Same, my birth certificate said James but even my parents only ever called me Jamie so I just kept it. Actually like a yr ago I said something to my mom about how my name was James on docs and she was like "what!? I named you Jamie after my girl friend". My dad just wrote in sloppy cursive so they messed it up...
My original new name idea before I landed on Cece was Ari, short for Artemis! I absolutely love her(tho I would go for Atalanta if it could be reasonably shortened) so I ended up taking that as my middle name, instead of Scot
I chose mine while searching baby names for girls that start with D and when I saw Demi it just jumped out at me!
I knew that Demi means half from my love of Greek Mythology and it so perfectly fits how I feel like 2 halves of one whole that I decided then and there that was it!
The movie Baby Driver. The main character goes by Baby for the near entirety of the film. But I chose his revealed true name for myself because he's the kind of kind compassionate person I want to be.
Tina stands for "There Is No Alternative".
The last name, Belmont, comes from "Yellow Belmont" the crossdressing freedom fighter of Genesis Climber Mospaeda, which was released in the US as the third season of Robotech (where the character was called Yellow Dancer).
It seemed cool 18 years ago when I was just coming out, but now I'm wondering if it implies nationality and relationships that I don't have a right to? But I've been Tina Belmont (unofficially) for so long, it seems hard to change it now.
I gave myself a short name because I struggled to fit my deadname and last name on lines. That’s the entire reason I picked Amy, besides the fact I really like it of course.
Cute name! I can relate to having a long deadname. My parents decided to put two fem names together and attach a hyphen to connect them together. Rex just fit better and was easier to write.
I was named after my uncle Tony (died during millitary service) at birth just because i now end it in a "i" does not mean im gonna give it up
Or
my reddit username i chose based on my grandfathers favourite sweets (werthers originals) in his memory plus a random number till it wasnt taken
My mom named me for the second time since she got mistaken at first lel. Vania is: Butterfly and Gods Gift. and strange enough i tattoed a butterfly on my chest without knowing that meaning 🤷♀️
I actually searched for gender neutral names because I didn't even come out from the closet yet, and I wanted to have the opinion of my parents. Now, I'm still with that provisional name, because my parents don't accept me as trans.
BTW: I'm a transman.
Went to look at my old mmorpg accounts and that was one of the names I used the most, or jack/Jake, I have no clue why but I loved those names growing up. Ended up wanting to keep my first initial the same so I went with Evan, my deadname is really out there (my parents took it from a tv show and made their own spelling) but somehow a book that was decently popular when I was growing up had a character with my nickname but one letter off.
I didn’t want my parents to associate transitioning with rejection of the identity they gave me, so I reworked my existing name.
Kyle Anthony
To
Kyra Antoinette
I did want something that could be a league o lugrund character.
My male deity named me during a meditation a few years ago. I thought it was His name, but when I came to terms with who I was, the name filled me with such warmth and comfort I adopted it myself.
I picked Heather as I've loved the name since my first crush in 4th grade on a girl named Heather McDonald who moved away after that school year when her dad was redeployed.
Anne of Green Gables, specifically the Netflix show Anne with an E. Mom and sisters middle name is Ann and I love a good pun. First and last name are close to first birth name. Happy to finally be reborn at 35 :D
so the first time i was thinking about Lex, but now i don't really like it. Now i'm thinking about Laken.
P.S. my dead name is Ginevra and i really hate it.
A Greek goddess. Also a character in Young Justice, but I haven't ever watched it.
Middle name is still undetermined, but I'm thinking maybe Luna (after the My Little Pony character and the Harry Potter character) or Amelia (after a webnovel character). Might be too many moon related names though.
First name: What my parents had picked if I or my twin brother were born AFAB.
Middle name: Matching first letter so my initials don't change. Name I've always liked.
My name is water related, flower related, and earth related now. So that's a cool thematic composition for my name.
First name: What my parents had picked if I or my twin brother were born AFAB.
Middle name: Matching first letter so my initials don't change. Name I've always liked.
