Asalamu Alaikum,

There are some Muslims who believe that you must change your name to an Arabic name once you convert/revert. This is simply not true. In fact, there were Muslims at the time of the Prophet (PBUH) who had non-Arab names, and were themselves not Arabs.

You can keep your name as long as it doesn’t mean something bad or denote that you are from another religion. For example, someone with any iteration of the name Christopher, Christiana, etc. would be advised to change their name since it means Christian, and that person is no longer Christian. Or someone with a name that means something like evil, should change their name out of respect for the good nature that Allah created all humans with.  

But having an Arabic name does not make you any “more” Muslim. The Arabic language has significance in Islam since it is the language in which the Quran was revealed and has been preserved, but The Arabs or Arabic names in themselves hold no superiority to other ethnicities or names. We are only superior by way of piety and this is for Allah alone to determine. So, since you do not want to hurt you parents’ feelings, and this is something that Islam would encourage- parents are due a great amount of respect, you have every right to very kindly ask people to call you by the name your parents gave you.

I hope this helps. May Allah bless you in your name and make it a source of good for you in this life and the next. And please check out these links to learn more:

http://aboutislam.net/counseling/ask-about-islam/need-change-names/

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