You did the right thing. Doesnt matter if your name if biblical or a jewish name the fact is that you are muslim now the name isnt important because you wasnt born as a muslim.

@Al-Zaara: Yep there are a lot of names like Mehmet in Turkey which have a islamic meaning. Ehmm i dont know if they are that religious but here are some names: Ahmet, Mehmet, Muhammed (male)
Hayrunnisa, Nur, Arzu (Female)

Assalaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatulaah,

Don’t mind people. Sometimes you come across people who never meant reverts or except everyone to have an Arabic name. You do come across the few ignorant people. So long as your name is not unislamic (in which case it isn't) Alhamdulilaah khayr.

you have to remember that...not all arabic names are islamic.

Even some of the born muslim have unislamic meaning without realising it.

wassallam.

Also not all people with Islamic names are Muslim. Today I met a non Muslim named Muhammad. I suspect they are more. Some of the minority race groups give their children names that they do not see associated with Caucasians. The fad at the moment seems to be Arabic or Japanese names. There are also Arabic people that are not Muslim and often they will have Islamic names. So the best guide line is there is no need to change a name unless it is anti-Islamic.

Very true.
I know several girls called "Diana", which in mythology is the name of a Roman goddess.

Salam.

Just out of interest, is there an arabic equivalent of Andrew?

I don't think so, Andrew, no.

Same here. Just tell them to pronouce it 'Daanyel' if it makes 'em feel better.

If you take the meaning of 'Andrew' to be simply a derivation of 'man', then the Arabic names Aariz, Wasif, Akhtar and Amir have similar kinds of meanings. There's no equivalent for the apostle Andrew though. Or at least none that I'm aware of.

The name Andrew was not used as an Apostles name until the first printing of the KJV. Prior to that the most common was the the Greek version. Andros. We probably will never know the actual Aramaic Name he would have had. but, because of the close relationship between Aramaic and Arabic it would have been very similar if not identical to one of the Arabic variations.

It can also carry the connontation of anonymous as to call somebody :
"of a man" does not necessarily mean any specific person, just simply a man.

ANDREW

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, Biblical

Wow thanks for that guys especially Woodrow, it was interesting to know (I've never known of my name as anything but just that!).

I've been starting to wonder about this too. I am a little nervous because it's going to be weird enough being a white, green-eyed Irish/Native American in a hijab. Then I'm going to have an Arabic name?

Are there any names similar to Caroline? Caroline comes from Charles and means "strong one." I was named after my father...

I'm a white girl in hijab named Jennifer. Nothing wrong with that, and no requirement to change your name, unless it means something negative or anti-islam

^^right on sis.

i like the names Aaliyah and Aasiyah, i think those are pretty names.

Only if you want one.

Sounds fine to me.