"My wife can never call my name in public"
Three men whose name is Jihad/Jehad talk about what it’s like to have a name with negative associations for English-speakers and their reasons for deciding whether to change or keep it. If you think it’s obvious that they should change it, consider how you might feel about changing your own name because others did not like it or understand it. For a Canadian example, read about a man named Jehad in my article here.
