I am kind of worried about using my very jewish-sounding name in Berlin
I recently moved to Berlin and I have a very jewish sounding name (Isak) and on top of that, I do look a bit jewish, but I am actually not and have 0 relation to Israel.
I don't know if it's just me, but I've felt a lot of hostility from people, mainly arabs, when they hear my name, and I start being asked where am I from but in very passive-aggressive tones.
Last week I went to a barbershop, mostly operated by arabs (they were all talking arabic and I did hear one tell another customer that he was syrian) and the guy at the counter was checking my reservation, he saw the name and his demeanor immediately flipped and started asking very fast "ummm woher der Name?? woher kommst du??", as soon I told him my home country, his demeanor changed again and became super friendly.
Then on a dating app, a girl immediately opened up asking if I have anything to do with Israel.
Yesterday I ordered from Lieferando and the driver, whose phone was in Arabic, saw the name and started asking me "Is this name arab? or from where?" I told him I didn't know and again said where I was actually from and again he relaxed and became super friendly.
I'm honestly starting to worry that someone will mistreat me somehow due to the name, is Berlin the kind of place where that could happen? Should I try to use a different name for non-official stuff?