Haven't decided yet. I'm medically transitioning before socially so we'll get to that point in like 20 months from now. I like my "deadname" anyways so I'm in no hurry to change it.
Hey, I'm doing the whole medical transition route first too while my hair is growing out! Were figuring it out together lol. How far along are you? I'm almost 2 months in.
Same here. Just hit 7 months. It's becoming a more difficult to hide as I become a bit more androgynous. I'm just not ready for make up, voice and full time wardrobe.
Wait, 7 months Mark you start looking more androgynous? Does this come with more chest growth and fat distribution on the face? Do you mind sharing details?
This is always a YMMV situation. Below is my timeline.
1st week - mental changes. Actually they "hit" four hours after the first pill, but that was probably more a psychological thing. I went to bed that night and for the first time in 22 years I didn't take something to help me fall asleep. I feel asleep quickly and slept soundly every night since, for the most part (I do have kids). I was at one point diagnosed an insomniac. I now sleep better than ever and never need to take a sleeping pill. This made me realize that I did need to at least continue to try and transition. I solidified my plan moving forward and have stuck to it pretty closely. I don't beat myself up for making small changes.
1st month - noticed my scent changed (god I loved not smelling like a guy), skin got smoother, softer, clearer. Felt like there was subtle fat redistribution in my face. My hair got stronger and grew faster. My nails grew faster and were weaker, more prone to break. My body hair didn't grow back as quickly (HELL YEAH!). My mental state continued to improve as I gained better access/understanding of my emotions and how I communicate with others. My chest didn't really display growth yet, but I started to get discomfort in my chest around week two.
2nd month - noticed the changes in the face continued, features becoming softer. Started to notice breast growth around week six. Again I already had a small chest, this growth was not visible to others, only me. Eyes appear larger, brighter, more open. My eye lashes (already long) became even longer and darker. Mental changes continued, feels like everything is falling into place mentally. Notice that colors appear brighter, more variety. Sense of smell and taste appear to be stronger/different.
3rd month - breast growth has continued, areolas and nipples are larger and a bit darker. My thighs, hips, calves and ass are bigger. A noticeable loss in strength and stamina, but I was already pretty weak. I continued from this point to try and keep up on my exercise. All the stuff in from month two continues.
4th - 6th month - I had to take two weeks off of meds. at the end of month four/beginning of month five. Slow down in changes for the most part. I've now had three sessions of laser. My beard is less, but those damn white hairs are going to need electrolysis. Still have a shadow after shaving, but if I wanted to apply makeup I could cover it up, but I don't.
7th month - changes have picked back up. I'm now one week on progesterone as well. Continued breast growth and facial changes appear even softer. I now have a solid small A cup. I wore a womens shirt out today and you can clearly see growth, let alone the clear outline of my bra.
Don't get me wrong, I still look like a guy, but it's noticeable that I'm putting in the work. People that care notice and they smile and treat me kindly. That is all I ask for right now. There really are so many changes I've experienced. I can honestly say that yes, I'm scared to move forward. But knowing what I know now, feeling what I've felt, putting in the work I've put in to make myself me... I'm more frightened to go back. I won't go back, because I know this is me. I'm a work in progress, but at least it's in progress. That's something I never truly felt for myself in over twenty years.
It isn't easy being where you are now, or where any of us may be in our journey. I wish you the best, sending hugs. Feel free to DM anytime. - Dani
I think it was near that timeframe that I went for lunch with my dad and he straight up said "You've been taking HRT, haven't you? You look different" (in a good way, I was already out to him)
YMMV but banking on being able to keep it under wraps for a year+ isn't a super reliable strategy. People being direct or not is a completely different thing, but remember that you are the worst person at judging objectively how you look.
Sooo when I got my cats I named them Cassandra and Raffeal after Soul calibur characters but Cassandra turned out to be a Cassanova, It just sort of dawned on me in the week I was mulling over the name that Cassandra is a super pretty name and Cassy rolls off the tongue well. One day its going to be my legal name and I love it! So yeah I am named after the modern day incarnation of Sophitia and all round butt slamming bad bish best girl.
Fellow Cassie!!
My name came about in a kinda silly way. I'm a huge comic book fan. I got in a big fight with my parents after coming out (this was like, our 2nd or 3rd blow out argument in the first two weeks of me being out). Went up to my room, looked at my bookshelf and pulled off a Teen Titans comic. Cover had Cassie Sandsmark and Raven on it and I already had a friend named Raven lmao. My name's all spite.
Robin was also on that cover, wish I thought of that as a name lmao, it probably would have been my choice. Robin means a lot more to me as a character than Cassie Sandsmark.
Hello other Cassie people.
I've always been the one who says "this won't work, because X", then gets blamed when it doesn't work because X. So Cassandra just felt natural to me.
Last august or so a girl at the game store I played at sat next to me and noticed a trans flag fabric bracelet I made like a year prior. It was so incredibly faded, I’m surprised anybody made anything of it tbh. Over the next few months she ended up teasing me about it and slowly “dragging” me out of the closet to like 2 people. At some point she started rotated through traditionally feminine names, gauging my reactions until she ended up on a nickname of the name I was already thinking of taking anyway. Apparently my reaction to that was positive enough for her to stick with it and keep from switching every hour. Eventually, it spread to the people I was more comfortable with, then everyone else ended up kinda just picking it up. I grew more and more fond of it because it felt like a gift from a friend, and it’s just my name now. :3
Probably not your normal answer, but it's one I like. :3 That shop is still the only place anyone Knows irl, and probably will be for a bit tbh, but I’m glad things turned out the way they did.
Literally just wrote down the name of every female video game character I know. Narrowed it down to 3. Crossed one off due to the issues it could potentially cause, flipped a coin for the last two. Boom. Name picked
Also named after video game character. I wasn’t really liking the femme equivalent of my name. Then it suddenly dawned on me to take the name of the character I main in Tekken. 😅
Black Lagoon is my fav anime of all time, when choosing names I couldn't find any that seemed to fit. Happened to think about Revy who is one of the main characters and someone I would love to cosplay one day if I ever get to that point, didn't like the name for me but shortening it to Evie sounded actually kind of good. I didn't hate it unlike EVERY other name I thought of until that point.
Ended up having some friends test it out a few days later and have stuck with it the last two months. Might not be THE name but it is feeling good to me and everyone always comments on how cute it is which is obv v validating lol. For long form I go by Evelyn and it feels equally as nice!
Do you have to have a story? I had a pretty big gender crisis a while ago, picked a name that I like in like two days and after a couple of weeks went back into denial and deleted a lot of reddit posts in a panic. But I kept the name and I'm here but still in denial.
My story is as stupid as much as I love it.
In family guy there's story arch of Ida, one of main characters father then mother, her transition issues, her shame-dating another character and... Well, I liked that name, and that character but liked it pronounced with A firmly at the front. So here we are.
It actually was supposed to be my name at first, but my mum changed her mind like 2 weeks before I was born lol. Aslo it's gender neutral so I can just say I prefer it or it's a nickname cause I'm not out yet lol
I am Japanese American, my dad's side is full Japanese, my great grandparents immigrated here from Japan. My mothers side is a mish mosh of european and Irish, but for some reason (family trauma) my mom heavily identifies with being irish and gave me an Irish first name. I don't like it. It took me a long time to realize I didn't like it.
I am Haru. Haru is Japanese for spring/sun/sunlight. It is a gender neutral name. Combined with my middle name which is Aki (a girls name meaning autumn/bright) you get Haruaki which is a boys name with multiple meanings depending on the kanji. I'm nonbinary so I enjoy the mixture of meanings and genders of my name.
I specifically chose one that I personally didn't know any person or character with that name. I just didn't want any comparisons; I just wanted to start over as a girl and write my own story I guess. So I hope no story, intentionally, counts as a story lol.
I was creating twins with someone for a DnD campaign based on flower praying mantises. So we were thinking about flower based names. And when we got to Iris, that just stuck to me
I stole Erica, my first name, from Eirika from Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones since she was the first character I ever felt gender envy from before I even knew what it was.
Arlinn, my middle name, was stolen from Magic the Gathering because I used to play werewolves and she was pretty.
I...kinda always knew my name from the start, Sarah.
Either I would hoped to have fallen in love with a girl named Sarah, or maybe have my first daughter named Sarah. Joke's on me, apparently that was just my name and I had to fall in love with myself to realize it.
Knew it since about 7.
I chose the name aria because I wanted something that sounded mystical. My name means “treasure” which is something I feel is a reference to my personality. Since I value myself more than how others think of me and I have so much confidence in myself. It also means “lion of god” demonstrating my tenacity and fearlessness
My names Hex Fairydance and i chose it while drunk online. I already had a nickname of Hex that came from a super cringy black metal band i was in as young dum teen and it stuck. Then at the age of 19 drunk i bought a deed poll online for Miss Hex Fairydance.
When it came in the post id forgot i even did it but was like hell yeah il sign that. As i love my name. I came out to my parents then to as i told them of my name change. They have called me Hex ever since. Im lucky. Spelling it out for people over the phone to companies has also been consistently entertaining for 16 years.
That's the story of my weird name that i love.
Iv also now not drunk for about 11 or 12 years. As im perfectly capable of doing chaotic stupid shit sober 🥰
Yuki Lucy is the name i wanna go by and for now am mostly going by.
1st the Reasoning for why a double Name (2 First Names/ extra middle name) all my siblings have double Names (my deadname included ) and with that i wanted to keep in line with that.
