Jon vs Jared - What's the difference?

As proper nouns the difference between jon and jared

is that jon is a given name derived from Hebrew, a spelling variant of John while Jared is a given name derived from Hebrew of Biblical origin; rare in the English-speaking world until the 1960s.

jon

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)

, a spelling variant of John.

* 1920 : In Chancery: Awakening:

In that summer of 1909 the simple souls who even then desired to simplify the English tongue, had, of course, no cognizance of little Jon', or they would have claimed him for a disciple. But one can be too simple in this life, for his real name was Jolyon, and his living father and dead half-brother had usurped of old the other shortenings, Jo and Jolly. As a fact little '''Jon''' had done his best to conform to convention and spell himself first Jhon, then John, not till his father had explained the sheer necessity, had he spelled his name ' Jon .

* 1994 , The Cunning Man , Viking 1995, ISBN 0670859117, page 16:

"I suppose I ought to call you Uncle Jack now." "Please don't. My name is Jonathan, and I've never had a nickname. Doesn't go with my character. So, Uncle Jon - if you must."

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jared

English

(wikipedia Jared)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)

of Biblical origin; rare in the English-speaking world until the 1960s.

(biblical character) A man mentioned in the (Book of Genesis), a descendant of Adam and of Seth, the father of Enoch, an ancestor of Noah.

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And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

(Mormonism) The ancestor of the Jaredites in the Book of Mormon.