Jared is a given name of Biblical derivation.

Origin
In the Book of Genesis, the biblical patriarch Jared (יֶרֶד) was the sixth 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 (Genesis 5:18). The biblical text in the Book of Jubilees  implicitly etymologizes the name as derived from the root YRD "descend" because in his days, "the angels of the Lord descended to earth". Alternative suggestions for the name's etymology include words for "rose", "servant" and "one who rules".

Yared (505–571), a namesake, was an Ethiopian monk who introduced the concept of sacred music to Ethiopian Orthodox services. He is regarded as a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, with a feast day of 11 Genbot (May 19).

In some English-speaking countries, Jared is a common Jewish and Christian first name.

People

Arts, entertainment, and media

Jared Abrahamson (born 1987), Canadian actor
Jared Allman (born 1984), American actor
Jared Anderson (Christian musician) (born 1979), American musician and Christian worship leader
Jared Anderson (heavy metal musician) (1974–2006), American musician
Jared Angira (born 1947), Kenyan poet and author
Jared Angle, American ballet dancer
Jared Artaud, American musician
Jared Maurice Arter (1850–1930), American author and former slave
Jared Ball (born 1971), American author and radio host
Jared "Drake" Bell (born 1986), American actor and singer
Jared Blake (born 1978), American musician and actor
Jared Bowen, American journalist and reporter
Jared Breeze (born 2005), American child actor
Jared Bush (born 1974), American screenwriter and television producer
Jared Byers, American musician
Jared Carter (born 1939), American author and editor
Jared Campbell (born 1989), American stand-up comedian and former football player
Jared Cohn, American film director, screenwriter, and actor
Jared Cohon (born 1947), American author, editor, engineer
Jared Cole, American physicist
Jared Colinger, American musician
Jared Cotter (born 1981), American musician
Jared Curtis (born 1936), American author and editor
Jared Daperis (born 1990), Australian actor
Jared DePasquale (born 1971), American film, television, and audio drama composer
Jared Diamond (born 1937), American scientist and author
Jared Dines (born 1989), American musician and YouTuber
Jared Eliot (1685–1763) American colonial minister, physician and agronomist
Jared Emerson-Johnson (born 1981), American video game music composer and voice actor
Jared Evan (born 1989), American musician
Jared Bradley Flagg (1820–1899), American painter
Jared Faber, American film, television producer, and musician
Jared Falk (born 1981), Canadian musician
Jared Farmer (born 1974), American historian and author
Jared Fogle (born 1977), American former spokesman for Subway and registered sex offender
Jared Followill (born 1986), American musician
Jared Freid, American comedian and podcaster
Jared French (1905–1988), American painter
Jared Friedman (born 1984), American entrepreneur and investor
Jared Gertner, American actor
Jared Gilman (born 1998), American actor
Jared Gilmore (born 2000), American actor
Jared Gold (born 1972), American fashion designer
Jared Gold (organist), American musician
Jared Gomes (born 1968), American musician and activist
Jared Ian Goldman (born 1979), American film and television producer
Jared Lee Gosselin (born 1981), American record producer
Jared J. Grantham (1936–2017), American physician, nephrologist, and author
Jared Gutstadt (born 1977), Canadian-born American music executive
Jared Hampton (born 1990), American musician
Jared Harris (born 1961), British actor
Jared Hartmann (born 1985), American musician
Jared Hasselhoff (born 1971), American musician and actor
Jared Hauser (born 1971), American musician and professor
Jared Hecht (born 1987), American entrepreneur
Jared Hedges (born 1980), American screenwriter, television producer, and video games
Jared Hess (born 1979), American filmmaker
Jared Heyman, American entrepreneur
Jared Isaacman (born 1983), American businessman
Jared Israel (born 1944), American writer, activist, and conspiracy theorist
Jared Jussim (born 1935), American lawyer, actor and former executive vice president at Sony Pictures
Jared Keeso (born 1984), Canadian actor
Jared Kuemper, Canadian musician, record producer, and audio engineer
Jared Kusnitz (born 1988), American actor
Jared Lane (born 1972), New Zealand artist and illustrator
Jared Lee (born 1943), Canadian artist and cartoonist
Jared Lehr, American jewelry fashion designer
Jared Leto (born 1971), American actor and musician
Jared Louche (born 1960), American musician
Jared MacEachern (born 1980), American musician
Jared Marston, Australian musician and DJ producer
Jared Martin (1940–2017), American actor
Jared McCloud (born 1980), American musician
Jared Mezzocchi (born 1985), American theatre projection designer and director
Jared Mitchell (writer) (born 1955), Canadian journalist and author
Jared Morgenstern (born 1981), American designer and entrepreneur
Jared Moshe, American film director, screenwriter, and producer
Jared Murillo (born 1988), American dancer, singer, and actor
Jared Nathan (1985–2006), American child actor
Jared James Nichols (born 1989), American musician
Jared Nissim (born 1973), American businessman
Jared Overton, American musician
Jared Padalecki (born 1982), American actor
Jared Palomar, American musician
Jared Pappas-Kelly (born 1974), American curator, author, and visual artist
Jared Paul, American Talent manager and producer
Jared Pelletier (born 1990), Canadian director
Jared Poythress (born 1985), Japanese-born American music producer and DJ
Jared Purton (1976–2009), Australian-born immunologist
Jared Rigsby, American musician
Jared Robinsen (born 1963), Australian actor
Jared Rushton (born 1974), American musician and actor
Jared Safier (born 1982), American television and film producer
Jared Yates Sexton (born 1981), American author and political commentator
Jared Shavelson, American musician
Jared Slingerland (born 1984), Canadian musician
Jared Sorensen, indie role-playing game designer
Jared Southwick, (1976–2011), American musician
Jared Spears (born 1936), American musician
Jared Spool (born 1960), American Author, public speaker, and consultant
Jared Paul Stern (born 1971), American journalist, photographer, and designer
Jared Stern, American screenwriter
Jared Swilley (born 1983), American musician
Jared Taylor (born 1951), American white supremacist and author
Jared Thomas (born 1976), Australian author
Jared Tinklenberg, American psychiatrist and author
Jared Sidney Torrance (1853–1921), American businessman and real estate developer
Jared Turner (born 1978), New Zealand-born Australian actor
Jared Tyler (born 1978), American musician
Jared Van Snellenberg (born 1980), Canadian actor
Jared Wade (born 1989), American musician
Jared Warren, American musician
Jared Warth (born 1986), American musician
Jared Bell Waterbury (1799–1876), American minister and author
Jared Yates, (American Idol) contestant