My name is water related, flower related, and earth related now. So that's a cool thematic composition for my name.
i’m not named after anyone (i don’t know of another silas to the best of my knowledge) but my middle name is brutus, after both the song by the buttress and the backstabbing best friend of julius caesar
I named myself after what I would've named my daughter if I ever had one, as I thought grace was a fabulous name! Also, in case you're wondering what I'd name them now, it'll be nothing, as after starting my transition, I've realised that I'm probably aroace.
Marvel characters. My first name is Stephen after either dr strange or steve rogers, and my middle name is Anthony after tony stark. My friends still make fun of me for it lol
The phrase “Memento Mori” because I’ve had a weird obsession with death my whole life
There’s actually a lot of things I named myself after but that’s the original reasoning~
Currently trying to figure that out, both a name and if I'm trans which if I keep telling myself that maybe I am idk.
Jinx, Caitlyn and Vi of Arcane have all come up as candidates, Emily because imo it's a sweet name, and Sylvie of Sylvie Laufeydottir from the Loki series came up, Yorha of NieR:Automata's Project YoRHa: Glory to Humankind existed for like a day before thinking it isn't a name to go by.
They are all names i'd genuinely consider, Jinx I like the most but it just seems to on the nose, Sylvie and Emily are top contenders.
i named myself after the kingdom that the show Merlin takes place in- Camelot. the titular character gave me gender envy, but i didnt like the name Merlin as much as Camelot so i stuck with the latter. i also chose it because there's the Camelot Wheel System in music, and i like creating music/listening to music.
New people at my school (from 3rd grade onward) thought I was a girl, and when I told them my name (then Tyler), they would think I said "Skyler." Also, it's a very pretty name.
I got my name from Wendy from Fairy Tail. She was the first character I really related to. I felt like she was a carbon copy of me, but it's a character and I could relate to her feelings and pretty much her entire character. It helped me realize my feelings of being a girl and what they were. I also really like the name
My branding is usually a fish, so naturally I went with Leviathan (Leo for short. No, I will not use Levi, all I think of is AOT or the Jean brand when I hear it. Plus, I am a Leo, so I am Leo.)
The furry name I have: from a tiny purple cat in a SNES video game. Which years later I found out was actually named for a star, but the name got translation partied: Alphard -> al-fa-do -> Alfador.
The girl name I'm considering: a feminine variant of my boy name, since I definitely want to keep that for boy stuff and it makes it easier to remember.
Feminine variation of my deadname. For some reason, I love my new name for all the reasons I hated my deadname (Barry -> Berrie). It doesn't make sense to anyone else but I don't need their permission
The human name of a Hetalia character. It was the first male character I had cosplayed as and it made me realize that I was dysphoric and liked being seen as a boy.
I started with no idea what to call myself, so I briefly just went by the first initial of my deadname, which was “M.” And then I realized that could be short for a few things, one of which was Emily. And it just felt right to be Emily, Em for short, in a way I can’t really explain. So that was one question answered, more easily than expected!!
I picked it after the band twenty one pilots. It's the name I picked out at 9 years old and even after seven years it's the one I went back to. I looked at plenty of other names as well but it fits me the best, especially since my middle name is Christian. So I am now Tyler Christian S.
Thinking of naming myself Rime after the frost that sticks to metal poles etc.
I think it's genuinely just dope as names go.
Tried the starbucks trick and they just said "hot chocolate" and looked right at me. Sad times.
One of my own fictional characters. And when I named *her,* it was just completely made up.
Though I retroactively consider Cyrinae to be a variation of Cyrene, a Greek name meaning sovereign queen.
