1) One should not call oneself, or one’s child, by a non-Jewish name.
2) Some say that this is only if one calls himself by a specifically gentile name. But if he merely translates his Jewish name to its equivalent in another language, it is permitted.
3) Others find reason to permit calling oneself by a non-Jewish name.
4) People who already have non-Jewish names, and later were given Jewish names, are permitted to continue using their non-Jewish names when doing business with people who know them only by their non-Jewish names.
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