What does the name Jared mean?

Jared is a Hebrew name meaning descent. Jered, the name of an antediluvian, and of an Israelite.

Jared Descent

Jared is a Hebrew name meaning descent, said yeh'-red. One of the patriarchs before the flood, and the father of Enoch.

Meaning: DescentOrigin: HebrewSaid: yeh'-redStrong's: H3382In the KJV: 6 verses

יֶרֶד Yered — Jered, the name of an antediluvian, and of an Israelite. Strong's H3382 derives it: from H3381 (יָרַד); a descent.

The name appears in 6 verses, first at Genesis 5:15.

And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:

And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:

And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:

And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.

Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,