Jihad (name)

Jihad (Arabic: جهاد jihād, 'striving' or 'struggling for something better or greater') is used as a given name.

People with the name Jihad or Jehad include:

Known name

• Abu Jihad, teknonym of Khalil al-Wazir, (1935–1988), Palestinian leader and founder of Fatah and top aide of Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat

Jihad

• Jihad Al-Atrash (born 1943), Lebanese actor and voice actor
• Jihad Azour, Lebanese (Christian) Minister of Finance
• Jihad Benchlikha (born 1992), Moroccan basketball player
• Jihad Ahmed Jibril (1961-2002), assassinated son of Ahmed Jibril, founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command
• Jihad Khodr (born 1983), Brazilian professional surfer
• Jihad Makdissi, Foreign ministry spokesman of the Syrian government from 1998 to 2012
• Jihad Mughniyah, Hezbollah Head of Security
• Jihad Qassab (1975-2016), Syrian footballer
• Jihad Ward (born 1994), American football player
• Jihad Zoghbi, Syrian actor and voice actor

Jehad

• Jehad Al Baour (born 1987), Syrian footballer
• Jehad Al-Hussain (born 1982), Syrian footballer
• Jehad Muntasser (born 1978), Libyan footballer
• Jehad Al-Zowayed (born 1989), Saudi footballer
• Naziruddin Jehad (1969–1990), Bangladeshi political activist

Middle name

• Mohammad Jihad al-Laham, Syrian speaker of parliament