Government and politics

Jared Benson (1821–1894), American politician
Jared Bernstein (born 1955), American economist, author, and advisor at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Jared Brossett (born 1982), American politician
Jared M. Brush (1814–1895), American politician, 28th Mayor of Pittsburgh PA
Jared Cohen (born 1981), American businessman, author, and advisor at the Council on Foreign Relations
Jared Genser, international human rights lawyer, author, and advisor at the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights
Jared Golden (born 1982), American politician
Jared Comstock Gregory (1823–1892), American politician, 12th Mayor of Madison WI
Jared Hegwood, American author and writer for the United States Naval Oceanographic Office
Jared Henderson, American politician
Jared Huffman (born 1964), American politician
Jared Ingersol Chipman (1788–1832), Nova Scotian lawyer and politician
Jared Ingersoll (1749–1822), American politician
Jared Ingersoll Sr. (1722–1781) American stamp act agent
Jared Irwin (1750–1818), American politician, 22nd Governor of Georgia
Jared Irwin (Pennsylvania politician) (1768–1818), American politician and zoologist
Jared Potter Kirtland (1793–1877), American politician
Jared Kushner (born 1981), American businessman and senior advisor to President Donald Trump
Jared Maddux (1911–1971), American politician
Jared Mansfield (1759–1830), American mathematician, Professor at the United States Military Academy and Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory
Jared Mead (born 1991), American politician
Jared Moskowitz (born 1980), American politician
Jared Nunes (born 1982), American politician
Jared Olsen (born 1987), American politician
Jared O'Mara (born 1981), former British politician
Jared Patterson, American politician
Jared Paul Stratton, American politician
Jared V. Peck (1816–1891), American politician
Jared Perkins (1793–1854), American politician
Jared Polis (born 1975), American politician, 43rd Governor of Colorado
Jared Y. Sanders Jr. (1892–1960), American lawyer and politician
Jared Y. Sanders Sr. (1869–1944), American politician
Jared Solomon (born 1978), American politician
Jared Solomon (Maryland politician), American politician
Jared Sparks (1789–1866), American historian and politician
Jared Thompson Jr. (1836–1914), American lawyer and politician
Jared C. Troop (1837–1876), Canadian lawyer and politician
Jared Weinstein (born 1979), former government official and personal aide to the 43rd President of the United States
Jared Whitaker (1818–1884), American newspaperman and politician 
Jared W. Williams (1796–1864), American lawyer and politician
Jared Williams (Virginia politician) (1766–1831), American politician
Jared Woodfill (born 1968), American lawyer and politician
Jared Wright, American newspaper editor and former politician

