Jared

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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 player
• Jared Aulin (born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player
• Jared Barker (born 1975), Canadian rugby player
• Jared Boll (born 1986), American ice hockey player
• Jared Borgetti (born 1973), Mexican football player
• Jared Brennan (born 1984), Australian football player
• Jared Burton (born 1981), American baseball player
• Jared Clauss (born 1981), American football player
• Jared Connaughton (born 1985), Canadian sprinter
• Jared Cook (born 1987), American football player
• Jared Cowen (born 1991), Canadian ice hockey player
• Jared Crouch (born 1978), Australian football player
• Jared DeVries (born 1976), American football player
• Jared Dudley (born 1985), American basketball player
• Jared Fernández (born 1972), American baseball player
• Jared Gaither (born 1986), American football player
• Jared Goedert (born 1985), American baseball player
• Jared Graves (born 1982), Australian cyclist
• Jared Hess (born 1983), American mixed martial artist
• Jared Hodgkiss (born 1986), English football player
• Jared Homan (born 1983), American basketball player
• Jared Jeffries (born 1981), American basketball player
• Jared Jordan (born 1984), American basketball player
• Jared Lewis (born 1982), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines sprinter
• Jared Mitchell (baseball) (born 1988), American baseball player
• Jared Montz (born 1982), American soccer player
• Jared Newberry (born 1981), American football player
• Jared Newson (born 1984), American basketball player
• Jared Odrick (born 1987), American football player
• Jared Palmer (born 1971), American tennis player
• Jared Petrenko (born 1989), Australian football player
• Jared Poulton (born 1977), Australian football player
• Jared Rando (born 1981), Australian mountain biker
• Jared Reiner (born 1982), American basketball player
• Jared Retkofsky (born 1983), American football player
• Jared Rivers (born 1984), Australian football player
• Jared Rollins (born 1977), American mixed martial artist
• Jared Ross (born 1982), American ice hockey player
• Jared Sandberg (born 1978), American baseball player
• Jared Staal (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
• Jared Tallent (born 1984), Australian race walker
• Jared Theodorakos (born 1981), American baseball player
• Jared Tomich (born 1974), Australian football player
• Jared Weaver (born 1982), American baseball player
• Jared Wells (born 1981), American baseball player
• Jared Wilson (footballer) (born 1989), English football player
• Jared Zabransky (born 1983), American football player

Other People

• Jared Anderson (heavy metal musician) (1974–2006), American musician
• Jared Benson (1821–1894), American politician
• Jared Bernstein, American economist
• Jared Brossett (born 1982), American politician
• Jared Brush (1814–1895), American politician
• Jared Carter (born 1939), American poet
• Jared Ingersol Chipman (1788–1832), Nova Scotian lawyer and politician
• Jared Cohen (born 1981), American foreign policy advisor and author
• Jared Crouch (born 1936), American academic
• Jared Daperis (born 1990), Australian actor
• Jared Diamond (born 1937), American scientist and writer
• Jared Evan (born 1988), American musician
• Jared Bradley Flagg (1820–1899), American painter
• Jared Fogle (born 1977), American spokesman for Subway
• Jared Followill (born 1986), American musician
• Jared French (1905–1988), American painter
• Jared Gold (born 1972), American fashion designer
• Jared Harris (born 1961), English actor
• Jared Hasselhoff (born 1971), American musician
• Jared Hedges (born 1980), American writer
• Jared Hess (born 1979), American filmmaker
• Jared Huffman (born 1964), American politician
• Jared Ingersoll (1749–1822), American politician
• Jared Irwin (1750–1818), American politician, Governor of Georgia
• Jared Irwin (Pennsylvania) (1768–1818), American politician
• Jared Keeso (born 1984), Canadian actor
• Jared Kirtland (1793–1877), American naturalist and politician
• Jared Kushner (born 1981), American newspaper owner
• Jared Lane (born 1972), New Zealand artist
• Jared Lee Loughner (born 1988), American arrested for the 2011 Tucson shooting
• Jared Lee (born 1943), Canadian artist
• Jared 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 Mars
• Jared Mansfield (1759–1830), American mathematician and surveyor
• Jared Martin (born 1940), American actor
• Jared Mitchell (writer) (born 1955), Canadian journalist
• Jared Monti (1975–2006), American soldier
• Jared Murillo (dancer) (born 1988), American dancer
• Jared Nathan (1985–2006), American actor
• Jared Padalecki (born 1982), American actor
• Jared Peck (1816–1891), American politician
• Jared Perkins (1793–1854), American politician
• Jared Polis (born 1975), American politician
• Jared Rushton (born 1974), American musician and actor
• Jared Slingerland (born 1984), Canadian musician
• Jared Sparks (1789–1866), American historian and university president
• Jared Taylor (born 1951), American journalist
• Jared Sidney Torrance (1853–1921), American real estate developer
• Jared Troop (1837–1876), Canadian lawyer and politician
• Jared Turner (born 1978), New Zealand-born Australian actor
• Jared Whitaker (1818–1884), American newspaperman and politician
• Jared W. Williams (1796–1864), American lawyer and politician
• Jared Williams (Virginia) (1766–1831), American politician
• Jared Young Sanders, Jr. (1892–1960), American politician
• Jared Young Sanders, Sr. (1869–1944), American politician

Fiction

• Jared Banks, fictional character on One Life to Live
• Jared Casey, fictional character on Passions
• Jared Nomak, antagonist from the movie Blade 2 (played by Luke Goss)