father of the (Mormon pioneer brothers)
- Jared Remy (born 1978), American criminal who was involved in the (Assault and murder of Jennifer Martel)
- Jared Robinet, American police officer who was involved in the (Shooting of Stephon Clark)
Fictional characters
- Jared, fictional character from the television show (Kids Incorporated) (Portrayed by Jared Delgin)
- Jared Afeaki, fictional character from television show (Shortland Street) (Portrayed by Beulah Koale)
- Jared Banks, fictional character from television show (One Life to Live) (Portrayed by John Brotherton)
- Jared Casey, fictional character from television show (Passions) (Portrayed by James Stevenson)
- Jared Dunn, fictional character from television show (Silicon Valley (TV series)) (Portrayed by Zach Woods)
- Jared Garrity, fictional character from television show (The Twilight Zone) (Portrayed by John Dehner)
- Jared Evan Grace, fictional from the movie (The Spiderwick Chronicles) (Portrayed by Freddie Highmore)
- Jared Hall, fictional character from the television show (One Life to Live) (Portrayed by Herve Clermont)
- Jared Haynes, fictional character from the television show (Emmerdale) (Portrayed by Philip Hill-Pearson)
- Jared Kincaid, fictional character from (Jim Butcher's) novel series (The Dresden Files)
- Jared Kleinman, fictional character from the Broadway musical (Dear Evan Hansen) (Portrayed by Alex Wyse, Will Roland, Jared Goldsmith, and Jack Loxton)
- Jared Levine, fictional character from the television show (All Saints (TV series)) (Portrayed by Ben Tari)
- Jared "Munter" Mason, fictional character from the television show (Outrageous Fortune (TV series)) (Portrayed by Tammy Davis)
- Jared Morillo, fictional character from the (DC) comic series (Rogues)
- Jared Morillo (Arrowverse), fictional character from the television show (The Flash (2014 TV series)) (Portrayed by Stephen Huszar)
- Jared Nomak, fictional character from the movie (Blade 2) (Portrayed by Luke Goss)
- Jared Vasquez, fictional character from (Manifest (TV series)) (Portrayed by J. R. Ramirez)
- Jared Bakravan, fictional character from (James Clavell's) novel (Whirlwind)
- Jared Vance, (Portrayed by Akinsola Arimbo) son of fictional character (Leon Vance) (Portrayed by Rocky Caroll) from the television show (NCIS (TV series))
References
- Fitzmyer, Joseph A. The Genesis Apocryphon of Qumran Cave 1 (1Q20): A Commentary (2004), p. 139.
- Hess, Richard S., Studies in the personal names of Genesis 1-11 (1993), p. 69.