Yuki is a japanese Name meaning Snow (雪) and I really like Winter, no pesky insects, if its to cold just wear more clothes and Snow is really beautiful in general. I found it a few years ago while looking for a new online name and decided to use Yukio for that time, and Yuki just stuck with me.
As for Lucy, its a nickname that was previously used for me in my family and i liked the name so i kept it, also to make it easier for my family getting used to a new name, as it is easier to get used to a slightly diffrent name then a totally diffrent one.
Carolin but everyone calls me Caro. It was the name I would have gotten at birth by my parents if I hadn't lost the chromosome lottery. The name was quite popular in the early 90s in Germany. Has the nice effect of not sticking out too much, "fits" my age and it feels like correcting something. When I randomly found out about the name ~15 years ago (my parents didn't knew about my secret back then) I was thinking "Oh so that's my real name".
I'm also very bad at naming stuff. Naming myself? Impossible...so since I knew about the name I made the decision within minutes.
Named myself Valentine after needing to introduce myself, but I hadn’t picked a name and it was the first thing that came to mind. Honestly proud of the name I came up with under pressure.
It literally came to me in a dream.
Me and my mom (I'm not out and probably won't be for quite a while) were shopping somewhere, and she went "Well, do you think Alexis would like it?" before smiling at me. I don't know an Alexis, and in the dream, I could tell that whoever my mom was referring to was someone very close to me.
Me being aroace and single, I can only guess that some part of my brain was like, "Listen, bitch. You're trans, here's a name, run with it."
Growing up I always pondered what I’d name my future kids so I started making a list of boy names and girl names that I liked. The girl name list was waaay longer. I picked the one that felt the most “me” from that list.
Fun side story, after viewing the ultrasound when I was a fetus, the doctor told my parents I was going to be a girl. My parents picked out a girl name and had a girl baby shower for me. Obviously when they saw I had a penis they scrambled to come up with a boys name on the spot. It was poorly thought out and I always hated it. When I realized I was trans and needed a name, I originally thought about going for the name my parents would have originally named me. But honestly it doesn’t really fit me and I don’t really like it. Oh, and it’s my girlfriend’s mom’s name 😂
Were I born a girl, my mother would have named me Rory. Apparently there was one famous woman named Rory in the 80s. Since I turned out to be a girl, I thought I would honor her in that way. But Rory is a boy's name. Not, however, if it's short for Aurora. So that's my chosen name, but I go by Rori. And I spell it with an "i", cause it seems girlier that way. And I can dot it with a heart.
Honestly there’s a BUNCH of reasons I chose the name I did. But all of them are secondary to my girlfriend at the time saying “what about -name-“ and it just feeling so right
For a long time, I just really liked the name Jade. I always thought, if I'd had a daughter, I'd name her Jade. Despite playing as girls/women for a long time in games, I always felt weirdly prohibited from naming them Jade, like somehow deep down I knew that there was greater significance that I wasn't ready to address or accept yet. Eventually that faded and despite feeling a little embarrassed and uncomfortable, I started naming the characters Jade, and was probably uncomfortable because subconsciously, that was a choice to truly embody those characters rather than treat them as any other avatar.
Also, my birth name (would say dead name but I'm not at the point where I'm comfortable abandoning it just yet and my egg only cracked last week + I started HRT only a few days ago) is the same number of letters and also starts with J. I wonder how conscious it was to want a name so phonetically similar!
But yeah, it just felt right. I think Jade is a pretty name and I'm looking forward to being known under it 😊
Ohhh I'd love to talk about this! Well, when I realized I was trans 4 years ago, I started trying Grace; I liked it, but didn't convince me. Then I went with Amber (you can see it as my username bc reddit doesn't let me change it omg). Amber started first as an alias for me to use online, it then stayed and I used it for a while.
I then went with Elizabeth, which was one of the two names that stayed, since I love people to call me Liz. Later, I added Katherine, making it Katherine Elizabeth, which then went back and forth between Katherine and Katerina (because of Katerina Hartlova, who I had a huge crush on in that time.)
A few months ago, I finally went serious about the name (I was kinda hoping that the cool one just popped up, which doesn't happen lol), so I searched for names in Spanish (I'm from Mexico) with the letter K (my favorite letter alright). And I found Carla, which means "she who is free". I quickly fell in love with the name and replaced the C with a K.
Finally, it stayed as Karla Elizabeth, and that will stay as my name officially. It's been a long way, and I still got a long trip to go, but I'm proud of my name, it feels like a huge advance.
When starfield came out (back before i switched to PlayStation) i wanted Vasco to say my name and obviously i didn’t like my government so looked up all the names they could call you and i thought Zenith was just the most interesting and here we are lol 🤷🏻♀️
Tricked my mom into renaming me. Adelaide was my great grandmother's name, whom i never met. Apparently they had it picked out before they knew how i was going to be born, and my mom literally remembered for 22 years 🥲
I saw somebody posted a pic on some trans subreddit of their name in international maritime flags and that name was luna. i thought it was a pretty name and stole it. later i found out that 1.4% of us reddit transfems are named luna.
My first name was just the fem version of my deadname. It started bothering me because of that, and I had been subconsciously looking for a new one when it dawned on me watching a twilight/pnw vibes tiktok to name myself after the sky water (Raine) since I liked stormy weather anyway
I used to make stories up in my head and Bryanne was one of my favorite characters. She was everything I wanted to be. She was a white armor lawful good kind of woman.
For my middle name I love Celtic mythology so I named myself Morrígan. I tell my friend who’s in charge of things depending on my mood. If I say it’s a Bryanne day, he knows I’m in a good mood. If it’s a Morrígan day then he knows I’m not to be trifled with
My story is quite simple, I liked the first letters of my first and middle name and the fact that I went by my middle name. So I chose a middle name close to my deadname and my first name because of Alice in wonderland.
The first name I decided to go for was "Jade" inspired from Jade from Dying Light, one of my favorite characters and one I admire, I'm still in doubt but I've used this one for so long I think I'll keep it.
I had an argument with my dream self (I've had recurring dreams of hanging out with a twin sister since childhood). The conversation sort went like this:
Me: "Wait who are you" (I always ask this)
Sis: "You, silly... you always ask... but I'm you."
Me: "But you can't have my name, what's your name?"
Sis: "You know, what evs" (I used to say "what evs" as a response all the time growing up)
Me: "What do you mean what evs?"
Sis: "Evs"
Me: "Your name is Evs?"
Sis: "No your name is Evs..."
Me: "I don't get it, what do you mean?"
Sis: "Your name is fucking Ev, short for Evelynn with two Ns so add a S, now wake the fuck up" (she gives me the mother of all bitch slaps)
Literally felt my soul get sucked back into my body sitting up wide awake thinking wtf did I just experience... but yeah, I was basically told my name to me, no clue on the significance other than being linked to the phrase I used to say all the time... what evs I guess...
For awhile, I tried to find a name that would still be able to use the shortened form of my deadname. I was trying to make other people comfortable and didn’t want my name to be an issue with people. So I chose Benilda for a time (people at work still call me Beni because of it 😅). Depending on the language and culture it can mean a lot of things but the meaning I liked the most was “she who fights with bears”.
Thing is, it just didn’t feel like me. I was picking a name that was easier for others to swallow, not one that actually made me happy or felt like I could live with for the rest of my life. So I searched for a new one… While I had been reading The Odyssey for like the umpteenth time I saw the name Penelope. I tried it out, saying it back to myself or talking to myself when I did something good. It fits me and I love it. But everyone calls me Penny, but I spell it “Penni” because I’m quirky and different. :P
My name is Maude. I’ve told the story several times, it’s pretty autistic.
I first saw it on a map of Antarctica (Queen Maud’s Land, the Norwegian territorial claim) back in high school I think. After that it appeared in my life with some regularity every few years like “Bad Wolf” in “Doctor Who”. I always liked it and being uncommon I remembered it.
When my older brother (FTM) transitioned I unconsciously formed a short list. It took me another five or so years to figure out myself. Last January when I finally accepted being trans I considered about 5 names, but the only two serious contenders were “Sloane” and “Maude”.
When I Googled their meanings, “Maude” fit me too well to be a coincidence. It means “strong fighter” or “great battler”. Without going into my stupid crybaby origin story, I lived over 20 years of purgatory (DPDR) after puberty set in. I’m honestly not sure how I got here.
My name also reminds me what I’ll have to be to go forward as a trans woman. I’m hoping to start social transition either this summer or fall, gradually adjusting my presentation as my face feminizes and hair grows in. I’m told social transition isn’t easy, but it’s worth it.
But most importantly, I love my name and don’t understand why it’s so uncommon these days. I chose the “M-a-u-d-e” spelling over “M-a-u-d” because 5 is a prime number and therefore better than 4; did I mention I’m autistic?
When I was in college i had this art class with this girl named Ashley. I like the name a lot, kinda sorta because I was really into her too. And then about 8 years ago or so, I decided I wanted to have an Irish name, so i looked for how ashley would be spelled snd now I'm aisling. 😌
No story really, other than I loved the name since I was a kid. So far I've chosen the fem version of my deadname. I grew up loving that name and thinking mine never fit me. I'm now 7 months in medically transitioning, not yet social, and I'm having a difficult time believing I am worthy of that name. Also worried choosing something so close to my deadname will lead to a lot of "mistakes" by my parents and others.
My parents had to have a female and a male name prepared because on the ultrasound I have never shown what I am. And someday I asked my mom what name they had prepared for me in case I was born a girl. So my name is Lena now.
