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Jared is a proper name of Biblical derivation that is a common first name mostly in North American English-speaking countries.In the Biblical Book of Genesis Jared was the sixth link 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 (per Genesis 5:18).The meaning of the name is he who descended (Hebrew root YRD).

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