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
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