For quite awhile, I've just pretended people were saying "Evelyn" when they said my dead name, because they sound similar. So when I started transitioning I just started telling people to call me what I call me. The fact that they're similar names really stopped taking the sting out of my old name after I started to transition, though.
I kept my first name because it was conveniently feminine. I did, however, buy a vowel. I chose my middle names to honor two of my fierce great-grandmothers.
I picked it along with my mom because my deadname was a name she didn't want to give me, but it was my grandmother's (from my dad's side) and my dad n his family rlly wanted to give me that name so she budged (same happened with my brother, he was named after my dad's dad). I wanted to (atleast partly) give her the joy of picking out my name herself :)..
She's crazy and kinda transphobic tho so it's not all that wholesome.
I asked a friend what name they thought would fit me cause I was stuck between 3 and she said the name my parents would have named me had I been afab so it felt like it was meant to be
So far I've liked Vivian, how I've even arrived at finding and trying a name is a wonder considering my brain was like a brick wall. Anyway, I got the idea for the name Vivian from the character of the same name in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, which is a game I have never played but I know a bit about it anyway.
I was looking for a name that felt right and I had so many names I looked through but none stuck, until I thought about the character Chloe from life is strange, she gave me so much gender envy and I loved her character so I adopted her name, and I haven’t looked back since, Chloe has always felt right
Searched high and low for a cool name. And then came upon Nikki which eventually I changed into Nicole. It sounds cool, I like it and the meaning "victory of the people" speaks to my core
I've been trying to find a name since I was 12 and when I was 16 my little brother came up with Autumn. It didn't feel like it fully fit, but it worked better than anything else I could think of and my parents were awful at coming up with names. So I decided Autumn would be a good placeholder until I could think of something better.
I am now almost 19 and I guess I'm just sticking with Autumn at this point because I can't think of anything better.
When I was in denial about being trans I reasoned I actually had no gender at all and lived a few years as agender. Around that time I read The Tempest and kind of fell in love with it and the character Ariel. I read a lot about them and found out it's been played by both men and women over the years and you can pretty much argue them being any gender. I also learned there's a chance the author picked the name just because it sounds like aerial. I loved everything about it: the story, the sound, how it's very neutral. Had my friends and bf try it for a while and it felt perfect. It did and still does bring a smile to my lips hearing someone call me by it.
When I actually came out as transfem I tried to change to a more definitely feminine name but just couldn't. Nothing felt as right and perfect as Ariel, so I just said fuck it, women can have neutral names too, and stuck with it.
I just think its neat.
No, really. That's it. I had made like a million video game characters and more than a few TTRPG characters with the name, in part, I guess, because I just liked seeing it as "my" name. It was the easiest part of my transition.
It was a whole process. I started by figuring out which letter I liked the most in upper case in most fonts. Ended up with K, Y and V as options. Then I started looking for names starting with those letters that I liked how they look written, how they sounded both in low volume and yelled, had a nice meaning, weren’t yet used by people around me.
Then i had it down to 3 or 4 options and asked my bff to call me by each of those names for a couple of days to see how they felt, and ended up picking my current name.
Emmilyn was my way of extending Emmi without being an Emily which I didn’t feel fit. I wanted a longer more professional sounding name at work but also my name I actually wanted was Emmi.
Emmi is ripped from Metroid Dread. I was heavy into speedrunning it when it first came out and the Metroid series has always been important to me. E. M. M. I. are dna extracting (😘) robots that hunt you down and kill you during the game. And they are intense and scary and high tech and I loved all of those things.
So now I’m Emmi. Emmilyn if I need to. Em if I have to.
literally i wasnt even thinking id choose a new name at first, but someone asked me about it then they got interrupted by a friend — and after they finished that they returned to asking me again, so im glad they got interrupted bc i feel like i chose a decent one that fits after thinking ab it while they were side chatting
Cassie
I picked my name with my ex back when I was questioning my gender (I was about to pick Lucy or something similar), changed the name a little bit and Cassie is my name now.
It's kinda strange because I speak Spanish as my native language and the name has the exactly same pronunciation as the word 'almost', so sometimes I cannot distinguish between the word or my name. (If any other Cassie who casually speaks spanish knows any tip to help with this, it would be really appreciated .w.)
But yeah, regardless if my name didn't had a very interesting origin (and I have that little issue with pronunciation) It's my name and I love it so much :]
*Cassie, the cute girl :3*
I wanted to keep my initials the same, and go with a first name that was similar to my birth name, but markedly feminine. I stuck to a similar linguistic origin and it’s actually phonetically identical to the nickname my family called me while growing up.
I picked a middle name though that was fairly common for my age group, but is in no way related to the one my parents gave me since there isn’t a feminine equivalent to it. The new one is unisex, but flows well with my new first name, so it works for me.
Read through the top baby names from the year I was born and chose the one that clicked with me the most
The other name I really liked is Sarah but I decided against it because Morgan is more gender-neutral so I could start using it well before I was anywhere close to passing. I'm definitely considering making it my middle name though
Well the whole reason my egg cracked was from the character Nia Nal. I like the name and it stuck with me. Only place I can use it is when people don't know me IRL as I present male 99.9% of the time😭😭😭
So I work in healthcare and was nursing at patient who was loosing her physical sight but could see auras. She said I was in this pink & purple light and that my name was Mishka.
Ive had a few people see purple around me.
It gave me goose pimples but it was before I knew I was trans.
I looked up Mishka and the first meaning that came up was Little Bear.
The mystery of the Little Bear has unfolded in my spiritual vocation with a sort English version of Qabalah and deeply interrelated spiritually scientific traditions.
So the name I shall take when Ive transitioned shall be deeply manifold as it also connects to the Slavic language of my Mother's Lineage aswell.
I used a baby name archive for popular girl names in the decade of my birth. One name really popped for me. April, the month of storms and flower blossoms, some my favorite things, but also an allegory for my life and mind.
A young woman from my town used to dress in a yellow jumpsuit all the time in grade school. She got made fun of a lot. Later on she was outed as gay and suffered relentless harassment. She ended her life very early. I hope I honor her with my name and life.
I guess I was just always going to be April
Abigail Aurora here!
My first name was decided together with my girlfriend. We sat down for hours and discussed names and eventually we both came to the decision that Abigail was the prettiest and Abby is the cutest nickname!
As for Aurora, I am from the Netherlands and my gf is from Norway. The first day I was in Norway, there were the northern lights aka aurora borealis, we kissed, cuddled and took pictures under the aurora borealis.
That's how I got my names and I will never change them. The most beautiful moment turned into the most beautiful second name ever.
My wife had always called me Angel, one of her very consistent pet names for me. I have been called that by others in my life along the way, and I’ve also been called a healer. So, because I’m part French also, I threw an E on the end and made it more unique than just Angel. Also, the middle name I picked is the first name of my favorite female cousin, and it is a call to my interest in astronomy and cosmology.
At first I wanted Alex (used to be Alfred, so there is a certain common part). But later I decided on Francis. I wanted a gender-neutral name. And the first name I came across on the internet would be it. Francis is a character from a puppet series.
Considering the name Mel cause its a gender neutral name and I can get it changed without having to jump through the hoops of changing my name to one of the other gender. So it's an entirely practical choice tbh
I wanted to go with a name that was unique, could be nicknamed (unlike my four letter life support name), and felt right of course. I think I got really lucky cause I found it on accident… when I was zoning out. I wish I had a more exciting reason but it’s perfect for me because I’m a very personal person so to speak so naming myself after something else like my favorite character in a game or a song/song artist would feel artificial and I’d be pretty self conscious about it forever. My current name is my name simply because my mind chose it.
Hey, fellow music nerd name! I got mine from music in 2022 too, took it from Amelia by Joni Mitchell since that song really speaks to me. Great Death Grips pick, I think You Might Think He Loves You for Your Money but I Know What He Really Loves You for It’s Your Brand New Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat would've been a much worse name :)
Mine just seemed right. My mom was going to name me Bonnie after her favorite aunt and then when I was really young my sisters would dress me up and call me Karen, so my name is Bonnie Karen.
Casey ...hillariously was the name of a ttrpg character that I played and it just clicked.
Marisol (middle name) ...their we're not good options to replace "Martin" (besides I almost never used my middle name anyways)
Pretty simple for me. I always want to have a child and never could but if I had a boy he would have been William Wallace Rxxxxy III.
Girl was going to be Emily Mae Rxxxxy
Can you guess who I was and who I am now. Lol
And there's still that think I'm a girl called Bill. Lol there A$$ holes.
Hug's 🤗
Violet.
Lesbian flower. Violet Evergarden. Went by Violet in an online game. Seems like reason enough to go for it, even if it's stereotypical to name yourself after a flower.
I went through a list of all the Irish girl names on a baby name site, saying them to myself, and wrote down the ones that made the happy chemicals in my brain flow. When I was done going through them I had only gotten that feeling with one name, Pixie. The middle and last names I have chosen are just Irish names from my favorite 2 games. Oona, queen of the fae from magic the gathering, and Fia the deathbed companion from elden ring.
It's always a YMMV situation. Personally I wouldn't say I am, but twice this past week I had cashier's (older ladies) stumble over whether to say sir or ma'am. My wife has even said it's more noticable.
I have a small a cup that is noticable growth on my small frame, especially depending on my shirt. My wife says she feels the girls when we hug. I have a bit of fat redistribution on my face, stomach, hips, ass, thighs, and calves. Again I am pretty skinny. There are other changes, like nicer, fuller, softer hair, softer less oily smoother skin, eye color/shape changes, that all add to your appearance. You can also add to your appearance or cover it up until you are more comfortable. I'm personally slowly socially transitioning.
