How did you choose your name?

[Connor216]

My eldest sister's name begins with an A, and then my other sister is B and me being the youngest had a name that started with a C. I knew my new name would also have to start with a C (also because my dad has a tattoo of ABC in babayin to resemble us), so my mom chose Connor because it was the name of my great grandfather.

[tearsofash]

My new name is Alice. My deadname also started with an A, so I could keep my initials. I picked it because I felt like life was a surreal journey and I was Alice in wonderland. It might also be an homage to Velvet Eden's song "Street of Alice." but I don't tell people that because not a lot of people know who Velvet Eden are.

[KathyLauren]

I wanted to keep my same initials.  My middle name (Lauren) is just a feminine version of my former middle name.  I knew I wanted to be Kathy, but it took me a while to decide if that was short for Katherine or Kathleen.  Eventually, I decided on the Irish version, Kathleen.

[Lily Rose]

"Ter-ry the fai-ry!"

  that was most certainly mean of them. however for as long as i can remember i have always loved tinker bell. probably wanted to be her not peter LOL.

[Alora]

Are there youngins from the 80s around. Maybe some of you remember the movie Willow...

From the min I heard the princesses name I knew that was my name. I changed it a little. Her name was Alora Danan, I'm going with Alora Denen, Denen will replace my current middle name.

Loves 💋❤️💋

[Alora]

  that was most certainly mean of them. however for as long as i can remember i have always loved tinker bell. probably wanted to be her not peter LOL.

I'm right there with you sister! 😁 💋❤️💋

[mac1]

I might use my current middle name as it is an accepted female name.  I was always secretive about it when I was young for fear of teasing.  However, I could actually like it as a female name.

[Veronique10]

My name was given to me by a woman I confided in about my likes, dislikes, desires and aspirations. She asked if I had a name, which I kind of did, but it was a female version of my male name that had been used through the years to put me down. She said that a name born out of negative connotations wasn't good. She insisted that it didn't fit me anyway. My confidant was Italian. Since I'm also from Europe (not Italy), she said, "Veronique," with that spelling. It's sometimes shortened to "Vero" though I prefer the full name.

[Angela Drakken]

I was named after my mothers father 'Robert', an insidious, abusive, criminal (professional con artist) But it was family tradition to name children after a mother or father of the parents.. I always hated the name, it always sounded to me rough, gross, obtuse. I'd intended to change it ever since childhood to 'Robin' officially, even before the onset of puberty and the real dysphoria kicked in. Neal, I'd always gone by instead, though I basically grew up being teased and called 'Nellie' or variations of these, jokes about me 'kneeling' down. *I refuse to kneel for anyone.*

I pretty much just jumbled up a bunch of letters, and came up with Angela. It contains all previous letters of my name, and is a delightful little irony since I'm the furthest thing from Angelic in any way shape or form! XP

[zamber74]

I'm not entirely sure, I was going to change my name to Jessica because it is closest to my birth name, but one of my brothers had a child with a woman named Jess, and it would be too strange.  I really liked that name though  

Amber was just something I came up with, for no particular reason.  I made the screen name zamber74 as I was not sure if there were any other people with the name Amber here.  I think at some point it will be changed to something else.