Is my Muslim name Okay??

[Zakariya_ibn_Yuqub]

Brothers and Sisters

So when I converted to Islam I didn't want to be like the Christians and keep the english name of zachary. So I changed it to Zakariya. In full I wright
Zakariya ibn Yuqub
(Zak son of James)
As Islam teaches it is appropriate to be named after your father.

The only problem is that my father is a kafir. So is this still halal?


Also is my Avatar okay. It says in the rule 2.19 that we can't have outlines or anything but I just want to make sure.

[Nomadic]

Bismillah
Naming convention is described in the link
http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/show...one-help/page2

One ought to retain their forefathers name regardless of his faith as long as it does not have a negative meaning.

[abdulwahhab]

It should be spelled "Yaqub" or "Ya'qoob" or "Ya'qub" since the Arabic for James is يعقوب, which is the same as the Arabic for Jacob.