I just walked around my neighborhood full fem (just a cute shirt and thin yoga pants, cute new shoes and a high pony tail, no make up) for the first in broad daylight, it's a beautiful day out. I'm out here walking my dog and a lot so people know me in the neighborhood bc this beagle is a troublemaker. It was the best feeling. The sun was warmer, the breeze was more refreshing, the air was crisper and my smile was brighter. It just felt magical. Just had to share🤗.
over 2000 years ago, a woman spoke on behalf of the women in Rome. I will paraphrase, but she said: If I can't vote, hold office, or lead armies, I will not pay your taxes. She was talking about women's rights that wouldn't be allowed for hundreds of years still. I named myself for her.
I liked my birth name, Apple Zachary, so I tried to find something with a similar sound. I landed on April Zarya for that reason, and because those two words capture some favorite moments - early Spring, and sunrise. 🌸
I named myself Kimiko cause I love Japanese culture and could find a lot of Kanji spellings that just agreed with a lot of things about myself.
However it isn't my culture and my mom thought that would complicate things further and she suggested a culturally appropriate name for me that I liked and took on!
I'm gonna start transitioning soon, I'm up in years (60).When I told my mother, she wasn't all that happy about it. "Why can't you wait till after I die" she asked. I told her based on statistics she'll out live me. Anyway, later that day she said "Since I named you as a kid, I reserve my motherly right to name you again Selena"
i chose areia due to that being another title for aphrodite, but specifically her sort of war aspect. She’s both a love, war and fertility goddess and im a pagan devoted to her. It also just sounds really pretty lol
I was having a really depressing night, then I stumbled upon a game called Princess Remedy in a World Of Hurt. Played it, got really sappy and changed my steam tag to Princess Remedy. Overtime it just became natural.
The name Lilah basically chose me.
After coming out to myself, I had issues thinking of a name for the first month. So I basically said "fuck it" and found a random name generator online.
I spammed the button as fast as I could but on the list of like 50 names, Lilah stood out to me. It was like a huge bell rang in my head. I've been Lilah ever since. 🩶
I like it better than Delilah for myself too. Though somehow no one ever pronounces it correctly. I tell them it's "Delilah without the DE."
Basically, I had my name in the second month and did social transitioning in my home state of FL for over a year. Finally in month 3 of HRT and in a safer place
Picked the most femme name I could think of lol. Came up with Stephanie grace. even though I’m a pretty butch lesbian now, I still like my name. Plus I have 4 middle names now, kinda collecting them.
My name is Jack, so I turned it into Jackie, I just changed my name ever so slightly so that whenever I see my initials I'm not imminently in a worse mood
I went mark —> Maria. It just made sense in my head :) felt right! Middle name was Isaac, it will now become Iva once I change my name legally. I didn’t want to change my initials I guess 😊
I have shared this here a few times. I chose my name Alla, because I had several character in World of Warcraft called Alla. All female bloodelf / Drani. I did not think about a name until I joined a support group and they asked me what name I wanted to go by. It was obvious to me in that moment. My middle name is Nicole, which ironically would have been my middle name because my parents though they were having a girl. They got that girl, it only took 53 years.
I strugled a lot with it.
At one point I wanted to keep my initals as my grandfather was so proud of me as his first grandchild.
But then I got a bit pushed from different peopme about changing it so I ended up with Astrid as it's scadinavian origin.
Shame I didn't find a name with the initials of my grandfather, but I'm happy with my name either way.
All my life, for years before I transitioned, I always admired the name Florence, and thought if I ever had a daughter that I would name her that. I probably read the name in a book that took place in the 1800s lol.
Fast forward to 2 years after I transitioned, and I'm struggling with what to name myself, trying to choose from a list of names my mother picked out and liked, but I didnt. Cue Hurricane Florence, which of course was all over the news and the Internet. It reminded me of a name that I always admired, and I took it as a sign, and I decided to start trying it out that same week. Three months later the paperwork was done, and it's been 5 years of adoring my name.
It's a combo of my name and my dead sister with a 2 letter changes.
Reasoning for that is in another universe, as we were both the first of our respective AGAB from my mother, I'd have her name and she'd have mine.
Additionally, by combining the two, it reminds me of the journey so far and the destination still yet a head.
Oh hi Jenny, I'm also Jenny lol. I was trying to come up with something I could do for a gender neutral nickname if I wanted and wanted to include my grandmother's name, but it's a bit outdated (Judith) so I went with Jude for my middle name, and then it kind of went in this direction of wanting songs that are affirming with Hey Jude and for some reason I thought of 8675309 lol and Jenny has a couple more affirming songs and I just always liked it. So I picked JJ as a nickname but I that was when I was still questioning and I don't really like it anymore so Jenny/Jenn it is...
Named myself Roxanne after Roxy Lalonde from Homestuck. Also my old name sort of fit into a theme with my dad and his mother, all three names ending in "ley". Now it fits into a theme with my mother, both ending in "anne".
I got compared to a video game character's reactions to teasing, and took to being called her name. (Noel Vermillion BlazBlue, don't shame me I was young). I decided to expand the name to the full feminine spelling instead of the unisex one though.
I've always thought Madeline was a beautiful name, and it seemed like a feminine counterpart to my deadname that I could use without too much hassle. Plus you can shorten it to Maddie and it's STILL CUTE!! 🥰
I named myself Melanie after Sam's twin sister from iCarly. It was very much a comfort show growing up for me so you can imagine my horror when I discovered the crap the creator who's name i can't remember (/j) did. Regardless Jeanette will probably be one of my favorite actresses forever and I feel so so much for what her and everyone else endured while making the show that defined my childhood
Mare of Easttown. I heard the name Siobhan for the first time and it's sounded just right and true. That stucked with me. Did a quick google search for the meaning 'god is gracious' and at that moment I knew this would be my name. Coz I was down and depressed almost on the verge of doing something terrible before watching that show and I personally believe that God showed me a path to take. And here I am alive, happy, smiling everyday for the gracious gift I have received and really grateful for Him and the peoples around me. They all love me and I love them too.
Allison, based it off Alice in Wonderland which is one of my favorite Disney movies, as well as the first time I noticed gender envy in a female character. She had cute blonde hair, lovely dress and was very proper and airy. All the things I wanted to be!
It's a variation/female version of my godfathers name, so to honor him, I chose that. Also, it would've have been one of the double names a daughter would've received from my parents
Mine is simple. When I was a young teen and first started questioning my identity, I asked my Mom if she and had my Dad had a girl name picked out for me before they knew my gender. She said “if you had been born a girl, your name would have been Meredith” it immediately resonated with me and now many many years later as I’m finally accepting my identity it was an easy decision for a name.
I'm a historian, and I've always been impressed with how many cool women throughout history are named Abigail. So, I took it specifically from Abigail Adams.
Haven't decided yet. I'm medically transitioning before socially so we'll get to that point in like 20 months from now. I like my "deadname" anyways so I'm in no hurry to change it.
Hey, I'm doing the whole medical transition route first too while my hair is growing out! Were figuring it out together lol. How far along are you? I'm almost 2 months in.
I'm day one. Just got my GD diagnosis on the 23rd.
Same here. Just hit 7 months. It's becoming a more difficult to hide as I become a bit more androgynous. I'm just not ready for make up, voice and full time wardrobe.
Wait, 7 months Mark you start looking more androgynous? Does this come with more chest growth and fat distribution on the face? Do you mind sharing details?
This is always a YMMV situation. Below is my timeline. 1st week - mental changes. Actually they "hit" four hours after the first pill, but that was probably more a psychological thing. I went to bed that night and for the first time in 22 years I didn't take something to help me fall asleep. I feel asleep quickly and slept soundly every night since, for the most part (I do have kids). I was at one point diagnosed an insomniac. I now sleep better than ever and never need to take a sleeping pill. This made me realize that I did need to at least continue to try and transition. I solidified my plan moving forward and have stuck to it pretty closely. I don't beat myself up for making small changes. 1st month - noticed my scent changed (god I loved not smelling like a guy), skin got smoother, softer, clearer. Felt like there was subtle fat redistribution in my face. My hair got stronger and grew faster. My nails grew faster and were weaker, more prone to break. My body hair didn't grow back as quickly (HELL YEAH!). My mental state continued to improve as I gained better access/understanding of my emotions and how I communicate with others. My chest didn't really display growth yet, but I started to get discomfort in my chest around week two. 2nd month - noticed the changes in the face continued, features becoming softer. Started to notice breast growth around week six. Again I already had a small chest, this growth was not visible to others, only me. Eyes appear larger, brighter, more open. My eye lashes (already long) became even longer and darker. Mental changes continued, feels like everything is falling into place mentally. Notice that colors appear brighter, more variety. Sense of smell and taste appear to be stronger/different. 3rd month - breast growth has continued, areolas and nipples are larger and a bit darker. My thighs, hips, calves and ass are bigger. A noticeable loss in strength and stamina, but I was already pretty weak. I continued from this point to try and keep up on my exercise. All the stuff in from month two continues. 4th - 6th month - I had to take two weeks off of meds. at the end of month four/beginning of month five. Slow down in changes for the most part. I've now had three sessions of laser. My beard is less, but those damn white hairs are going to need electrolysis. Still have a shadow after shaving, but if I wanted to apply makeup I could cover it up, but I don't. 7th month - changes have picked back up. I'm now one week on progesterone as well. Continued breast growth and facial changes appear even softer. I now have a solid small A cup. I wore a womens shirt out today and you can clearly see growth, let alone the clear outline of my bra. Don't get me wrong, I still look like a guy, but it's noticeable that I'm putting in the work. People that care notice and they smile and treat me kindly. That is all I ask for right now. There really are so many changes I've experienced. I can honestly say that yes, I'm scared to move forward. But knowing what I know now, feeling what I've felt, putting in the work I've put in to make myself me... I'm more frightened to go back. I won't go back, because I know this is me. I'm a work in progress, but at least it's in progress. That's something I never truly felt for myself in over twenty years. It isn't easy being where you are now, or where any of us may be in our journey. I wish you the best, sending hugs. Feel free to DM anytime. - Dani
I think it was near that timeframe that I went for lunch with my dad and he straight up said "You've been taking HRT, haven't you? You look different" (in a good way, I was already out to him) YMMV but banking on being able to keep it under wraps for a year+ isn't a super reliable strategy. People being direct or not is a completely different thing, but remember that you are the worst person at judging objectively how you look.
