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Jared
Say it: JAIR-ed
Meaning
From biblical Hebrew Yered, usually explained as 'descent', from yarad 'to go down'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used by Puritans, it became popular in the US in the 1970s to 1990s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1990s
In the United States
- 202,833 babies given this name since 1881
- At its height in 1998, about 1 in 256 boys
- 839 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jarod, Jarrod, Jerod
| Hebrew | Yered |
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Famous bearers
- Jared, father of Enoch in Genesis
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Puritan church and town records of England and New England
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.