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 [ 2 syll. ja-red, jar-ed ] The boy name Jared is pronounced JHEHRahD KEY. Jared's language of origin is Hebrew and it is predominantly used in English. Jared's meaning is 'descent'. Biblical name derived from the element yeredh with the meaning 'to descend, to sink'. An older form of the name is Yared (Hebrew). The name was borne in the Bible by one of the descendants of Adam, who at the age of 162 became the father of Enoch. The name was adopted on a modest scale by Puritans in the 17th century, and it saw a brief revival in the USA and Australia in the 1960s. Variations of the name include the English Gerod, the English Jarid, the Dutch, English, and Hebrew Jered, the English Jerod, and the Hebrew Yered. The spelling variants Jarod (English), Jarred (English), Jarrid (English), Jarrod (English), Jerad (English), Jerred (English), Jerrid (English), and Jerrod (English) are other forms of Jared. See also the related form, the English Jareth. Jared is a popular baby name for boys. The name grew in popularity from the 1940s up to the 1990s. At the modest height of its usage in 1998, 0.368% of baby boys were named Jared. It ranked at #51 then. The baby name has since experienced a drop in popularity. In 2008, it ranked at #197 with a usage of 0.094%, but it was nevertheless the most popular within all boy names in its group. Baby names that sound like Jared include the English Jarod, the English Jerrid, the English Jerrod, the English Jarrett, the English Jarrid, the English Jarrod, the English Jerard, the English Jerod, the English Jerrard, the Catalan Jordi, the English Jordie, the Dutch and English Jordy, the Spanish Gerado, the Russian Gerahd, the English, French, and Dutch Gerard, the French and English Geraud, the Frisian Gerit, the English Gerod, the English Gerrard, and the Frisian Gerrit. Details of famous persons named Jared: KEY: Pronunciation for Jared: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)"   |
