How do you pronounce "Averyel?"

[Averyel]

Seriously, it's the name I picked out for myself around 11 and I've never gotten a consistent answer from anybody about it. I pronounce it as "Avrul", but a lot of people like to make sound like some angel by pronouncing the '-el" separately. Which is nifty. I've come to accept that everyone is going to interpret you differently, and that my name being something people have to interpret is actually fairly symbolic.

I'm starting on hormones next month, and will hopefully be a year into that come my entrance into university next year. I finally have a (very physically demanding) full-time job that allows me enough spare cash to afford hormones, therapy, electrolysis, etc etc, so at age 22 that's what I'm doing.

I'm very hopeful for positive results, since I'm only 5'6 and built slender already.

So, yeah, that's me! Nice to be here.

[Kendra]

Welcome Averyel!  Glad you are here.

I am excited for your future as I'm sure you are.  So much discovery - starting college while you are transitioning.  Earning the money through hard work to fund your journey.  Using the unique and creative name you created when you were younger.  Being you.

I am MTF and went to college a bit unconventionally, but didn't start transition until years later.  My high school in a small logging town an hour north of Seattle was a bit behind the curve (didn't offer calculus or physics) so I went to community college full time at age 14.  Entered the University of Washington before my 16th birthday, engineering honors program and a music scholarship.  I was never diagnosed with depression but this was at the time I started burying my gender dysphoria - within a year I dropped out of college and worked at a gas station for four years which is honest good work but a very different environment for a career.  Went back to college and finished my undergrad, started and ran a PC/computer business for a few years and then went back to the University of Washington for a Master's degree (a sexist term).  Joined a quickly growing software company the day after graduation and dug into a career.  The reason I am telling you all this is - although I did achieve some goals I lacked the foundation at the time because I didn't understand the importance of knowing myself.  Your short but sweet intro says it all - you are setting up your future on a solid foundation.  I built a pretty decent house but then had to jack it up to construct a foundation under it. 

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Averyel, welcome!  I don't need much imagination to declare your future will be incredible.  Thank you for joining, and looking forward to seeing you around. 

Kendra

[rmaddy]

a-VER-yell

[Jailyn]

I like the unique names myself as well! Your name is very pretty "Averyel"! I chose Jailyn for myself because it is unique as well not to many with that name and it's pretty. I think a name is very important, it identifies us as an individual and who we are. When others use it towards us it is engrains in us a self awareness. So you make a point that a name is important and pronunciation is important too.

[V M]

Hi Averyel 

Welcome to Susan's Place    Glad to have you here, join on in the fun

Hugs

V M

[Averyel]

Kendra: Thank you for the warm welcome! I'll definitely read all the guidelines. Yes, I'm the sort of person - I think I get this from my father - who spends an inordinate amount of time figuring out the best way to begin. I'm also from the Seattle region, so it's cool to hear the story of a fellow Washingtonian!

I didn't actually create the name Averyel - you can find it on most baby name sites, as it's just a feminine variant of Avery. However, as far as I can tell, once I make it my legal name I will be the only person to possess it, since I can't find anyone named it via online search.

rmaddy: A brief list of the many ways people have, at first, thought my name was pronounced:

Ahv-eh-reel
Uh-very-ell
Ah-ver-yell
Ae-ver-re-elle
Ay-ver-elle
Ay-veree-l
A-vair-yell

Jailyn: I've known a few fellow transgender types who have rotated through any number of names and don't seem to ever settle on one. Choosing your own name is more difficult than the job of someone else naming you at birth. A birthname is sort of a expression of a hope of who the person is to be, while a name we choose ourselves describes a developed person, and so I think it can be much more meaningful.

V M: Thank you for the welcome!!! I'm a sucker for emoticons 

[rmaddy]

Kendra: Thank you for the warm welcome! I'll definitely read all the guidelines. Yes, I'm the sort of person - I think I get this from my father - who spends an inordinate amount of time figuring out the best way to begin. I'm also from the Seattle region, so it's cool to hear the story of a fellow Washingtonian!

I didn't actually create the name Averyel - you can find it on most baby name sites, as it's just a feminine variant of Avery. However, as far as I can tell, once I make it my legal name I will be the only person to possess it, since I can't find anyone named it via online search.

rmaddy: A brief list of the many ways people have, at first, thought my name was pronounced:

Ahv-eh-reel
Uh-very-ell
Ah-ver-yell
Ae-ver-re-elle
Ay-ver-elle
Ay-veree-l
A-vair-yell

Jailyn: I've known a few fellow transgender types who have rotated through any number of names and don't seem to ever settle on one. Choosing your own name is more difficult than the job of someone else naming you at birth. A birthname is sort of a expression of a hope of who the person is to be, while a name we choose ourselves describes a developed person, and so I think it can be much more meaningful.

V M: Thank you for the welcome!!! I'm a sucker for emoticons 

rmaddy: A brief list of the many ways people have, at first, thought my name was pronounced:

Ahv-eh-reel
Uh-very-ell
Ah-ver-yell
Ae-ver-re-elle
Ay-ver-elle
Ay-veree-l
A-vair-yell

Then you grasped my point.  Before choosing a name that you're going to have to explain constantly, I recommend deciding if you are really going to want to have to explain your name constantly.

[Dan]

Welcome, Averyel!

When it comes to names and their pronunciation and spelling, people are lazy. They will mispronounce and misspell it in very creative ways and not necessarily in a nice way either.

If you like to challenge people and want to for ever read and hear it in a billion different variations, keep it.

When I first saw your name, I saw Avery first and then the -el on the end. So, I concluded that it could be pronounced as Avery-el, which sounds quite nice. But then, I'm from a multi-ethnic background and I'm used to names that are not common in English speaking countries.

I'm FTM by the way and just started on my journey of transition.

See you around.