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Name meaning & stats

Jarryd

Jarryd means “descent” (Hebrew origin). 692 US babies since 1940, peak 1986. Notable Jarryds are 1.5× over-represented as basketball players.

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What it means

“descent”

HebrewSpelling of Jared

Jared around the world

  • Джаред · Russian
  • Τζάρεντ · Greek
  • جارد · Arabic
  • ג'ארד · Hebrew
  • ジャレッド · Japanese
  • 杰瑞德 · Chinese
  • Járed
  • Jaryd · English

Famous Jareds

  • Jared Leto · American actor, singer, musician and songwriter (born 1971)
  • Jared Diamond · American scientist, historian, and author (born 1937)
  • Jared Kushner · American businessman and real estate investor (born 1981)
  • Jared Padalecki · American actor

In US birth records

Peak year: 1986

40s50s60s70s80s90s00s10s20s

692 US babies were named Jarryd between 1940 and 2025.

Jarryd around the world

  • England & Wales: 31 babies since 1996, peak 1996

From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.

Where Jarryds end up

Careervs expectedConfidence
Basketball player1.5×Low · 3 people
Singer1.3×Low · 2 people
Actor1.0×Low · 1 people
Footballer0.9×Low · 1 people

Among notable men who are basketball players, Jarryds show up 1.5× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.

Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.

Other spellings

1 in 383 Jareds spell it Jarryd

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1986)