Name dilema - extravagant/foreign/common ?

[Medusa]

Hi
I begin to live like a girl little earlier than I expect, I just want to do small step to neutrality and now people see me as girl, so I'm happy how easy it was but I have no name and problem is I can't decide which one chose.

I choose some names:
Andrea
Ariel (n,s,on)
Abby
Amberly
Ashley
Annette

So I make 3 possible combinations:
Common name (here) - Andrea Pateru
Extravagant name - Ariel Alexandra
Foreign name - Abby Sciuto (it was fit what I had on mind  )

[Cindy]

I went for reasonably common so not to stand out as a 'freak' name. Also something easy to spell and fits on your ID and remember common for your age group.

[Sly]

I like Andrea personally, that's one of my favorite girl names.

I chose a name that no one in my age group has, and a nickname practically no one's heard of... I think if I were to do it over again I'd choose something else, but it's my name and I've grown kind of attached to it.

[Michelle G]

Abby is kinda cute...I like that one

I argued with my parents to call me Michelle instead of Michael when I was quite young, of course they refused, but to me I have always been Michelle!!

[Ms. OBrien CVT]

I love the name Abby Sciuto.
But remember her name is Abigail "Abby" Sciuto.

[Medusa]

I love the name Abby Sciuto.
But remember her name is Abigail "Abby" Sciuto.

I know, but I can chose just names which can bee used for booth genders as I have still that M in documents 

[Ms. OBrien CVT]

Works for me.

[Teela Renee]

my first name is Thor,  and my dad was so proud of naming me that, I felt guilty for changing it.
So I was digging around and picked    Teela, it comes from the same background and means Strong willed. My father still hates the idea but I love it and its my way of honoring his original name for me, in one form or another.    Middle name I picked out is renee.  and last name? I wanted somthing bold so I picked a old angol saxon surname    Elmes, which means of the elm trees.

So the combination could mean,  Strong willed melody of the elms.  which ever way you wanna arrange it.  Pick somthing that speaks to you.  after all its going to be your name and the new you.

[Stealthy]

I love Ariel Alexandra. <3 And it doesn't sound that extravagant. Could fit in decently.

[justmeinoz]

I went with Karen, something a bit ordinary but not one that anyone I knew had.
Also has a connection to my father as the Karen are a Burmese tribe, he was in the British Army in WW2 that  liberated Burma from the Japanese .

Karen.  aka 'Kaz', or 'Kazza' in  Aussie slang.

[Diane Elizabeth]

         I takre it that your a fan of NCIS forensics.   they all sound nice.  Go with the one that you feel suits who you are.  I went thru several names on my list  but none seemed to suit me.  I even polled some friends that knew me as to which ones were the best option. 
         I found it strange to think of picking out a name.  I had always detested the one I was given at birth but could never find one that was suitable to change to until I started transitioning.  I wasn't use to choices.  Now what should I chose to wear today. 

Good Luck with what name you pick out.

[Jude]

Karen.  aka 'Kaz', or 'Kazza' in  Aussie slang.

my english friend calls my lizard "sharon", "shezza"

[Noah]

I love Abby!

I chose to keep my male name, so you know...to each their own. Of course, Noah is gender neutral in some parts of the world!

[Adam (birkin)]

I cast my vote for Abby. Then Andrea, then Ariel last. I'm not fond of the Ariel one personally because alliteration is a bit overdone.

[MariaMx]

Abby. I really like that name.

[DanicaCarin]

I think Abby is a cool name. 

[MadelineB]

By the way, Ariel is a bible name, meaning "Lion of God", and refers to Jerusalem. It became somewhat popular in the US as a girl's name starting in 1989 when the Disney movie "The Little Mermaid" came out, and peaked in popularity in 1991. So if you were an American girl, the name would make you about 21 to 23 yrs old.

Alexandra is one of the names I considered for myself, in Greek it means "protector of Man" or "defender of mankind". It can be shortened for every day as 'Alex', which in the US is used by both boys and girls.  There were a lot of queens (and kings and tsars) with the name.

Abby or Abigail is from the Hebrew Avigail meaning "father's joy" or "father rejoices". In the US, the short form Abby became popular as a girl's name starting in the late 1980's.  Because Abigail is a bible name, it is popular in many countries. "Abby" became VERY popular as a girl's name when NCIS came on the air, peaking around 2003-2004. She is my favorite character too.

[Paige0000]

Ariel definatley. Sounds magical to me.

[John Smith]

Since the post is from August, I guess you may have made up your mind by now. In any case, I think Andrea is an awesome name. =D

As for me, I wanted to keep my initials (started signing everything with initials and last name long before transition), so I went for common names for my age group that started with those letters.

[Isabelle]

I got my mum to choose for me. she came up with about 3, then when picked what would work it was cool having her help, made it feel more like a "real" name (not that choosing your own is any less real, I just mean how it feels to me)