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Jared is a proper name of Biblical derivation that is a common first name, mostly in North American English-speaking countries.
In the Bible, Jared was the sixth link in the ten pre-flood generations between Adam and Noah; he was the son of Mahalaleel and the father of Enoch, and lived 962 years (per Genesis 5:18).
Two people named Jared are mentioned in the Book of Mormon: Jared (founder of Jaredites) and Jared (Book of Mormon king).
The meaning of the name is "he who descended" (Hebrew root YRD). In the Book of Enoch it is explained that Mahalaleel named Jared because during his lifetime the angels of the Lord descended to earth. The name could also be understood as "he who shall rule" (future tense of the Hebrew root RDH, as found for example in Psalms 72:8).
People
Sports
Jared Allen (born 1982), American football playerJared Aulin (born 1982), Canadian ice hockey playerJared Barker (born 1975), Canadian rugby playerJared Boll (born 1986), American ice hockey playerJared Borgetti (born 1973), Mexican football playerJared Brennan (born 1984), Australian football playerJared Burton (born 1981), American baseball playerJared Clauss (born 1981), American football playerJared Connaughton (born 1985), Canadian sprinterJared Cook (born 1987), American football playerJared Cowen (born 1991), Canadian ice hockey playerJared Crouch (born 1978), Australian football playerJared DeVries (born 1976), American football playerJared Dudley (born 1985), American basketball playerJared Fernández (born 1972), American baseball playerJared Gaither (born 1986), American football playerJared Goedert (born 1985), American baseball playerJared Graves (born 1982), Australian cyclistJared Hess (born 1983), American mixed martial artistJared Hodgkiss (born 1986), English football playerJared Homan (born 1983), American basketball playerJared Jeffries (born 1981), American basketball playerJared Jordan (born 1984), American basketball playerJared Lewis (born 1982), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines sprinterJared Mitchell (baseball) (born 1988), American baseball playerJared Montz (born 1982), American soccer playerJared Newberry (born 1981), American football playerJared Newson (born 1984), American basketball playerJared Odrick (born 1987), American football playerJared Palmer (born 1971), American tennis playerJared Petrenko (born 1989), Australian football playerJared Poulton (born 1977), Australian football playerJared Rando (born 1981), Australian mountain bikerJared Reiner (born 1982), American basketball playerJared Retkofsky (born 1983), American football playerJared Rivers (born 1984), Australian football playerJared Rollins (born 1977), American mixed martial artistJared Ross (born 1982), American ice hockey playerJared Sandberg (born 1978), American baseball playerJared Staal (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey playerJared Tallent (born 1984), Australian race walkerJared Theodorakos (born 1981), American baseball playerJared Tomich (born 1974), Australian football playerJared Weaver (born 1982), American baseball playerJared Wells (born 1981), American baseball playerJared Wilson (footballer) (born 1989), English football playerJared Zabransky (born 1983), American football player Other People
Jared Anderson (heavy metal musician) (1974–2006), American musicianJared Benson (1821–1894), American politicianJared Bernstein, American economistJared Brossett (born 1982), American politicianJared Brush (1814–1895), American politicianJared Carter (born 1939), American poetJared Ingersol Chipman (1788–1832), Nova Scotian lawyer and politicianJared Cohen (born 1981), American foreign policy advisor and authorJared Crouch (born 1936), American academicJared Daperis (born 1990), Australian actorJared Diamond (born 1937), American scientist and writerJared Evan (born 1988), American musicianJared Bradley Flagg (1820–1899), American painterJared Fogle (born 1977), American spokesman for SubwayJared Followill (born 1986), American musicianJared French (1905–1988), American painterJared Gold (born 1972), American fashion designerJared Harris (born 1961), English actorJared Hasselhoff (born 1971), American musicianJared Hedges (born 1980), American writerJared Hess (born 1979), American filmmakerJared Huffman (born 1964), American politicianJared Ingersoll (1749–1822), American politicianJared Irwin (1750–1818), American politician, Governor of GeorgiaJared Irwin (Pennsylvania) (1768–1818), American politicianJared Keeso (born 1984), Canadian actorJared Kirtland (1793–1877), American naturalist and politicianJared Kushner (born 1981), American newspaper ownerJared Lane (born 1972), New Zealand artistJared Lee Loughner (born 1988), American arrested for the 2011 Tucson shootingJared Lee (born 1943), Canadian artistJared Leto (born 1971), American actor (featured in various movies such as Requiem for a Dream, Lord of War, Fight Club, and Mr. Nobody, among others) and is also the frontman and rhythm guitarist of the popular hard rock band 30 Seconds to MarsJared Mansfield (1759–1830), American mathematician and surveyorJared Martin (born 1940), American actorJared Mitchell (writer) (born 1955), Canadian journalistJared Monti (1975–2006), American soldierJared Murillo (dancer) (born 1988), American dancerJared Nathan (1985–2006), American actorJared Padalecki (born 1982), American actorJared Peck (1816–1891), American politicianJared Perkins (1793–1854), American politicianJared Polis (born 1975), American politicianJared Rushton (born 1974), American musician and actorJared Slingerland (born 1984), Canadian musicianJared Sparks (1789–1866), American historian and university presidentJared Taylor (born 1951), American journalistJared Sidney Torrance (1853–1921), American real estate developerJared Troop (1837–1876), Canadian lawyer and politicianJared Turner (born 1978), New Zealand-born Australian actorJared Whitaker (1818–1884), American newspaperman and politicianJared W. Williams (1796–1864), American lawyer and politicianJared Williams (Virginia) (1766–1831), American politicianJared Young Sanders, Jr. (1892–1960), American politicianJared Young Sanders, Sr. (1869–1944), American politician
Fiction
Jared Banks, fictional character on One Life to LiveJared Casey, fictional character on PassionsJared Nomak, antagonist from the movie Blade 2 (played by Luke Goss)
