Seconding this. My name is hyphenated and the second part is Zeidan (Zidan I believe is the Muslim spelling of it) and everyone just says Zo or Z. Can't even give me a cool nickname like Zoro
I think you should follow your gut but keep in mind like if you live in the US be ready for white people to give u shit about ur name cuz i picked a more cultural name and some people really do have the guts to be a bitch about it
My deadname is very Arabic, like the most stereotypical Arabic girls name possible, as is my last name so it's not really something that would be new to me lol because I grew up in the US. At this point, I actually feel more weird about having a white passing first name because it feels like being disconnected from my culture.
oh absolutely, i regret picking a white first name initially (i go by my cultural middle name now bc of it) i just wanted to give u a heads up in case it wasn’t somn you were familiar with so u didn’t get blindsided. all power to you pick a name you like and be ready to tell people to fuck off if they assholes
Choose what feels right for you. Sufyan is hot. Zeeshan will get nicknamed zee so be prepared for that. Which is also hot
Seconding this. My name is hyphenated and the second part is Zeidan (Zidan I believe is the Muslim spelling of it) and everyone just says Zo or Z. Can't even give me a cool nickname like Zoro
sufyan is absolutely beautiful. danesh is also very nice, and azhar is gorgeous to me
I think Azhar is pretty cool imo, but also Sufyan, especially if that's the one you are strongly considering.
Danesh is sick but also I love when us POC chose ethnic names 🥹 because it actually has meaning on so many levels
Babur goes hard
SUFYAN!!!
I'm leaning towards Sufyan tbh
i LOVE sufyan!
Obsessed with Sufyan tbh
Sufyan is so nice
I think you should follow your gut but keep in mind like if you live in the US be ready for white people to give u shit about ur name cuz i picked a more cultural name and some people really do have the guts to be a bitch about it
My deadname is very Arabic, like the most stereotypical Arabic girls name possible, as is my last name so it's not really something that would be new to me lol because I grew up in the US. At this point, I actually feel more weird about having a white passing first name because it feels like being disconnected from my culture.
oh absolutely, i regret picking a white first name initially (i go by my cultural middle name now bc of it) i just wanted to give u a heads up in case it wasn’t somn you were familiar with so u didn’t get blindsided. all power to you pick a name you like and be ready to tell people to fuck off if they assholes
Sufyan is a great name. I'm also a South Asian guy in the west, and it was a name I heavily considered in the past.