Origin:Hebrew
Popularity:791
Meaning:descending
Jared is the kind of name that sounds like it was invented in modern times yet goes back a long ways (according to the Hebrew Bible, Jared was a close descendant of Adam). The name has an edge to it and no celebrity embodies edgy (and quirky) better than actor Jared Leto. After an on-and-off relationship with the baby-name charts for decades, Jared became super-trendy in the 1980s and '90s.
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Famous People Named Jared

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  • Jared Goff
    Football Player
  • Jared Kushner
    Husband of Ivanka Trump
  • Jared Leto
    Actor
  • Jared Padalecki
    Actor

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Source: Social Security Administration

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