Jed
Diminutive of Jedidiah
"beloved of the Lord"Share
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Updated Wed Apr 17 2024
Jed Origin and Meaning
The name Jed is a boy's name of Arabic origin.
Cowboyish short form that's both macho and cool. Got prime time exposure on The West Wing.
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Famous People Named Jed
- Jed AllanAmerican actor
- Jed Saul RakoffU.S. federal judge
- Jed Harris (born Jacob Hirsch Horowitz)Austrian,American producer
- Edwin Fish "Jed" Gould III aka Jed the FishAmerican radio deejay
- Jed Madulastage name of John Edward Tajanlangit, Filipino singer
- Jed ProutyAmerican actor
- Jedson Louis "Jed" SimonAmerican heavy metal musician
- Jed Tucker WhedonAmerican screenwriter; brother of Joss Whedon
- Jed Hardy Koster (b. 2011)son of AFL player Kym Koster
Jed in Pop Culture
- Josiah Edward "Jed" BartletUS President on TV's "The West Wing"
- Jed Clampettcharacter on TV's The Beverly Hillbillies
- Jedediah "Jed" Lelandreporter in the film Citizen Kane
- Jed Stonecharacter on British soap opera Coronation Street
- Jed Walkercharacter in DC Comics
- Jed Maxwellcharacter on British TV series "I'm Alan Partridge"
- Jed Wrightboss in video game "Dead Rising 2: Case Zero"
- Jed Garritycharacter on TV's "The 4400"
- Jeda character in "The Forest of Hands and Teeth," by Carrie Ryan