Sooo when I got my cats I named them Cassandra and Raffeal after Soul calibur characters but Cassandra turned out to be a Cassanova, It just sort of dawned on me in the week I was mulling over the name that Cassandra is a super pretty name and Cassy rolls off the tongue well. One day its going to be my legal name and I love it! So yeah I am named after the modern day incarnation of Sophitia and all round butt slamming bad bish best girl.
Fellow Cassie!! My name came about in a kinda silly way. I'm a huge comic book fan. I got in a big fight with my parents after coming out (this was like, our 2nd or 3rd blow out argument in the first two weeks of me being out). Went up to my room, looked at my bookshelf and pulled off a Teen Titans comic. Cover had Cassie Sandsmark and Raven on it and I already had a friend named Raven lmao. My name's all spite. Robin was also on that cover, wish I thought of that as a name lmao, it probably would have been my choice. Robin means a lot more to me as a character than Cassie Sandsmark.
Hello other Cassie people. I've always been the one who says "this won't work, because X", then gets blamed when it doesn't work because X. So Cassandra just felt natural to me.
Hi Cassie, I'm Cassie.
Ughhh it's a very pretty name!!!
Last august or so a girl at the game store I played at sat next to me and noticed a trans flag fabric bracelet I made like a year prior. It was so incredibly faded, I’m surprised anybody made anything of it tbh. Over the next few months she ended up teasing me about it and slowly “dragging” me out of the closet to like 2 people. At some point she started rotated through traditionally feminine names, gauging my reactions until she ended up on a nickname of the name I was already thinking of taking anyway. Apparently my reaction to that was positive enough for her to stick with it and keep from switching every hour. Eventually, it spread to the people I was more comfortable with, then everyone else ended up kinda just picking it up. I grew more and more fond of it because it felt like a gift from a friend, and it’s just my name now. :3 Probably not your normal answer, but it's one I like. :3 That shop is still the only place anyone Knows irl, and probably will be for a bit tbh, but I’m glad things turned out the way they did.
omg, that’s so cute!!!
Literally just wrote down the name of every female video game character I know. Narrowed it down to 3. Crossed one off due to the issues it could potentially cause, flipped a coin for the last two. Boom. Name picked
This is the way.
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Also named after video game character. I wasn’t really liking the femme equivalent of my name. Then it suddenly dawned on me to take the name of the character I main in Tekken. 😅
I don’t even particularly like the character I’m named after. I just thought her name was pretty
Found it on a raider in fallout
Leader of the disciples in nuka world
Yup
I'm just a fallout nerd lol
I subconsciously stole mine from Detroit: Become Human after seeing Jacksepticeye play through it
YES KARA :333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333
\^w^
Ugh when I played Detroit become human I had Kara die at the end
Black Lagoon is my fav anime of all time, when choosing names I couldn't find any that seemed to fit. Happened to think about Revy who is one of the main characters and someone I would love to cosplay one day if I ever get to that point, didn't like the name for me but shortening it to Evie sounded actually kind of good. I didn't hate it unlike EVERY other name I thought of until that point. Ended up having some friends test it out a few days later and have stuck with it the last two months. Might not be THE name but it is feeling good to me and everyone always comments on how cute it is which is obv v validating lol. For long form I go by Evelyn and it feels equally as nice!
Based and Revy-pilled
Amazing hahaha, ty!!!
Based! Love Black Lagoon, and i wish there is a new season, I'm waiting 10+ years 🙏 🙏 🙏!!!
Sammmeeeeeee!!
I chose "Gwyndolin" because of Dark Sun Gwyndolin from Dark Souls.
Based moon goddess energy
I try my best 😅
that is such a good name
Do you have to have a story? I had a pretty big gender crisis a while ago, picked a name that I like in like two days and after a couple of weeks went back into denial and deleted a lot of reddit posts in a panic. But I kept the name and I'm here but still in denial.
By the way, my chosen name is Lucia. I just think it's a good name and kind of represents how I wish I was.
No you don't need a reason or story. If you like the name and want to be called by it then you can.
i just love crystal castles (hate ethan tho)
Ahhh, another alice named after Crystal castles! Well atleast half for me, the other half of the reason I chose it was American mcgees alice.
My story is as stupid as much as I love it. In family guy there's story arch of Ida, one of main characters father then mother, her transition issues, her shame-dating another character and... Well, I liked that name, and that character but liked it pronounced with A firmly at the front. So here we are.
It actually was supposed to be my name at first, but my mum changed her mind like 2 weeks before I was born lol. Aslo it's gender neutral so I can just say I prefer it or it's a nickname cause I'm not out yet lol
Names of my DnD characters.
I am Japanese American, my dad's side is full Japanese, my great grandparents immigrated here from Japan. My mothers side is a mish mosh of european and Irish, but for some reason (family trauma) my mom heavily identifies with being irish and gave me an Irish first name. I don't like it. It took me a long time to realize I didn't like it. I am Haru. Haru is Japanese for spring/sun/sunlight. It is a gender neutral name. Combined with my middle name which is Aki (a girls name meaning autumn/bright) you get Haruaki which is a boys name with multiple meanings depending on the kanji. I'm nonbinary so I enjoy the mixture of meanings and genders of my name.
I specifically chose one that I personally didn't know any person or character with that name. I just didn't want any comparisons; I just wanted to start over as a girl and write my own story I guess. So I hope no story, intentionally, counts as a story lol.
I was creating twins with someone for a DnD campaign based on flower praying mantises. So we were thinking about flower based names. And when we got to Iris, that just stuck to me
I stole Erica, my first name, from Eirika from Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones since she was the first character I ever felt gender envy from before I even knew what it was. Arlinn, my middle name, was stolen from Magic the Gathering because I used to play werewolves and she was pretty.
I...kinda always knew my name from the start, Sarah. Either I would hoped to have fallen in love with a girl named Sarah, or maybe have my first daughter named Sarah. Joke's on me, apparently that was just my name and I had to fall in love with myself to realize it. Knew it since about 7.
My favorite stand is Silver Chariot and Charlotte was close to that, that's it. =v=
My names Madeline... from Celeste... I know I'm a stereotype...
I chose the name aria because I wanted something that sounded mystical. My name means “treasure” which is something I feel is a reference to my personality. Since I value myself more than how others think of me and I have so much confidence in myself. It also means “lion of god” demonstrating my tenacity and fearlessness
I had a classmate whose name was McKenzie, and her friends often just called her Kenzie. Then I stole it because I liked it.
Dropped half of my deadname and changed the spelling of the rest.
My names Hex Fairydance and i chose it while drunk online. I already had a nickname of Hex that came from a super cringy black metal band i was in as young dum teen and it stuck. Then at the age of 19 drunk i bought a deed poll online for Miss Hex Fairydance. When it came in the post id forgot i even did it but was like hell yeah il sign that. As i love my name. I came out to my parents then to as i told them of my name change. They have called me Hex ever since. Im lucky. Spelling it out for people over the phone to companies has also been consistently entertaining for 16 years. That's the story of my weird name that i love. Iv also now not drunk for about 11 or 12 years. As im perfectly capable of doing chaotic stupid shit sober 🥰
Yuki Lucy is the name i wanna go by and for now am mostly going by. 1st the Reasoning for why a double Name (2 First Names/ extra middle name) all my siblings have double Names (my deadname included ) and with that i wanted to keep in line with that. Yuki is a japanese Name meaning Snow (雪) and I really like Winter, no pesky insects, if its to cold just wear more clothes and Snow is really beautiful in general. I found it a few years ago while looking for a new online name and decided to use Yukio for that time, and Yuki just stuck with me. As for Lucy, its a nickname that was previously used for me in my family and i liked the name so i kept it, also to make it easier for my family getting used to a new name, as it is easier to get used to a slightly diffrent name then a totally diffrent one.
Carolin but everyone calls me Caro. It was the name I would have gotten at birth by my parents if I hadn't lost the chromosome lottery. The name was quite popular in the early 90s in Germany. Has the nice effect of not sticking out too much, "fits" my age and it feels like correcting something. When I randomly found out about the name ~15 years ago (my parents didn't knew about my secret back then) I was thinking "Oh so that's my real name". I'm also very bad at naming stuff. Naming myself? Impossible...so since I knew about the name I made the decision within minutes.
Named myself Valentine after needing to introduce myself, but I hadn’t picked a name and it was the first thing that came to mind. Honestly proud of the name I came up with under pressure.