Sports

Jared Abbrederis (born 1990), American football player
Jared Allen (born 1982), American football player
Jared Allen (quarterback) (born 1981), American football coach and former player
Jared Anderson (boxer) (born 1999), American boxer
Jared Aulin (born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player
Jared Barker (born 1975), Canadian rugby union player
Jared Bednar (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey coach and former player
Jared Benko, American athletic director
Jared Berggren (born 1990), American basketball player
Jared Bird (born 1997), English football player
Jared Bidwell (born 1987), Australian rower
Jared Boll (born 1986), American ice hockey player
Jared Borgetti (born 1973), Mexican football player
Jared Brennan (born 1984), Australian rules football player
Jared Brown (born 1973), American football player
Jared Brownridge (born 1994), American basketball player
Jared Burton (born 1981), American baseball player
Jared Butler (born 2000), American basketball player
Jared Cannonier (born 1984), American mixed martial artist 
Jared Clauss (born 1981), American football player
Jared Connaughton (born 1985), Canadian sprinter
Jared Cook (born 1987), American football player
Jared Coreau (born 1991), Canadian ice hockey player
Jared Cowen (born 1991), Canadian ice hockey player
Jared Crick (born 1989), American football player
Jared Crouch (born 1978), Australian rules football player
Jared Cunningham (born 1991), American basketball player
Jared Curtis (footballer) (born 1979), Samoan football player
Jared Deacon (born 1975), British sprinter
Jared DeMichiel (born 1985), American ice hockey coach and former player
Jared DeVries (born 1976), American football player
Jared Dillinger (born 1984), Filipino-American basketball player
Jared Donaldson (born 1996), American tennis player
Jared Downing (born 1989), American mixed martial artist
Jared Dudley (born 1985), American basketball player
Jared Elliott, American football coach
Jared Embick (born 1978), American soccer coach and former player
Jared Fernández (born 1972), American baseball player
Jared Frayer (born 1978), American wrestler
Jared Gaither (born 1986), American football player
Jared Garcia (born 1982) American BMX rider
Jared Goff (born 1994), American football player
Jared Goldberg (born 1991), American alpine skier
Jared Gomes (ice hockey) (born 1988), Canadian ice hockey player
Jared Gordon (born 1988), American mixed martial artist
Jared Grasso (born 1980), American basketball coach and former player
Jared Graves (born 1982), Australian cyclist
Jared Green (born 1989), American football player
Jared Hamman (born 1982), American martial artist
Jared Harper (born 1997), American basketball player
Jared Hassin (born 1989), American football player
Jared Heine (born 1984), Marshallese swimmer
Jared Hess (fighter) (born 1983), American mixed martial artist
Jared Hodgkiss (born 1986), English football player
Jared Homan (born 1983), American basketball player
Jared Hoying (born 1989), American baseball player
Jared Hughes (born 1985), American baseball player
Jared Jarvis (born 1994), Antigua and Barbuda sprinter
Jared Jeffrey (born 1990), American soccer player
Jared Jeffries (born 1981), American basketball player
Jared Jenkins (born 1989), American football player
Jared Jordan (born 1984), American basketball player
Jarred Kelenic (born 1999), American baseball player
Jared Kelley (born 2001), American baseball player
Jared Khasa (born 1997), French football player
Jared Kirby, American fencing instructor and martial artist
Jared Koenig (born 1994), American baseball player
Jared Koster (born 1991), Canadian football player
Jared Lakind (born 1992), American baseball player
Jared Landers (born 1982), American racing driver
Jared Lewis (born 1982), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines sprinter
Jared London (born 1995), Trinidadian and Tobagonians football player
Jared Lorenzen (1981-2019), American football player
Jared Lum (born 1992), Australian soccer player
Jared Mayden (born 1998), American football player
Jared McCann (born 1996), Canadian ice hockey player
Jared McGee, American football player
Jared McGriff-Culver (born 1989), American football player
Jared Mees (born 1986), American motorcycle racer
Jared Mitchell (baseball) (born 1988), American baseball player
Jared Mills (born 1976), New Zealand rugby league player
Jared Montz (born 1982), American soccer player
Jared Moon (born 1971), American baseball coach and former player
Jared Mortensen (born 1988), Canadian baseball player
Jared Newberry (born 1981), American football player
Jared Newson (born 1984), American basketball player
Jared Nickens (born 1994), American basketball player
Jared Nightingale (born 1982), American ice hockey player
Jared Norman (born 1974), English cricketer
Jared Norris (born 1993), American football player
Jared Odenbeck (born 1995), American soccer player
Jared Odrick (born 1987), American football player
Jared Oliva (born 1995), American baseball player
Jared Page (born 1993), New Zealand rugby union player
Jared Palmer (born 1971), American tennis player
Jared Panchia (born 1993), New Zealand field hockey player 
Jared Payne (born 1985), New Zealand-born Irish rugby union player
Jared Peniston (born 1982), Bermudian football player
Jared Perry (born 1988), American football player
Jared Petrenko (born 1989), Australian rules football player
Jarred Phillips (born 1995), Canadian soccer player
Jared Pinkney (born 1997), American football player
Jared Poché (born 1994), American baseball player
Jared Polec (born 1992), Australian rules football player
Jared Poulton (born 1977), Australian rules football player
Jared Rando (born 1981), Australian mountain biker
Jared Reiner (born 1982), American basketball player
Jared Retkofsky (born 1983), American football player
Jared Rhoden (born 1999), American basketball player
Jared Rivers (born 1984), Australian rules football player
Jared Rollins (born 1977), American mixed martial artist
Jared Rosholt (born 1986), American mixed martial artist
Jared Ross (born 1982), American ice hockey player
Jared Rosser (born 1997), Welsh rugby union player
Jared Sandberg (born 1978), American baseball coach and former player
Jared Saunders (born 1990), South African rugby union player
Jared Savage (born 1997), American basketball player
Jared Schuurmans (born 1987), American discus thrower
Jared "Skip" Schumaker (born 1980), American baseball player
Jared Shuster (born 1998), American baseball player
Jared Simpson (born 1996), English rugby league player
Jared Sims (born 1993), English football player
Jared Smith (born 1990), American football player
Jared Solomon (baseball) (born 1997), American baseball player
Jared Spurgeon (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player
Jared Staal (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player 
Jared Stroud (born 1996), American soccer player
Jared Sullinger (born 1992), American basketball player
Jared Tallent (born 1984), Australian race walker
Jared Taylor (rugby league) (born 1981), French rugby league player
Jared Tebo (born 1987), American radio-controlled car racer
Jared Terrell (born 1995), American basketball player
Jared Theodorakos (born 1981), American baseball player
Jared Timmer (born 1997), American soccer player
Jared du Toit (born 1995), Canadian golfer
Jared Tomich (born 1974), American football player
Jarred Vanderbilt (born 1999), American basketball player
Jared Veldheer (born 1987), American football player
Jared Verse, American football player
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (born 1989), New Zealand rugby league player
Jared Walsh (born 1993), American baseball player
Jared Ward (born 1988), American long-distance runner
Jared Warner (born 1996), English cricketer
Jared Watts (born 1992), American soccer player
Jared Wayne (born 2000), Canadian American 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 Wolfe (born 1988), American golfer
Jared Young (born 1995), Canadian baseball player
Jared Zabransky (born 1983), American football player
Jared Zezel (born 1991), American curler