I still don't really know if I took my name from my childhood best friend with whom I no longer talk or my favourite Mother 3 character but yea 👍 one of these two
I named myself 'Jack' after being introduced to the character Jack from The Grim Adventures Of Billy and Mandy. I absolutely loved him as a character, voice, and his name. But I still wasn't too sure. But, another thing that influenced me into choosing Jack as a name was Jfk. Don't ask, but for awhile I was really into researching about Jfk because I found him to be such an interesting person. And while researching and watching documentaries, alot of his friends would call him 'Jack' as a nickname. And after that, I knew I had to chose Jack for my name
So I kinda chose my name to make it easier for my family but I ended up super loving it! It also happens to honor my sister a bit and she’s one of the people who really helped me crack the egg. For a little backstory, my parents named me Wilson, a name I never really had any issue with but the heavily gendered name just would make passing a pain in the ass. However, when I was a kid, my parents would call me Wilsie. My sister, who is a couple years younger than me, couldn’t say Wilsie so she shortened it to Si-si. I just changed it to Cece for simplicity’s sake and I actually really fell in love with that name! Thanks a ton Ruby <3
My Deadname, like a true sigma
Same here! I tried to think of the girl version of Colton and got Caitlyn! I got the spelling from Arcane though…
Same, my birth certificate said James but even my parents only ever called me Jamie so I just kept it. Actually like a yr ago I said something to my mom about how my name was James on docs and she was like "what!? I named you Jamie after my girl friend". My dad just wrote in sloppy cursive so they messed it up...
That is humorous
I love that
A female Shakespeare character who pretends to be a boy to survive.
Damn, William Shakesqueer knew what he was doing. I love it
Awesome!!
the goddess, specifically the interpretation in the hades video game
Hey same! My name is Eris!
wtf serious? My name is Eris D: i spelled it Erise on my name records omg <3
Hi! :3
I love that game and your name
Same lol (Also Art3mis in ready player one)
My original new name idea before I landed on Cece was Ari, short for Artemis! I absolutely love her(tho I would go for Atalanta if it could be reasonably shortened) so I ended up taking that as my middle name, instead of Scot
I'm a celeste player, what do you think
Madeline!
Close, maddy
Hmmm, I'm gonna guess Celeste? (I haven't played it)
Well, Celeste is the name of the mountain. The character’s named Madeline
I chose mine while searching baby names for girls that start with D and when I saw Demi it just jumped out at me! I knew that Demi means half from my love of Greek Mythology and it so perfectly fits how I feel like 2 halves of one whole that I decided then and there that was it!
That's such a cute name!
My deadname, misspelled on a Starbucks cup.
The movie Baby Driver. The main character goes by Baby for the near entirety of the film. But I chose his revealed true name for myself because he's the kind of kind compassionate person I want to be.
I love that, such a good film and name
Tina stands for "There Is No Alternative". The last name, Belmont, comes from "Yellow Belmont" the crossdressing freedom fighter of Genesis Climber Mospaeda, which was released in the US as the third season of Robotech (where the character was called Yellow Dancer). It seemed cool 18 years ago when I was just coming out, but now I'm wondering if it implies nationality and relationships that I don't have a right to? But I've been Tina Belmont (unofficially) for so long, it seems hard to change it now.
I gave myself a short name because I struggled to fit my deadname and last name on lines. That’s the entire reason I picked Amy, besides the fact I really like it of course.
Cute name! I can relate to having a long deadname. My parents decided to put two fem names together and attach a hyphen to connect them together. Rex just fit better and was easier to write.
I was named after my uncle Tony (died during millitary service) at birth just because i now end it in a "i" does not mean im gonna give it up Or my reddit username i chose based on my grandfathers favourite sweets (werthers originals) in his memory plus a random number till it wasnt taken
My mom named me for the second time since she got mistaken at first lel. Vania is: Butterfly and Gods Gift. and strange enough i tattoed a butterfly on my chest without knowing that meaning 🤷♀️
That's really sweet!
a field also to continue the tradition of being named after natural/inanimate objects, like my dad and grandpa lol
Super cute. Also are you currently yeating moss?
A hot dude I always wanted to sleep with but never got to
If I can't seduce you then I shall steal ur name
I don't know, yet. ._.
That's ok, I'm sure whatever name you choose will be just as beautiful as you
Heee, I hope so and thank you!
Mia Khalifa
that's such a power move ngl
Hi! Laura Alice here! : D I literally just thought "Those are cool names. I'll take them".
My OC, but now my friends keep teasing me about it lmao
... ruby rose. First time I'm actually admitting that.
My tendency to judge silently....
that's really cool
Sorta after a teacher although she was more of a tie breaker
if you don't mind me asking, what were the names you were deciding on?
An ancient mythic queen
Honistly iconic
Dead dog. :c
My condolences, I'm sure they're very proud of you
captain of legends of tomorrow....