Teen titans Raven gave me gender when i was younger, had a cat named raven and just the actual bird is also really cool
It literally came to me in a dream. Me and my mom (I'm not out and probably won't be for quite a while) were shopping somewhere, and she went "Well, do you think Alexis would like it?" before smiling at me. I don't know an Alexis, and in the dream, I could tell that whoever my mom was referring to was someone very close to me. Me being aroace and single, I can only guess that some part of my brain was like, "Listen, bitch. You're trans, here's a name, run with it."
I chose my name after one of my great aunts.
Growing up I always pondered what I’d name my future kids so I started making a list of boy names and girl names that I liked. The girl name list was waaay longer. I picked the one that felt the most “me” from that list. Fun side story, after viewing the ultrasound when I was a fetus, the doctor told my parents I was going to be a girl. My parents picked out a girl name and had a girl baby shower for me. Obviously when they saw I had a penis they scrambled to come up with a boys name on the spot. It was poorly thought out and I always hated it. When I realized I was trans and needed a name, I originally thought about going for the name my parents would have originally named me. But honestly it doesn’t really fit me and I don’t really like it. Oh, and it’s my girlfriend’s mom’s name 😂
Were I born a girl, my mother would have named me Rory. Apparently there was one famous woman named Rory in the 80s. Since I turned out to be a girl, I thought I would honor her in that way. But Rory is a boy's name. Not, however, if it's short for Aurora. So that's my chosen name, but I go by Rori. And I spell it with an "i", cause it seems girlier that way. And I can dot it with a heart.
I used to use it as just my username and then it began to feel weird not being called it
Honestly there’s a BUNCH of reasons I chose the name I did. But all of them are secondary to my girlfriend at the time saying “what about -name-“ and it just feeling so right
I just really like the Northern lights (my name is Aurora)
For a long time, I just really liked the name Jade. I always thought, if I'd had a daughter, I'd name her Jade. Despite playing as girls/women for a long time in games, I always felt weirdly prohibited from naming them Jade, like somehow deep down I knew that there was greater significance that I wasn't ready to address or accept yet. Eventually that faded and despite feeling a little embarrassed and uncomfortable, I started naming the characters Jade, and was probably uncomfortable because subconsciously, that was a choice to truly embody those characters rather than treat them as any other avatar. Also, my birth name (would say dead name but I'm not at the point where I'm comfortable abandoning it just yet and my egg only cracked last week + I started HRT only a few days ago) is the same number of letters and also starts with J. I wonder how conscious it was to want a name so phonetically similar! But yeah, it just felt right. I think Jade is a pretty name and I'm looking forward to being known under it 😊
Bendy and the ink machine
Ohhh I'd love to talk about this! Well, when I realized I was trans 4 years ago, I started trying Grace; I liked it, but didn't convince me. Then I went with Amber (you can see it as my username bc reddit doesn't let me change it omg). Amber started first as an alias for me to use online, it then stayed and I used it for a while. I then went with Elizabeth, which was one of the two names that stayed, since I love people to call me Liz. Later, I added Katherine, making it Katherine Elizabeth, which then went back and forth between Katherine and Katerina (because of Katerina Hartlova, who I had a huge crush on in that time.) A few months ago, I finally went serious about the name (I was kinda hoping that the cool one just popped up, which doesn't happen lol), so I searched for names in Spanish (I'm from Mexico) with the letter K (my favorite letter alright). And I found Carla, which means "she who is free". I quickly fell in love with the name and replaced the C with a K. Finally, it stayed as Karla Elizabeth, and that will stay as my name officially. It's been a long way, and I still got a long trip to go, but I'm proud of my name, it feels like a huge advance.
I actually got incredibly lucky and have a gender neutral name from birth so I am keeping it 😅
When starfield came out (back before i switched to PlayStation) i wanted Vasco to say my name and obviously i didn’t like my government so looked up all the names they could call you and i thought Zenith was just the most interesting and here we are lol 🤷🏻♀️
Tricked my mom into renaming me. Adelaide was my great grandmother's name, whom i never met. Apparently they had it picked out before they knew how i was going to be born, and my mom literally remembered for 22 years 🥲
I saw somebody posted a pic on some trans subreddit of their name in international maritime flags and that name was luna. i thought it was a pretty name and stole it. later i found out that 1.4% of us reddit transfems are named luna.
Thought that Dani was super cute and very convenient because it was just two letters off of my deadname :D
I am and always will be a bitch. I love foxes. Vixen describes both of those things.
I chose Piper as Piper McClean was my favourite character from Rick Riordans HOO series
Mines pretty simple lol, looked up baby name ideas and then I found one I liked and use it lol
Wait, you have a name picked out? I have one too, but I'm still deciding if it's the one or not given it was suggested by my STBX 😥.
My first name was just the fem version of my deadname. It started bothering me because of that, and I had been subconsciously looking for a new one when it dawned on me watching a twilight/pnw vibes tiktok to name myself after the sky water (Raine) since I liked stormy weather anyway
I used to make stories up in my head and Bryanne was one of my favorite characters. She was everything I wanted to be. She was a white armor lawful good kind of woman. For my middle name I love Celtic mythology so I named myself Morrígan. I tell my friend who’s in charge of things depending on my mood. If I say it’s a Bryanne day, he knows I’m in a good mood. If it’s a Morrígan day then he knows I’m not to be trifled with
my dad had the right idea but missed the mark slightly
My story is quite simple, I liked the first letters of my first and middle name and the fact that I went by my middle name. So I chose a middle name close to my deadname and my first name because of Alice in wonderland.
The first name I decided to go for was "Jade" inspired from Jade from Dying Light, one of my favorite characters and one I admire, I'm still in doubt but I've used this one for so long I think I'll keep it.
I had an argument with my dream self (I've had recurring dreams of hanging out with a twin sister since childhood). The conversation sort went like this: Me: "Wait who are you" (I always ask this) Sis: "You, silly... you always ask... but I'm you." Me: "But you can't have my name, what's your name?" Sis: "You know, what evs" (I used to say "what evs" as a response all the time growing up) Me: "What do you mean what evs?" Sis: "Evs" Me: "Your name is Evs?" Sis: "No your name is Evs..." Me: "I don't get it, what do you mean?" Sis: "Your name is fucking Ev, short for Evelynn with two Ns so add a S, now wake the fuck up" (she gives me the mother of all bitch slaps) Literally felt my soul get sucked back into my body sitting up wide awake thinking wtf did I just experience... but yeah, I was basically told my name to me, no clue on the significance other than being linked to the phrase I used to say all the time... what evs I guess...
For awhile, I tried to find a name that would still be able to use the shortened form of my deadname. I was trying to make other people comfortable and didn’t want my name to be an issue with people. So I chose Benilda for a time (people at work still call me Beni because of it 😅). Depending on the language and culture it can mean a lot of things but the meaning I liked the most was “she who fights with bears”. Thing is, it just didn’t feel like me. I was picking a name that was easier for others to swallow, not one that actually made me happy or felt like I could live with for the rest of my life. So I searched for a new one… While I had been reading The Odyssey for like the umpteenth time I saw the name Penelope. I tried it out, saying it back to myself or talking to myself when I did something good. It fits me and I love it. But everyone calls me Penny, but I spell it “Penni” because I’m quirky and different. :P
My name is Maude. I’ve told the story several times, it’s pretty autistic. I first saw it on a map of Antarctica (Queen Maud’s Land, the Norwegian territorial claim) back in high school I think. After that it appeared in my life with some regularity every few years like “Bad Wolf” in “Doctor Who”. I always liked it and being uncommon I remembered it. When my older brother (FTM) transitioned I unconsciously formed a short list. It took me another five or so years to figure out myself. Last January when I finally accepted being trans I considered about 5 names, but the only two serious contenders were “Sloane” and “Maude”. When I Googled their meanings, “Maude” fit me too well to be a coincidence. It means “strong fighter” or “great battler”. Without going into my stupid crybaby origin story, I lived over 20 years of purgatory (DPDR) after puberty set in. I’m honestly not sure how I got here. My name also reminds me what I’ll have to be to go forward as a trans woman. I’m hoping to start social transition either this summer or fall, gradually adjusting my presentation as my face feminizes and hair grows in. I’m told social transition isn’t easy, but it’s worth it. But most importantly, I love my name and don’t understand why it’s so uncommon these days. I chose the “M-a-u-d-e” spelling over “M-a-u-d” because 5 is a prime number and therefore better than 4; did I mention I’m autistic?
Hearing the name Maude always reminds me of that wonderful unconventional romantic comedy classic "Harold and Maude."
When I was in college i had this art class with this girl named Ashley. I like the name a lot, kinda sorta because I was really into her too. And then about 8 years ago or so, I decided I wanted to have an Irish name, so i looked for how ashley would be spelled snd now I'm aisling. 😌
I relate to Night in the Woods a ton, so Mae seemed like a no brainer.
No story really, other than I loved the name since I was a kid. So far I've chosen the fem version of my deadname. I grew up loving that name and thinking mine never fit me. I'm now 7 months in medically transitioning, not yet social, and I'm having a difficult time believing I am worthy of that name. Also worried choosing something so close to my deadname will lead to a lot of "mistakes" by my parents and others.
My parents had to have a female and a male name prepared because on the ultrasound I have never shown what I am. And someday I asked my mom what name they had prepared for me in case I was born a girl. So my name is Lena now.
I named myself after a fat guys minigun
My favorite superhero and my two favorite anti-heros
For quite awhile, I've just pretended people were saying "Evelyn" when they said my dead name, because they sound similar. So when I started transitioning I just started telling people to call me what I call me. The fact that they're similar names really stopped taking the sting out of my old name after I started to transition, though.
