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Jared

Syllables: Ja·red/ˈd͡ʒæɹəd/

Jared proper noun: a male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin; rare in the English-speaking world until the 1960s.

Proper noun

Jared (countable and uncountable, plural Jareds)

  1. A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin; rare in the English-speaking world until the 1960s.
    • Some experts, such as geographer Jared Diamond in his 2005 book, “Collapse,” used Easter Island as a cautionary tale of how the exploitation of limited resources can result in catastrophic population decline, ecological devastation and the destruction of a society through infighting.2024 September 14, Katie Hunt, “New evidence upends contentious Easter Island theory, scientists say”, in CNN
  2. A man mentioned in the Book of Genesis, a descendant of Adam and of Seth, the father of Enoch, an ancestor of Noah.
    • And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 5:19
  3. (Mormonism) The ancestor of the Jaredites in the Book of Mormon.

Jared meaning in Hindi, Gujarati and Vietnamese

Jared in Hindi

the biblical descendant of Adam
येरेद yered

Jared in Gujarati

the biblical descendant of Adam
યારેદ yāred

Jared in Vietnamese

the biblical descendant of Adam
Giê-rệt, Gia-rết

Forms of Jared

pluralJareds
alternative formJarred
alternative formJarrod

Origin of Jared

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.

Words formed from Jared

Questions about Jared

What does Jared mean?
Jared means a male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin; rare in the English-speaking world until the 1960s.
What is Jared in Hindi?
Jared in Hindi is येरेद (yered). See Jared meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Jared?
Jared is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Jared?
Jared is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒæɹəd/.

Words near Jared in the dictionary

  1. Jardon
  2. Jardons
  3. jards
  4. Jarecki
  5. Jareckis
  6. Jared
  7. Jaredite
  8. Jaredites
  9. Jarejah
  10. Jarema
  11. Jaremas

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