Khaled [KHaal-ed] is now my husband’s favorite name of all time apparently and I love it too, but I’m concerned about Americans being able to pronounce/recognize it, even though I’m willing to accept most people calling him Call-ed.
I’ve been thinking of Eddie as a nickname, but wonder if its too far from the original name. I don’t like Call as a nickname.
Thoughts? Other ideas for either nicknames or other Arab names that are easy or have American style nick names?
Thanks for any input 
Personally the way I’m saying this at first glance is like kale (the leafy green) as a past tense verb. In the US!
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[name_u]Eddie[/name_u] works to me if you like it! (I knew an Erdogan ‘Ed’ and he got on fine!)
[name_m]Hal[/name_m], [name_u]Kit[/name_u], Ali/Aly, [name_m]Kip[/name_m] maybe?
Some other Arab names with American style nicknames:
[name_m]Bilal[/name_m] ‘Billy’ ‘Bill’
Jassim ‘Jaz’ ‘Jimmy’ ‘Jem’
[name_u]Idris[/name_u] ‘Reese’
[name_m]Yusef[/name_m] ‘Seth’
[name_m]Riad[/name_m] ‘Reid’ ‘Addy’
[name_m]Juda[/name_m] ‘Jude’
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