Given name
Jered
“descent”·“of the descent; descending”
Jered is a variant of Jared. Interpretations include “descent” and “of the descent; descending” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original Hebrewירד
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jered is a variant of Jared. Interpretations include “descent” and “of the descent; descending” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jered is a variant of Jared. An origin associated with Jared is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb yarad (ירד), “to descend.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Jered appears in 1 Chronicles 4:18.
From biblical name research
Jered through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,797
- 3,797 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 177 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,544 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +12%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,544 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 12.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 177 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,320 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jered’s family of names
Jered has a related form in Jared. In English usage, Jered has a conventional equivalent in the French form Jéred.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Jered
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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