To date, however, people still refer to him as 'Blind Bartimaeus'

I don't know if people are currently calling you negative names but I know that my God can change your story for good such that you won't have those negative qualities the world describe you by anymore and they will have no other choice than to call you a new name

Whenever God sees that a name is hindering his work in a fellow's life, he can change the name as he did with Abraham

Abraham was first called Abram and although this name had a good meaning - exalted father

It didn't fully capture what God had in store for him