How did you pick your new name?

[TSJasmine]

I asked my mom what she was gonna name me if I was a girl & she said "Jasmine" & I told my family & they were all " Omg, that name totally fits you! You totally look like a Jasmine" & I've asked other people & they've said the same . Give or take like 1-3 people max but most say it fits sooo yeah

[Clhoe G]

I asked my mum what she would have named me, if I was born a girl, she said "Ashley" but I don't really like the name much, but one name I've always liked is sakura, it's Japanese, it means cherry blossom, or hatsumi, which means beginning of beauty, but I knew that would be weird if I had a Japanese name, so I looked online for similar name meanings n found Clhoe, it means green shoot or fresh blooming.
not so long ago I was questioning what name to pick, but this one seems to really stick, especially with it's meanings like I've freshly bloomed, as female, like I'm totally a new.

[IAmDariaQuinn]

Daria and Quinn were sisters on a show called Daria in the late 90s.  Daria was this loner nerd, a writer who had a very cynical view of the world around her, very much like me.  Quinn was the pretty and popular girl I always secretly wanted to be growing up.  Sure, Quinn could be shallow and conceited, and Daria could be mean and spiteful at points, but the thing is... I'm kind of all of those things.  I am the cynical writer and pop culture critic who also longs to be seen as the pretty and popular girl that everyone adores.  I also love Tegan and Sara, and their last name is Quin.  I add the second N because it looks right to me.

[Ally_B]

Daria and Quinn were sisters on a show called Daria in the late 90s.  Daria was this loner nerd, a writer who had a very cynical view of the world around her, very much like me.  Quinn was the pretty and popular girl I always secretly wanted to be growing up.  Sure, Quinn could be shallow and conceited, and Daria could be mean and spiteful at points, but the thing is... I'm kind of all of those things.  I am the cynical writer and pop culture critic who also longs to be seen as the pretty and popular girl that everyone adores.  I also love Tegan and Sara, and their last name is Quin.  I add the second N because it looks right to me.

I love Daria!

But I always kinda felt more like a Jane kinda girl.

As for my name, I've spent much of my life hunting high and low for a name, as I always hated my birth name but nothing seemed to fit.

When my mother told me that she + my father had expected a girl, I was gonna take that name, but then.... It turned out that the masculine form of that name ended up being used for my brother, so I thought it'd be kinda weird to use that.....

I'm not even sure when Ally (Alisen) came to me, but when it did, it felt kinda like home.
I nicked the unusual spelling from a Canadian actress who was on an old TV show called Mysterious Ways. Not even sure if I liked the show, but I definitely liked the name!

[Tyler]

There is no way to find the right name! Just dedicate yourself to looking up names online, and say them out loud with your last name. When you find the name, you will feel it!

[AbeLane]

I wanted to keep my initials the same and also have a similar-ish name so that when i finally do change it, it would be easier for people. Also I like my initials. I still debate between Abraham and Abram, but either way I want to go by Abe. I've always liked names that shorten into easy nicknames.

As for my middle name I'm still debating.

[Rossy]

My online alias used to be Rose, so I just picked Ross because it's very similar and denotes that I'm still the same person, just a little change in identification!

[Newgirl Dani]

I dropped the ny from Danny and substituted an i.  Danny is my legal birth name not Daniel.  Dani fit for me because it allowed expression of the real me, at the same time keeping the respect for my parents naming me intact.   Dani

[PhoenixGurl2016]

Well, I picked my name based on the fact that I wanted to keep my Initials: ABR. I did not like the "female" version of my name so I looked at "a" names that I liked until I Amanda. I like the sound of it and it meaning: Worthy of Love. My middle name however, I could not find a "B" name I liked. My ex suggested Marie and I liked it. Not only that but I can honor my grandmother whose's name is Mary. I respect her very much as she has done a lot for me

[ErinReign]

I use the name that I have seen myself as since I was younger, but I don't know exactly where it came from. As for a middle name depending on how things go with my parents after I come out to them, I would consider their suggestions. Otherwise I am leaning toward one of two names, even though it would make my initials ELF.

[Hikari]

I use the name that I have seen myself as since I was younger, but I don't know exactly where it came from. As for a middle name depending on how things go with my parents after I come out to them, I would consider their suggestions. Otherwise I am leaning toward one of two names, even though it would make my initials ELF.

I think it would be really cool to have the initials ELF, I know one of my Exes was teased in school because her initials were RAG. Mine is VEB, which makes me want another middle name so I could be VERB  lol.

[ErinReign]

I think it would be really cool to have the initials ELF, I know one of my Exes was teased in school because her initials were RAG. Mine is VEB, which makes me want another middle name so I could be VERB  lol.

Yeah being out of the K-12 system makes it fine, just a humorous little thing. VERB would certainly be initials you could have fun with however infrequently they show up.

[ShadowCharms]

I started by looking up female first names online, and picking a list of about 20 I liked. Then, I showed those names to family members, co-workers, and friends. Co-workers immediately nixed most of the list, and then declared several of the remaining names to be stripper names (which they were totally right about).

