name change...or not?

[sigsi]

Yeah to me it's a neutral/masculine name. Did you do that search for your birthday year or currently? It wouldn't matter if it's becoming more neutral / feminine because people that are around your age and older would be majority males with it so it wouldn't be odd if your name was Jamie. I mean people never question Jamie Foxx right?

Haha that's true about Jamie Foxx. And I searched for both. For my birth year (mid 1990's), it was more popular for a girls name. I think I somehow associated male with it because of my family, and will probably still use it as a middle name if I still stick with my birth name nickname .

Where I am, Jamie is definitely more of a girl's name... but it is definitely on the more neutral end of the spectrum? I have always liked Jamie and James.

I was debating about James too as that name has been used a lot in my family as well. James kind of felt too masculine to me in a way though. I lean more on the agender spectrum so I think Jamie might work.

Thanks again to both of you for your replies

----------
And apologies to uk_older_ftm for lots of replies, not meaning to hijack your thread. Back to the main poster's question of anyone else not planning to change their birth name.

[haeden]

Oh gosh I didn't even know this wasn't your post. Sorry uk_older_ftm!

Sent from my A0001 using Tapatalk

[uk_older_ftm]

Don't worry about it guys, it's cool 

[WolfNightV4X1]

So my parents named me Christine. No one ever called me that. I've been Chris my whole life.

So when it came round to whether I'd change my name (legally / on documents), I came close to just leaving it alone.
I did end up changing it legally to Chris (not Christopher or any other variation), but yeah I almost didn't. I never show my ID to anyone (I guess when I was traveling a lot I showed my passport to airport folks) but otherwise my IDs are collecting dust lol

Ha, thats funny, I go by Val...I considered keeping it as Val when I changed it but Im deciding to elongate it to Valentine, Val isnt nearly common enough to be taken on its own so I figure when people ask my name it'll be that. Unlike Chris which works on its own

[CodexUmbrae]

If I had a neutral name, I'd probably not change it. But I have two fairly feminine names, one of them is pretty rare and uncommon but is feminine. So I'll change them as soon as I can. Bad thing I actually liked my name, I like unusual names buut I get dysphoric when I'm called by it. Like, always. xD And I'll kind of miss that people had to ask me like three times my name when I met them, it usually made them remember me.

But anyway. If I was named Alex, or Dennis, or something like that, I wouldn't change it. If I was named something like Samantha, Jacqueline or some name that can be shortened to a neutral version (like Sam and Jack for the ones I said) I'd probably just change them to the shortened way.

[Kylo]

I saw some info the other day about most popular names for FTM and Alex being one of them (on of the top 5 or something). Not sure how I feel about it myself. I like my name better when it was rarer. The more people that have it, especially if it has become a common name for FTM, the more inclined I feel to change it...

[Alexthecat]

I saw some info the other day about most popular names for FTM and Alex being one of them (on of the top 5 or something). Not sure how I feel about it myself. I like my name better when it was rarer. The more people that have it, especially if it has become a common name for FTM, the more inclined I feel to change it...

Early 90s babies were named it. There were several in my grade level so I don't think most people would assume trans like they would with names like skye or aiden. Even then they would have to know a thing or two to even guess those.

[WolfNightV4X1]

But anyway. If I was named Alex, or Dennis, or something like that, I wouldn't change it. If I was named something like Samantha, Jacqueline or some name that can be shortened to a neutral version (like Sam and Jack for the ones I said) I'd probably just change them to the shortened way.

As someone with a neutral name when you shorten it, you still have to go through legal stuff to change your full name regardless, although its nice to not have to go through the trouble to change too much, because people will not have such a hard time adjusting to your new name since you always go by your shortened name.

[Muscle Matt]

My legal name is Natalie Rose. Obviously, that has to change. I spent forever thinking of names, but none of them really landed with me. So I just decided I'd go from Nat to Matt. It just feels natural with me, and while my given name would make me feel horrible and dysphoric every time I heard it, "Matt" just feels natural. It's not my favorite name or anything, but it's the change I needed (also, I work with a Natalie, so this made things so much easier).

You're lucky to have been born with a gender-neutral name. My whole life, every time I would hear my name or someone would ask my name, I would have a mini panic attack on the inside over it (even when I thought I would be ok living my life as a girl). And going by my middle name wouldn't have been able to help me at all, so I've just been stuck with this curse all my life. As far as the name Alex, I have a roommate with that name. So I always associate it much more as a man's name than a woman's, but I like it for either.

I was planning on legally changing my name soon, but I just had my driver's license renewed, and they changed the license laws in my state. So I won't have a new ID until I'm about 40 (if I weren't changing my name, they would make me use my 21 year old picture until then). So now I'm just gonna wait until I look male enough that my ID will work for me for the next 8+ years. I already hate having to buy alcohol with this ID. Even my bank always comments on how it looks nothing like me already. I guess that gives me time to learn how to write my new name in cursive before I actually get to sign it on things.

[CodexUmbrae]

As someone with a neutral name when you shorten it, you still have to go through legal stuff to change your full name regardless, although its nice to not have to go through the trouble to change too much, because people will not have such a hard time adjusting to your new name since you always go by your shortened name.

I know, I was just trying to say that I wouldn't change it for another name, yet I'd clearly shorten it legally. Would hate to take out my id that has Jacqueline or something like that written in it. xD