Jared - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's name Jared \j(a)-red\ is pronounced JARE-ed. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "descending". Related to Jordan. Biblical: Jared was a pre-Flood ancestor of Jesus. Jered was a descendant of Judah. The modern popularity of Jared initially was perhaps due to the character Jarrod on the 1960s TV Western "Big Valley".

Jared has 15 variant forms: Jarad, Jarid, Jarod, Jarrad, Jarrard, Jarred, Jarrid, Jarrod, Jaryd, Jerad, Jered, Jerod, Jerrad, Jerred and Jerrod.

For more information, see also related names Jaron, Zachary, Garrett and Gerard.

Baby names that sound like Jared are Jarret, Ward, Jareth, Jarett and Jarryd.

Jared is a very popular male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Jared. Click here to compare Jared with related baby names.