Ultimately, every single person I showed my list of names to picked the same name. Everyone thought "Zoey" was perfect for me. I liked the name, and more than that, it was perfectly normal while not being super common. I couldn't think of anyone I knew at the time named Zoey, but I had known some who weren't much younger than me. I liked that it was short, friendly, and kind of cute without being over the top. It was a name that fit who I really am, without making anyone wonder about me.

My family started calling me Zoey, and I realized that hearing them call me that made me feel something I had never, ever felt when people called me by my birth name - it just felt right. People have been calling me Zoey for about 8 months now, and I still feel a little shiver of happiness sometimes when people say it. I haven't made it my legal name yet, but I'm sure I will. I'm very comfortable with it in a way I have never been with a name before.

As for a middle name, I'm just going with the one my mom was going to give me if I had been seen as female when I was born. I'm probably keeping my current last name. Originally, I had wanted to go with something interesting and flashy for a last name, but my mom is really adamant about wanting me to have the same one as her and my sister. The more I look around at last names online, the more sure I am that I actually like and want to keep my last name the way it is.

[ImagineKate]

I thought I had a name down, and I have been using it in therapy and other places (Renee).

But after talking with my mom we decided on another. We kind of settled on Rhea. It kind of fits better with my original country and girls who were named that around when I was born. So I will go with that instead. I'm not even sure I want a middle name. Two is enough.

Then again everything is subject to change... Legal name change is being put off for a few months due to travel plans and I don't want my passport and IDs screwed up.

[QuestioningEverything]

Haven't replied to this since I posted it but I think I've figured out a name for myself. I've been really liking the name Jillian, I really like names that can be shortened so I could go by Jill or Jillian depending on the day. I still have yet to tell anyone (other then therapist) that name as I still feel way too male to take on a female name. Maybe I'll start using it once I start getting gendered female but as of right now I still get called sir 100% of the time.

[Ennaria]

I chose my first name (Kahlan) because she is my favourite main character in my all-time favourite fantasy series (Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series). I wanted something unique and I found I always related to her a lot. I've never second-guessed it. 

I also decided to change my two middle names and my last name. I wanted a fresh start. I looked up female names online, as well as their meaning. I find the name blends together very smoothly (to me anyways) and it just suits me. I didn't want the female version of my old name, and I didn't find my new name fit well with my family name (along with the fresh start I was looking for). I'd prefer not to share it in an open post, but I'd love to share it privately if anyone would like to know my choice.

<3

[Monika the diva]

The first incarnation of my female self was

Nurai (1.0) - Just being a transvestite in general. (I got the name from a person i went to school with. I thought their name was cool)
Karyna (2.0) - Began to identify as female but not really sure. (I liked the name Karina)

Finally

Monika (3.0) - The real me, this is when i confirmed my true gender. Ever since i realized who i truly was this name just stuck with me. (My aunt, my dad's only sister is named Monica. But i spelled with a K so i can create my own identity with it.)

[Jessica Jaclyn Reimer]

For me, I just always thought I was a Jennifer. Unfortunately, my closest female friend is named Jennifer, and that was just going to be odd. So, I was just playing with names in my head, and was thinking of Jesse James (James is my legal name) which then became Jessica Jaymz because everyone needs a stripper name.

The name I'm using, and will be changing mine to is Jessica Jaclyn Hanna Reimer. Jaclyn because it has the same meaning as James, and I like it, and think it's pretty, and it lets me be JJ. Hanna because my Mom likes that name for me, so I'm honouring her with it.

I thought about using a name I had made up for the daughter I never had (I'm 100% infertile) Lyrren, but it doesn't sound right with Jessica to me. And it would be bitter sweet.

- Jess

[IAmDariaQuinn]

I thought about using a name I had made up for the daughter I never had (I'm 100% infertile) Lyrren, but it doesn't sound right with Jessica to me. And it would be bitter sweet.

It's a similar situation I had with another name I considered, "Dominique".  I remember watching Dominique Morceanu's floor exercise during the 1996 Olympics, the year the team won the gold after Kerri Strugg made that vault landing with the broken ankle.  Anyway, I saw Morceanu, and was instantly drawn to her.  I even taped the floor exercise, for some odd reason.  And I'd find myself watching it over and over for almost two years, afterwards.  There was just such a grace to it.  I thought at the time that it was just an attraction to her.  We were around the same age.  I think I may have been, at most 6 months older than her.  But I loved that name, so much, I decided a long time ago that if I ever had a daughter, that's what I'd name her.  In a lot of ways, as a promise, that I'd do everything I could to give her the opportunities to be more than "just a girl", but to be a champion.  In whatever she wanted to be.  That you didn't have to let something silly like gender hold you back from being whatever you wanted to be.

In the few minutes I thought over the name, i knew it'd be unfair to keep it for myself.  If I ever do have a daughter, which could happen... had a son, after all... I'd still want to make that promise to her.  Because, I want her to have all the opportunities I never had, to have the whole world open to her the way it never was to me.

I could never be Dominique.  I wouldn't dare take that away from another girl.  No matter how much I wish I had it for myself, it just wouldn't be right.

[MaryRay]

I learned very young that my parents were so sure I was going ot be a girl that they only picked out a girls name for me Mary.  But with my birth defect they thought Mary would not be correct for what they were told was a baby boy.   So now I get the chance to fix my birth defect and at the same time become who they expected at my birth.  Also Mary is a very pretty name.