Jared
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English
Alternative forms
- (given name) Jarred
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Jared (countable and uncountable, plural Jareds)
- A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin; rare in the English-speaking world until the 1960s.
- (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:
- (Mormonism) The ancestor of the Jaredites in the Book of Mormon.
Translations
the biblical descendant of Adam