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Yared

ያሬድ

From Hebrew Yered, understood as "descent", carried in Ethiopia as the name of a revered sixth-century saint.

Meaning and origin

Yared is the Ethiopian form of the Hebrew name Jared, one of the patriarchs listed in Genesis as an ancestor of Noah and the father of Enoch.

How to pronounce Yared

Amharic (Ethiopia)yah-RED /jaˈrɛd/

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