how did you name yourself

[FalseHybridPrincess]

I got the name kaori from a anime. Well her name is kazehana and she is my faverite character her name means wind flower and kaori means scent or perfume. So it kind fit together to me. However The other name I considered emily was something that just came to me one day.

kaori is such a beautiful name
Ill be using it in my japanese class 

[Oriah]

an old friend showed up in a dream....we were riding horseback together, running from the police, and she referred to me by my new name..

[KittyKat]

Not very fond of the feminized versions of my first name, William, so I just kept playing with different names in my head till I found one I liked. I came up with Katherine Jane Morris. Katherine seemed like a nice fit for me and Jane is based off my middle name James and I'm keeping my family name.

[justchillin]

My birth name is dominc but because most peopl I know talk with an urban slang they pronounce it dominique. So that was out of the question. I'm currently stuck on 3 name. Gianna, Gisele, and London.

[lisarenee]

Lisa is the name my parents selected for me when the doctor told them they were having a girl. I'm also considering using the feminine version of my [birth] name as a middle name. I have always gone by the shorter (gender neutral) form of my [birth] name and some of my credit cards already have the shortened (gender neutral) name instead of my full name.

[ritual-object]

Originally I went through the phone book and wrote down all the names I liked, but that didn't work. Eventually I just saw a name on some credits for a TV show (it was Six Feet Under), and I liked it, so I kept it. I went by that name for many years and my family still calls me that, but now I mostly go by an old nickname that is both very unusual and gender-neutral. I will probably legally change my name to a combination of the first name I was given and the second name I chose for myself, and I guess I will put the name I actually go by in there somewhere, too. Maybe as a middle name.

[Hopper]

I'm still waiting to name myself.  I'm really leaning towards Loker, which is a character in lie to me who is stark raving honest, which is an attribute I pride myself in having.  But before I name myself, I'm feeling out my parents.  Everyone else I know was named by their parents, and even though we don't have the best relationship, in an ideal world they would be accepting enough of my transition to name me a second time.  I already brought it up to my dad and he said my new name is none of his business.  I don't think he even understood the weight of what I was asking... or offering.  But yeah, if I don't get a name from my mom I'm going to go with Loker.

If you're more looking for ideas of how to name yourself, rather than just other people's stories, I started with my ethnicity.  I'm Irish, so I looked up Irish names and did a lot of research into the meanings of those names, trying to find one that both sounded like me, and described me.  That might be a good place to look if you have a strong cultural heritage in which you take pride.

[Judiana]

i've called me Judith/Judiana for social purposes ( forums) and my gender therapist and biological name starts with a J so...

[Eva Marie]

I spent a lot of time going through lists of girl names and I got nothing. My male name has an obvious female variant but a female cousin already has that name so going that way wasn't an option. It wasn't a pressing issue at the time, so I gave up and just let it go.

Then one morning about 6am when I was driving into work 1/2 way asleep with nothing particular on my mind "Eva Maire" popped into my head. I liked it and I went with it. In about 5 more months it's going to be my official name.

[misslyradawn]

I chose mine from a combination of sources. At first I was considering Dawn, to keep my initials. Then I found the name Lyra in both one of my favorite books (The golden compass) and in one of my favorite games (Pokemon HG/SS) and it really resonated with me, and then I realized Lyra Dawn Is the most beautiful sounding name I ever heard and it became mine. Later I found out there is a background character in My Little Pony named Lyra, I never heard the end of that from my friends x3

[kellypatrick]

I chose Kelly as my first name to keep my first inititial and for my irish heritage plus being born on st patricks day. Chose my last name Patrick because it is my current middle name and the birthday thing. Never thought of a middle name.

[Natalia]

I am really divided in this question. Although I love the name Natália, I really wouldn't like to change my name so radically when the time comes. Perhaps I could try to use the feminine of my name...it exists, but it sounds so damn weird...masculine = Leandro, feminine =  Leandra...anyway I am sure it is an ununsual name for all you people outside of my country (Brazil).

[MadeleineG]

I am really divided in this question. Although I love the name Natália, I really wouldn't like to change my name so radically when the time comes. Perhaps I could try to use the feminine of my name...it exists, but it sounds so damn weird...masculine = Leandro, feminine =  Leandra...anyway I am sure it is an ununsual name for all you people outside of my country (Brazil).

I think Leandra is quite pretty and feminine.