Jared

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Jared is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name128K records spelled Jared24 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French

  Also written Järëd, Jarëd, Jaréd, Jãrêd, Järed

• Swahili given name59K records spelled Jared4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kenya, United States, Philippines, Canada

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

  Also written Jãred

• Amharic given name5.3K records spelled Jared12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ethiopia, Egypt, United Kingdom

  Languages: Amharic, Arabic, Hebrew

  Also written Yared, ያሬድ, ג'ארד, ያረድ, Järed

• Thai given name2.8K records spelled Jared5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Philippines

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written Ĵared, Járed, J̶a̶r̶e̶d̶

58 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Jared is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• A Hebrew name meaning 'descent' or 'he descends'. It became popular in the English-speaking world following the Protestant Reformation.

  as a name·Biblical Names Compiled Database

• Biblical name (probably meaning ‘descent’ in Hebrew), borne by a descendant of Adam (Genesis 5:15). According to the Book of Genesis, he became the father of Enoch at the age of 162, and lived for a further eight hundred years. This name was occasionally used by the Puritans. It was briefly revived in the 1960s, for reasons that are not clear.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin; rare in the English-speaking world until the 1960s.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, Jaresiah [Jaareshiah]

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, Biblical name

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 117 years between 1881–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Jared Diamondb. 1937USAmerican scientist, historian, and author (born 1937)
• Jared Harrisb. 1961GBBritish actor
• Jared Letob. 1971USAmerican actor, singer, musician and songwriter (born 1971)
• Jared Bushb. 1974USAmerican screenwriter
• Jared Polisb. 1975USAmerican politician
• Adam Brodyb. 1979USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
• Jared Kushnerb. 1981USAmerican businessman and real estate investor (born 1981)
• Jared Padaleckib. 1982USAmerican actor
• Drake Bellb. 1986USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (born 1986)
• Jared S. Gilmoreb. 2000USAmerican actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 832 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Jared?

We estimate roughly 188 thousand people bear Jared (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Jared have the most bearers?

We estimate about 180 thousand people bear Jared in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled jared.

Where is Jared most common?

Jared is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.8 thousand people carrying it.

How common is Jared compared with other names?

In the United States, Jared is the 453rd most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Jared a male or female name?

Jared is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Jared mean?

Recorded meaning: Jared represents the generation immediately preceding Enoch, who 'walked with God.'