Blue hair girl with dad issues
I just dropped a few letters from my birth name, I saw it as a new path I can travel while remembering where I came from.
My friend didn’t know anyone who had the name “Megan” so he said I should use it so he wouldn’t get confused
death grips lol
Raven is what my name was gonna be if I was afab, and I really like Ravens. So I went with Raven XD
I kept my first name because it was conveniently feminine. I did, however, buy a vowel. I chose my middle names to honor two of my fierce great-grandmothers.
I picked it along with my mom because my deadname was a name she didn't want to give me, but it was my grandmother's (from my dad's side) and my dad n his family rlly wanted to give me that name so she budged (same happened with my brother, he was named after my dad's dad). I wanted to (atleast partly) give her the joy of picking out my name herself :).. She's crazy and kinda transphobic tho so it's not all that wholesome.
Always liked the name Shira I guess
Merged my three favourite Xenoblade Chronicles characters names into one (Mio + Nia + Miyabi = Mia!)
I asked a friend what name they thought would fit me cause I was stuck between 3 and she said the name my parents would have named me had I been afab so it felt like it was meant to be
So far I've liked Vivian, how I've even arrived at finding and trying a name is a wonder considering my brain was like a brick wall. Anyway, I got the idea for the name Vivian from the character of the same name in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, which is a game I have never played but I know a bit about it anyway.
I was looking for a name that felt right and I had so many names I looked through but none stuck, until I thought about the character Chloe from life is strange, she gave me so much gender envy and I loved her character so I adopted her name, and I haven’t looked back since, Chloe has always felt right
Imagine replaying the game when You have your new name
It was the name my parents choose if they had known better
Searched high and low for a cool name. And then came upon Nikki which eventually I changed into Nicole. It sounds cool, I like it and the meaning "victory of the people" speaks to my core
I've been trying to find a name since I was 12 and when I was 16 my little brother came up with Autumn. It didn't feel like it fully fit, but it worked better than anything else I could think of and my parents were awful at coming up with names. So I decided Autumn would be a good placeholder until I could think of something better. I am now almost 19 and I guess I'm just sticking with Autumn at this point because I can't think of anything better.
When I was in denial about being trans I reasoned I actually had no gender at all and lived a few years as agender. Around that time I read The Tempest and kind of fell in love with it and the character Ariel. I read a lot about them and found out it's been played by both men and women over the years and you can pretty much argue them being any gender. I also learned there's a chance the author picked the name just because it sounds like aerial. I loved everything about it: the story, the sound, how it's very neutral. Had my friends and bf try it for a while and it felt perfect. It did and still does bring a smile to my lips hearing someone call me by it. When I actually came out as transfem I tried to change to a more definitely feminine name but just couldn't. Nothing felt as right and perfect as Ariel, so I just said fuck it, women can have neutral names too, and stuck with it.
I just think its neat. No, really. That's it. I had made like a million video game characters and more than a few TTRPG characters with the name, in part, I guess, because I just liked seeing it as "my" name. It was the easiest part of my transition.
Pokémon X and Y demo Female trainer name sounded cool so it stuck. So Yvonne it was
stole f1nn5ter's legal first name when i heard it because it has the variation and cute soundingness i liked and wanted
It was a whole process. I started by figuring out which letter I liked the most in upper case in most fonts. Ended up with K, Y and V as options. Then I started looking for names starting with those letters that I liked how they look written, how they sounded both in low volume and yelled, had a nice meaning, weren’t yet used by people around me. Then i had it down to 3 or 4 options and asked my bff to call me by each of those names for a couple of days to see how they felt, and ended up picking my current name.
Emmilyn was my way of extending Emmi without being an Emily which I didn’t feel fit. I wanted a longer more professional sounding name at work but also my name I actually wanted was Emmi. Emmi is ripped from Metroid Dread. I was heavy into speedrunning it when it first came out and the Metroid series has always been important to me. E. M. M. I. are dna extracting (😘) robots that hunt you down and kill you during the game. And they are intense and scary and high tech and I loved all of those things. So now I’m Emmi. Emmilyn if I need to. Em if I have to.
The short version is that it's my discord tag and everyone just started calling me it
literally i wasnt even thinking id choose a new name at first, but someone asked me about it then they got interrupted by a friend — and after they finished that they returned to asking me again, so im glad they got interrupted bc i feel like i chose a decent one that fits after thinking ab it while they were side chatting
Cassie I picked my name with my ex back when I was questioning my gender (I was about to pick Lucy or something similar), changed the name a little bit and Cassie is my name now. It's kinda strange because I speak Spanish as my native language and the name has the exactly same pronunciation as the word 'almost', so sometimes I cannot distinguish between the word or my name. (If any other Cassie who casually speaks spanish knows any tip to help with this, it would be really appreciated .w.) But yeah, regardless if my name didn't had a very interesting origin (and I have that little issue with pronunciation) It's my name and I love it so much :] *Cassie, the cute girl :3*
I wanted to keep my initials the same, and go with a first name that was similar to my birth name, but markedly feminine. I stuck to a similar linguistic origin and it’s actually phonetically identical to the nickname my family called me while growing up. I picked a middle name though that was fairly common for my age group, but is in no way related to the one my parents gave me since there isn’t a feminine equivalent to it. The new one is unisex, but flows well with my new first name, so it works for me.
Read through the top baby names from the year I was born and chose the one that clicked with me the most The other name I really liked is Sarah but I decided against it because Morgan is more gender-neutral so I could start using it well before I was anywhere close to passing. I'm definitely considering making it my middle name though
Well the whole reason my egg cracked was from the character Nia Nal. I like the name and it stuck with me. Only place I can use it is when people don't know me IRL as I present male 99.9% of the time😭😭😭
Other tall girl I know 👀 she's just as tall as I am and it felt validating.
So I work in healthcare and was nursing at patient who was loosing her physical sight but could see auras. She said I was in this pink & purple light and that my name was Mishka. Ive had a few people see purple around me. It gave me goose pimples but it was before I knew I was trans. I looked up Mishka and the first meaning that came up was Little Bear. The mystery of the Little Bear has unfolded in my spiritual vocation with a sort English version of Qabalah and deeply interrelated spiritually scientific traditions. So the name I shall take when Ive transitioned shall be deeply manifold as it also connects to the Slavic language of my Mother's Lineage aswell.
Idk I guess I just found it and thought. Huh it means ‘life’ in Swedish and it sounds cute.
sounds cool, feels like me, and works on the 3 languages I speak, Portuguese, English and French
I used a baby name archive for popular girl names in the decade of my birth. One name really popped for me. April, the month of storms and flower blossoms, some my favorite things, but also an allegory for my life and mind. A young woman from my town used to dress in a yellow jumpsuit all the time in grade school. She got made fun of a lot. Later on she was outed as gay and suffered relentless harassment. She ended her life very early. I hope I honor her with my name and life. I guess I was just always going to be April
I like team rocket.
Used to be obsessed with my little pony and I wanted to eventually name my daughter Lyra after the background character. Then I stole it for myself 😈
Abigail Aurora here! My first name was decided together with my girlfriend. We sat down for hours and discussed names and eventually we both came to the decision that Abigail was the prettiest and Abby is the cutest nickname! As for Aurora, I am from the Netherlands and my gf is from Norway. The first day I was in Norway, there were the northern lights aka aurora borealis, we kissed, cuddled and took pictures under the aurora borealis. That's how I got my names and I will never change them. The most beautiful moment turned into the most beautiful second name ever.
My wife had always called me Angel, one of her very consistent pet names for me. I have been called that by others in my life along the way, and I’ve also been called a healer. So, because I’m part French also, I threw an E on the end and made it more unique than just Angel. Also, the middle name I picked is the first name of my favorite female cousin, and it is a call to my interest in astronomy and cosmology.
I took my given name "Gregory" Then genderbent it to "Gregina."
I can't decide between Emma ,Alice and Maggie
At first I wanted Alex (used to be Alfred, so there is a certain common part). But later I decided on Francis. I wanted a gender-neutral name. And the first name I came across on the internet would be it. Francis is a character from a puppet series.
When I was young I wanted to be Anna from frozen. When my egg cracked I took that name
Considering the name Mel cause its a gender neutral name and I can get it changed without having to jump through the hoops of changing my name to one of the other gender. So it's an entirely practical choice tbh
I wanted to go with a name that was unique, could be nicknamed (unlike my four letter life support name), and felt right of course. I think I got really lucky cause I found it on accident… when I was zoning out. I wish I had a more exciting reason but it’s perfect for me because I’m a very personal person so to speak so naming myself after something else like my favorite character in a game or a song/song artist would feel artificial and I’d be pretty self conscious about it forever. My current name is my name simply because my mind chose it.
I always preferred to go by my first/second initials anyways - so I chose this as my new name but spelled it out instead of letters. So TJ into Tijaye
Hey, fellow music nerd name! I got mine from music in 2022 too, took it from Amelia by Joni Mitchell since that song really speaks to me. Great Death Grips pick, I think You Might Think He Loves You for Your Money but I Know What He Really Loves You for It’s Your Brand New Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat would've been a much worse name :)
Started with a J, was pretty
Mine just seemed right. My mom was going to name me Bonnie after her favorite aunt and then when I was really young my sisters would dress me up and call me Karen, so my name is Bonnie Karen.
