Jared

• (given name) Jarred, Jarrod

From Latin Iared, from Ancient Greek Ἰαρέδ (Iaréd), from Biblical Hebrew יֶרֶד (yéred). Often explained as deriving from the root י־ר־ד (y-r-d), which forms words relating to descending (see Jordan and ירדן for more); some interpret the Book of Enoch as suggesting that the Jared in the Bible was so named because it was in his time that two hundred angels descended from Heaven to Mount Hermon. Alternatively, sometimes explained as deriving from the root ר־ד־ה (r-d-), which forms words relating to ruling.

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒæɹəd/
• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪɚɪd/
• Hyphenation: Ja‧red

Jared (countable and uncountable, plural Jareds)

1. A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin; rare in the English-speaking world until the 1960s.
   • 2024 September 14, Katie Hunt, “New evidence upends contentious Easter Island theory, scientists say”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Some experts, such as geographer Jared Diamond in his 2005 book, “Collapse,” used Easter Island as a cautionary tale of how the exploitation of limited resources can result in catastrophic population decline, ecological devastation and the destruction of a society through infighting.

3. (biblical) A man mentioned in the Book of Genesis, a descendant of Adam and of Seth, the father of Enoch, an ancestor of Noah.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 5:19:

     And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

4. (Mormonism) The ancestor of the Jaredites in the Book of Mormon.

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