jared
/ˈd͡ʒæɹəd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.79 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin; rare in the English-speaking world until the 1960s.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:"
Etymology
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.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Iared, Ἰαρέδ, יֶרֶד