Jared is a proper name of Biblical derivation that is a common first name mostly in North American English speaking countries.In the Book of Genesis the biblical patriarch 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. The biblical text in Jubilees implicitly etymologizes the name as derived from the root YRD descend because in his days the angels of the Lord descended to earth.Alternative suggestions for the names etymology include words for rose and for servant.Jared is a proper name of Biblical derivation that is a common first name mostly in North American English speaking countries.In the Book of Genesis the biblical patriarch 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. The biblical text in Jubilees implicitly etymologizes the name as derived from the root YRD descend because in his days the angels of the Lord descended to earth.Alternative suggestions for the names etymology include words for rose and for servant.