9 Bible Verses about Changed Names

No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham,for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

And God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.

Then he said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed."

And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah. And he gave him in marriage Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On. So Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.

And God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name." So he called his name Israel. And God said to him, "I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.

The circumference of the city shall be 18,000 cubits. And the name of the city from that time on shall be, The LORD Is There."

Therefore on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, "Let Baal contend against him," because he broke down his altar.

and sent a message by Nathan the prophet. So he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.

But Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him