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The boy's name Jared \j(a)-

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 common first name for men (#226 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#15170 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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