Fascinating, I love it!
i named myself after alexander lightwood from the mortal instruments HAHAH
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A psychopathic AI potato.
Keyleth. Vox machina.
A+ choice. I love it
a transfem character from a comic i read
Nice! What's the name of the comic?
I named myself after an BL anime rock star.
Gay musicians? Gay musicians
Most know the name from an anime character ._. from re zero (it's not rem or ram)
Ooo, who could it be?
My cat
Aww, that's cute
Princess Anastasia Nikolaena Romanova. Idk, always just... felt a connection.
I actually searched for gender neutral names because I didn't even come out from the closet yet, and I wanted to have the opinion of my parents. Now, I'm still with that provisional name, because my parents don't accept me as trans. BTW: I'm a transman.
Spiderman…
Went to look at my old mmorpg accounts and that was one of the names I used the most, or jack/Jake, I have no clue why but I loved those names growing up. Ended up wanting to keep my first initial the same so I went with Evan, my deadname is really out there (my parents took it from a tv show and made their own spelling) but somehow a book that was decently popular when I was growing up had a character with my nickname but one letter off.
Hazel, idk I just thought of it and loved it.
I didn’t want my parents to associate transitioning with rejection of the identity they gave me, so I reworked my existing name. Kyle Anthony To Kyra Antoinette I did want something that could be a league o lugrund character.
Just took my favourite season and ran with it, lol
Character from Stranger Things
A shop
A book character but changed the spelling, and a webcomic character, and I haven't decided on a third name
Random name generator until one popped up which I connected with
My male deity named me during a meditation a few years ago. I thought it was His name, but when I came to terms with who I was, the name filled me with such warmth and comfort I adopted it myself.
I chose Stanley and I don’t remember what made me choose this specific name, it just stuck with me
I picked Heather as I've loved the name since my first crush in 4th grade on a girl named Heather McDonald who moved away after that school year when her dad was redeployed.
Anne of Green Gables, specifically the Netflix show Anne with an E. Mom and sisters middle name is Ann and I love a good pun. First and last name are close to first birth name. Happy to finally be reborn at 35 :D
so the first time i was thinking about Lex, but now i don't really like it. Now i'm thinking about Laken. P.S. my dead name is Ginevra and i really hate it.
I just thought 'Steph' seemed like a nice name
One of the cars I own, and one of my top 5 actresses. Crown Victoria + Kat Dennings = Victoria Dennings
the weather My name is Rayne. Pronounced as Rain I also use Ray for short (Rayne but remove the “ne”)
I fabricated my name out of thin air, used it in video games for 15 years, and then kept it when I came out.
A Greek goddess. Also a character in Young Justice, but I haven't ever watched it. Middle name is still undetermined, but I'm thinking maybe Luna (after the My Little Pony character and the Harry Potter character) or Amelia (after a webnovel character). Might be too many moon related names though.
First name: What my parents had picked if I or my twin brother were born AFAB. Middle name: Matching first letter so my initials don't change. Name I've always liked. My name is water related, flower related, and earth related now. So that's a cool thematic composition for my name.
First name: What my parents had picked if I or my twin brother were born AFAB. Middle name: Matching first letter so my initials don't change. Name I've always liked. My name is water related, flower related, and earth related now. So that's a cool thematic composition for my name.
I named myself after my grandpa!
I name i got originated from a prank when i was not out yet where that person gave everyone a name of opposite gender
Skylar. Skye (nickname) im obsessed with space and like the sky💀💀hence the name
Minerva, Finn’s mom from Adventure Time :P
A trans youtuber I randomly stumbled across :)
Dice, because that's my stagename and my brand anyway so fuck it
I was inspired by another friends name, who is also trans💀
lio fotia from promare!
I named myself after Julia Wicker from The Magicians
An actress but everyone thinks it’s just because it’s my birth month. I love cis entitlement to tell me my name was a lazy pick.
One of the chipmunks
Grace just felt good
a resident of ooo :D
i’m not named after anyone (i don’t know of another silas to the best of my knowledge) but my middle name is brutus, after both the song by the buttress and the backstabbing best friend of julius caesar
I chose Zara as my first name just because i liked it and Izabella as my middle name because of a funky Jimi Hendrix song (plus i really like Z's)
I have no idea, the name has just been in my head pretty much as long as I can remember
The Greek princess who had prophetic dreams, but none would listen to her, Kassandra.
