naming after a Prophet, but the "English" form of it

[Afshi]

Re: naming after a Prophet, but the “English” form of it

@somegroovychick

^ but what if you are a non-Arab muslim? for eg: Maryam is the Arab version of Mary, right? if you don’t speak Arabic and that is not your culture, why would you name your child Maryam? maybe Mary is associated with your religion for you if you are a non-Arab muslim, like say, if you are of European descent and don’t speak Arabic but are still a muslim.

SGC I agree with the cherryontop. I know many converts that A. Either kept their birth name or B. If there was the Islamic Name of the same kind, they would change it to that (for example, my husband’s friend changed his name from Michael to Mikhail). It doesn’t really matter if the name is Arab or not, it is just known as being Muslim.

To each their own, but I would want my child to have a Muslim name because I want other people to identify him/her as a Muslim.