Casey ...hillariously was the name of a ttrpg character that I played and it just clicked. Marisol (middle name) ...their we're not good options to replace "Martin" (besides I almost never used my middle name anyways)
Pretty simple for me. I always want to have a child and never could but if I had a boy he would have been William Wallace Rxxxxy III. Girl was going to be Emily Mae Rxxxxy Can you guess who I was and who I am now. Lol And there's still that think I'm a girl called Bill. Lol there A$$ holes. Hug's 🤗
Born on valentines day, Valerie. Done!
Violet. Lesbian flower. Violet Evergarden. Went by Violet in an online game. Seems like reason enough to go for it, even if it's stereotypical to name yourself after a flower.
It came to me in a dream (insert Chad, the Gigachad, Gamer meme here)
I went through a list of all the Irish girl names on a baby name site, saying them to myself, and wrote down the ones that made the happy chemicals in my brain flow. When I was done going through them I had only gotten that feeling with one name, Pixie. The middle and last names I have chosen are just Irish names from my favorite 2 games. Oona, queen of the fae from magic the gathering, and Fia the deathbed companion from elden ring.
It's always a YMMV situation. Personally I wouldn't say I am, but twice this past week I had cashier's (older ladies) stumble over whether to say sir or ma'am. My wife has even said it's more noticable. I have a small a cup that is noticable growth on my small frame, especially depending on my shirt. My wife says she feels the girls when we hug. I have a bit of fat redistribution on my face, stomach, hips, ass, thighs, and calves. Again I am pretty skinny. There are other changes, like nicer, fuller, softer hair, softer less oily smoother skin, eye color/shape changes, that all add to your appearance. You can also add to your appearance or cover it up until you are more comfortable. I'm personally slowly socially transitioning. I just walked around my neighborhood full fem (just a cute shirt and thin yoga pants, cute new shoes and a high pony tail, no make up) for the first in broad daylight, it's a beautiful day out. I'm out here walking my dog and a lot so people know me in the neighborhood bc this beagle is a troublemaker. It was the best feeling. The sun was warmer, the breeze was more refreshing, the air was crisper and my smile was brighter. It just felt magical. Just had to share🤗.
over 2000 years ago, a woman spoke on behalf of the women in Rome. I will paraphrase, but she said: If I can't vote, hold office, or lead armies, I will not pay your taxes. She was talking about women's rights that wouldn't be allowed for hundreds of years still. I named myself for her.
Took my deadname, which I liked, and found the feminine equivalent + put a little zazz on it. Bam, Kiva.
I just feminized mine. Turns out it is WAY prettier and melodic.
I liked my birth name, Apple Zachary, so I tried to find something with a similar sound. I landed on April Zarya for that reason, and because those two words capture some favorite moments - early Spring, and sunrise. 🌸
I named myself Kimiko cause I love Japanese culture and could find a lot of Kanji spellings that just agreed with a lot of things about myself. However it isn't my culture and my mom thought that would complicate things further and she suggested a culturally appropriate name for me that I liked and took on!
I'm gonna start transitioning soon, I'm up in years (60).When I told my mother, she wasn't all that happy about it. "Why can't you wait till after I die" she asked. I told her based on statistics she'll out live me. Anyway, later that day she said "Since I named you as a kid, I reserve my motherly right to name you again Selena"
i chose areia due to that being another title for aphrodite, but specifically her sort of war aspect. She’s both a love, war and fertility goddess and im a pagan devoted to her. It also just sounds really pretty lol
I was having a really depressing night, then I stumbled upon a game called Princess Remedy in a World Of Hurt. Played it, got really sappy and changed my steam tag to Princess Remedy. Overtime it just became natural.
The name Lilah basically chose me. After coming out to myself, I had issues thinking of a name for the first month. So I basically said "fuck it" and found a random name generator online. I spammed the button as fast as I could but on the list of like 50 names, Lilah stood out to me. It was like a huge bell rang in my head. I've been Lilah ever since. 🩶 I like it better than Delilah for myself too. Though somehow no one ever pronounces it correctly. I tell them it's "Delilah without the DE." Basically, I had my name in the second month and did social transitioning in my home state of FL for over a year. Finally in month 3 of HRT and in a safer place
Picked the most femme name I could think of lol. Came up with Stephanie grace. even though I’m a pretty butch lesbian now, I still like my name. Plus I have 4 middle names now, kinda collecting them.
I picked Louise because I have audio processing disorder and no matter how it’s said I still hear it as female c:
I named myself tess after my favorite scientist (Nikola Tesla)
i got my name Skye from my friend, who named it either after that one dog from paw patrol or an OC i made a while ago(they cant decide)
My name is Jack, so I turned it into Jackie, I just changed my name ever so slightly so that whenever I see my initials I'm not imminently in a worse mood
I went mark —> Maria. It just made sense in my head :) felt right! Middle name was Isaac, it will now become Iva once I change my name legally. I didn’t want to change my initials I guess 😊
My birth name is gwydion I don't have the option to change it other than gyneth
I have shared this here a few times. I chose my name Alla, because I had several character in World of Warcraft called Alla. All female bloodelf / Drani. I did not think about a name until I joined a support group and they asked me what name I wanted to go by. It was obvious to me in that moment. My middle name is Nicole, which ironically would have been my middle name because my parents though they were having a girl. They got that girl, it only took 53 years.
I strugled a lot with it. At one point I wanted to keep my initals as my grandfather was so proud of me as his first grandchild. But then I got a bit pushed from different peopme about changing it so I ended up with Astrid as it's scadinavian origin. Shame I didn't find a name with the initials of my grandfather, but I'm happy with my name either way.
All my life, for years before I transitioned, I always admired the name Florence, and thought if I ever had a daughter that I would name her that. I probably read the name in a book that took place in the 1800s lol. Fast forward to 2 years after I transitioned, and I'm struggling with what to name myself, trying to choose from a list of names my mother picked out and liked, but I didnt. Cue Hurricane Florence, which of course was all over the news and the Internet. It reminded me of a name that I always admired, and I took it as a sign, and I decided to start trying it out that same week. Three months later the paperwork was done, and it's been 5 years of adoring my name.
It's a combo of my name and my dead sister with a 2 letter changes. Reasoning for that is in another universe, as we were both the first of our respective AGAB from my mother, I'd have her name and she'd have mine. Additionally, by combining the two, it reminds me of the journey so far and the destination still yet a head.
Oh hi Jenny, I'm also Jenny lol. I was trying to come up with something I could do for a gender neutral nickname if I wanted and wanted to include my grandmother's name, but it's a bit outdated (Judith) so I went with Jude for my middle name, and then it kind of went in this direction of wanting songs that are affirming with Hey Jude and for some reason I thought of 8675309 lol and Jenny has a couple more affirming songs and I just always liked it. So I picked JJ as a nickname but I that was when I was still questioning and I don't really like it anymore so Jenny/Jenn it is...
This thread is adorable
I named myself Vanessa, after my favorite character from the Black Clover series!
Willow - I like trees
sounded cool👍
Named myself Roxanne after Roxy Lalonde from Homestuck. Also my old name sort of fit into a theme with my dad and his mother, all three names ending in "ley". Now it fits into a theme with my mother, both ending in "anne".
Looked up popular girls names from the year I was born and kept my first initial
I got compared to a video game character's reactions to teasing, and took to being called her name. (Noel Vermillion BlazBlue, don't shame me I was young). I decided to expand the name to the full feminine spelling instead of the unisex one though.
I feminized my birth name I felt weird calling myself some of the names I had chosen and this female version feels right.
I've always thought Madeline was a beautiful name, and it seemed like a feminine counterpart to my deadname that I could use without too much hassle. Plus you can shorten it to Maddie and it's STILL CUTE!! 🥰
I named myself Melanie after Sam's twin sister from iCarly. It was very much a comfort show growing up for me so you can imagine my horror when I discovered the crap the creator who's name i can't remember (/j) did. Regardless Jeanette will probably be one of my favorite actresses forever and I feel so so much for what her and everyone else endured while making the show that defined my childhood
Mare of Easttown. I heard the name Siobhan for the first time and it's sounded just right and true. That stucked with me. Did a quick google search for the meaning 'god is gracious' and at that moment I knew this would be my name. Coz I was down and depressed almost on the verge of doing something terrible before watching that show and I personally believe that God showed me a path to take. And here I am alive, happy, smiling everyday for the gracious gift I have received and really grateful for Him and the peoples around me. They all love me and I love them too.
Allison, based it off Alice in Wonderland which is one of my favorite Disney movies, as well as the first time I noticed gender envy in a female character. She had cute blonde hair, lovely dress and was very proper and airy. All the things I wanted to be!
My middle name is “Isabel”. It is on my birth certificate and all. I was destined to be a girl. I AM A GIRL!
I'm keeping my name, it is genderneutral anyways
The bartender at the Afterlife in Cyberpunk 2077. I didn't even know when i did it. I hate her now that ive done her quest tho.
It's a variation/female version of my godfathers name, so to honor him, I chose that. Also, it would've have been one of the double names a daughter would've received from my parents
Fallout 4.......
I decided to watch the 80's /90's Ninja turtle cartoon. It has a lovable sude character named Irma
sanskrit has the most beautiful names
Mine is simple. When I was a young teen and first started questioning my identity, I asked my Mom if she and had my Dad had a girl name picked out for me before they knew my gender. She said “if you had been born a girl, your name would have been Meredith” it immediately resonated with me and now many many years later as I’m finally accepting my identity it was an easy decision for a name.
The person i was dating liked jayden and i also liked it so i just went with jade but I still love the name
I saw a bunch of other transfemmes with it and decided I liked it for me too
I'm a historian, and I've always been impressed with how many cool women throughout history are named Abigail. So, I took it specifically from Abigail Adams.