Other people 
Jared Carter (Latter Day Saints) (1801–1849), early American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement
Jared Crane, son of American businessman Jim Crane
Jared Kleinstein, American baseball fan who mimicked baseball player Tim Tebow for kneeling during the U.S. national anthem
Jared Lee Loughner (born 1988), American criminal who was arrested for the 2011 Tucson shooting
Jared C. Monti (1975–2006), American soldier who was killed in action during the War in Afghanistan
Jared Pratt (1769–1839), American and father of the Mormon pioneer brothers
Jared Remy (born 1978), American criminal who was involved in the assault and murder of Jennifer Martel
Jared Robinet, American police officer who was involved in the shooting of Stephon Clark

Fictional characters 

Jared, fictional character from the television show Kids Incorporated (portrayed by Jared Delgin)
Jared Afeaki, fictional character from television show Shortland Street (portrayed by Beulah Koale)
Jared Banks, fictional character from television show One Life to Live (portrayed by John Brotherton)
Jared Casey, fictional character from television show Passions (portrayed by James Stevenson)
Jared Dunn, fictional character from television show Silicon Valley (portrayed by Zach Woods)
Jared Garrity, fictional character from television show The Twilight Zone (portrayed by John Dehner)
Jared Evan Grace, fictional from the movie The Spiderwick Chronicles (portrayed by Freddie Highmore)
Jared Hall, fictional character from the television show One Life to Live (portrayed by Herve Clermont)
Jared Haynes, fictional character from the television show Emmerdale (portrayed by Philip Hill-Pearson)
Jared Kincaid, fictional character from Jim Butcher's novel series The Dresden Files
Jared Kleinman, fictional character from the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen (portrayed by Alex Wyse, Will Roland, Jared Goldsmith, and Jack Loxton)
Jared Levine, fictional character from the television show All Saints (portrayed by Ben Tari)
Jared "Munter" Mason, fictional character from the television show Outrageous Fortune (portrayed by Tammy Davis)
Jared Morillo, fictional character from the DC comic series Rogues
Jared Morillo (Arrowverse), fictional character from the television show The Flash (portrayed by Stephen Huszar)
Jared Nomak, fictional character from the movie Blade 2 (portrayed by Luke Goss)
Jared Vasquez, fictional character from Manifest (portrayed by J. R. Ramirez)
Jared Bakravan, fictional character from James Clavell's novel Whirlwind
Jared Vance (portrayed by Akinsola Arimbo), son of fictional character Leon Vance from the television show NCIS

See also
Jarad, given name

References

English masculine given names
Masculine given names
Given names
Jewish given names
Modern names of Hebrew origin