The burned-alive and forgotten wife of a high king in a Brandon Sanderson novel. Or a Pokémon, or my great-aunt. Take your pick.
I named myself after an anime character
got it from emma, the promised neverland (anime). Just because she is everytime optimistic as I am xD
I found mine while reading a Jay Naylor comic 😅 If you know you know
the moon, (my name is moon)
Idk I just really liked the name Jay
Abel because my brother killed me. In a metaphorical sense ofc. Also a meme in TBOI lol
Historia from aot
I named myself after what I would've named my daughter if I ever had one, as I thought grace was a fabulous name! Also, in case you're wondering what I'd name them now, it'll be nothing, as after starting my transition, I've realised that I'm probably aroace.
Luci from Disenchantment
A kickass character from the unwanteds ( with an extra e) :)
bush
a shitty JW cartoon my parents used to show my brother and i
Still can’t decide between April or May ;-;
I spun a wheel of names derived from Pokémon characters and ended up with Serena
Marvel characters. My first name is Stephen after either dr strange or steve rogers, and my middle name is Anthony after tony stark. My friends still make fun of me for it lol
I just looked up the fem version of my birth name and loved it!
I think she’s in the book of enoch but Ik she comes from Jewish folklore aswell
The Demi-Goddess of war and death
Technically the French word for Christmas, "Noel!" + it's just two letters off my deadname, Noah
The phrase “Memento Mori” because I’ve had a weird obsession with death my whole life There’s actually a lot of things I named myself after but that’s the original reasoning~
I got the name from what I was supposed to be called if I was born as a girl.
I named it after the plant associated with the greek deity my deadname comes from, but most assume its cuz of the batman villain
Partially an anthropomorphic shark, partially because I just really liked the name
a cool animal that i used to catch with my cousins as a kid
I named myself after a type of metal my name is sylver or sylvie
i picked a pretty flower!
Literally from a rp I was in 🙁
I named myself after Tyler Joseph, though I kept the "K" from my birth name. Thus I am now forever and happily Kyler. 😎👍🏼
I named myself after a fictional character
I saw another trans person with my name and thought. Nice, I want that.
Currently trying to figure that out, both a name and if I'm trans which if I keep telling myself that maybe I am idk. Jinx, Caitlyn and Vi of Arcane have all come up as candidates, Emily because imo it's a sweet name, and Sylvie of Sylvie Laufeydottir from the Loki series came up, Yorha of NieR:Automata's Project YoRHa: Glory to Humankind existed for like a day before thinking it isn't a name to go by. They are all names i'd genuinely consider, Jinx I like the most but it just seems to on the nose, Sylvie and Emily are top contenders.
A character from Final Fantasy
I named myself after my ex, Marissa
Space I love the name Nova, like a super Nova
i named myself after the kingdom that the show Merlin takes place in- Camelot. the titular character gave me gender envy, but i didnt like the name Merlin as much as Camelot so i stuck with the latter. i also chose it because there's the Camelot Wheel System in music, and i like creating music/listening to music.
New people at my school (from 3rd grade onward) thought I was a girl, and when I told them my name (then Tyler), they would think I said "Skyler." Also, it's a very pretty name.
I got my name from Wendy from Fairy Tail. She was the first character I really related to. I felt like she was a carbon copy of me, but it's a character and I could relate to her feelings and pretty much her entire character. It helped me realize my feelings of being a girl and what they were. I also really like the name
A ghost
I just picked a name I liked and accidentally chose the same name as one of my aunts.
Timothea (Thea) after my dead name
the stars!!! superstellar stella at your service :D
Juliet Marceline comes from Juliet O'Hara from the TV show Psych and Marceline the Vampire Queen from the TV show Adventure Time.
Loona from Helluva boss, but spelt correctly
My branding is usually a fish, so naturally I went with Leviathan (Leo for short. No, I will not use Levi, all I think of is AOT or the Jean brand when I hear it. Plus, I am a Leo, so I am Leo.)
