Jarrod as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Jarrod

What is the meaning of the name Jarrod ?

The baby name Jarrod is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈdʒærəd/ (JAR-ud).

Jarrod is Hebrew in Origin.

Jarrod is an English given name, a spelling variant of Jared, from Hebrew Yered, derived from the verb yarad "to descend," often glossed as "descent" or "he will descend." In the Hebrew Bible, Jared is a pre-Flood patriarch, father of Enoch, which brought the name into Christian naming traditions.

In English, Jared appeared with the Reformation's revival of biblical names; the elaborated Jarrod spelling emerged in the 20th century, gaining particular favor in the United States and Australia/New Zealand and peaking in the 1980s-1990s. Related forms include Jared, Jarod, Jarred, Jarrad, Jarrid, and Jerrod; cognates or equivalents appear as Yered (Hebrew) and Yared (Ethiopian/Ge'ez). Nicknames include Jay and, by folk association, Rod, though Jarrod is etymologically unrelated to Rodney or Roderick. The name's understated meaning suggests humility or a downward "descent," sometimes interpreted as a reference to divine descent in later traditions.