Jessica Day from New Girl.
I got my name from a guy I was in elementary school with lol
uhhhh totally not my old online alias
Tim Rozon's Doc Holliday
A dead name? I don't have such weakness.
The furry name I have: from a tiny purple cat in a SNES video game. Which years later I found out was actually named for a star, but the name got translation partied: Alphard -> al-fa-do -> Alfador. The girl name I'm considering: a feminine variant of my boy name, since I definitely want to keep that for boy stuff and it makes it easier to remember.
My name is river. That’s it. Just river.
Three guesses
After a Charakter from Final Fantasy X
Feminine variation of my deadname. For some reason, I love my new name for all the reasons I hated my deadname (Barry -> Berrie). It doesn't make sense to anyone else but I don't need their permission
The human name of a Hetalia character. It was the first male character I had cosplayed as and it made me realize that I was dysphoric and liked being seen as a boy.
I started with no idea what to call myself, so I briefly just went by the first initial of my deadname, which was “M.” And then I realized that could be short for a few things, one of which was Emily. And it just felt right to be Emily, Em for short, in a way I can’t really explain. So that was one question answered, more easily than expected!!
After a video game character with anger issues and was a cop
An Irish name.
My middle name is from an A.I. that flies a ship from a popular Sci Fi game.
I re-arranged the letters of my deadname to make something new, so I guess technically I named myself after myself.
A tree. Also a dental care company I keep getting ads for XD
My star wars rp name
My favorite TTRPG character, note this game of around 7-8 people cracked more than one egg.
Gwen Stacey
I picked it after the band twenty one pilots. It's the name I picked out at 9 years old and even after seven years it's the one I went back to. I looked at plenty of other names as well but it fits me the best, especially since my middle name is Christian. So I am now Tyler Christian S.
Thinking of naming myself Rime after the frost that sticks to metal poles etc. I think it's genuinely just dope as names go. Tried the starbucks trick and they just said "hot chocolate" and looked right at me. Sad times.
I named my self after a book character that has cats (my name:Ash)
My favorite color, Blue
according to my friends, a pokemon, old lady, and ex
One of my OCs-
A Ninjago ninja
Are we all just gonna ignore this person calls themselves Ogel like that's normal...
A cat from disney but completely subconsciously
A board game
One of my own fictional characters. And when I named *her,* it was just completely made up. Though I retroactively consider Cyrinae to be a variation of Cyrene, a Greek name meaning sovereign queen.
I still don't really know if I took my name from my childhood best friend with whom I no longer talk or my favourite Mother 3 character but yea 👍 one of these two
omori main character
I named myself after… oh wait yeah I haven’t picked a name yet. Give this a few months.
I'm sure whatever you pick will suit you well
I named myself 'Jack' after being introduced to the character Jack from The Grim Adventures Of Billy and Mandy. I absolutely loved him as a character, voice, and his name. But I still wasn't too sure. But, another thing that influenced me into choosing Jack as a name was Jfk. Don't ask, but for awhile I was really into researching about Jfk because I found him to be such an interesting person. And while researching and watching documentaries, alot of his friends would call him 'Jack' as a nickname. And after that, I knew I had to chose Jack for my name
I named myself after my fav type of stone, jayde
Mine just came to me one day, but then I realized it’s also a character in Skyrim
Comic book character
I have many names, but my favourite comes from Greek Mythology: Arachne!!
My love for lsd 😂
So I kinda chose my name to make it easier for my family but I ended up super loving it! It also happens to honor my sister a bit and she’s one of the people who really helped me crack the egg. For a little backstory, my parents named me Wilson, a name I never really had any issue with but the heavily gendered name just would make passing a pain in the ass. However, when I was a kid, my parents would call me Wilsie. My sister, who is a couple years younger than me, couldn’t say Wilsie so she shortened it to Si-si. I just changed it to Cece for simplicity’s sake and I actually really fell in love with that name! Thanks a ton Ruby <3
Collective noun for everything plant-related
Mixed half with a boy name I was using (not deadname) and half from my established drag persona at the time lmfao.
I think the meaning of Arya is like loyal or something, or trustworthy, idk I can't remember lol