How many times have you changed your name?

[AshleyPixune]

Throughout my life I've worn hundred's of names, some very male, some very female, it depended on what I was doing and who I was with.

I get that - I used to play LOTS of Text based games online where you could create your character however you wanted.  I created a few male characters at first (when I was a young teenager) but then I made the switch to female characters and it felt so right.
IRL, I first started with "Brandy" as my new name, but after about six months I switched to Ashley, because that was the name my parents had picked out when I was a baby.  Changed it about a month later to Ashlynn (with Ash & Ashley as nicknames) for several reasons, one being that my mother's middle name is Lynn and I liked how the name sounded.
~Ashlynn

[4A-GZE]

Carly because I would have been named Caroline, then Lyra because I just liked it, then back to Carly, and now I prefer Caroline in full, but still like Carly just as well.

I also have a pseudonym I use for various things: Evelyn English.

[KathyLauren]

Only once.  I picked Kathy Lauren when I first joined Susan's Place.  After using it for more than a year here, I realized that I liked it a lot.  So my legal name is now Kathleen Lauren Walker.

[Northern Star Girl]

Only once.  I picked Kathy Lauren when I first joined Susan's Place.  After using it for more than a year here, I realized that I liked it a lot.  So my legal name is now Kathleen Lauren Walker.

Like others have replied on here.... I changed my name ONLY ONCE... from my past male name to my present female name.
In my opinion any more than that unless the other name was very unsuitable can usually be a nightmare of confusion for yourself and for everyone and everything else.
I always advise those that are considering changing their name to be very wise, prudent and rational....   fad names and weird names usually don't work well for a lot of reasons.
Danielle

[Victoria L.]

When I joined these forums way back when I went by a different name, Victoria/Tori. I had met someone whose name was Victoria and she went by 'Tori' as a nickname and I really liked it, and at the time I was trying to distance myself from my name that I would have been given had I been born biologically female. That's a long story.

A couple of years after joining, I was no longer doing that as much. I came out to my ex-girlfriend (who was just a best friend at the time). She had a close friend from her hometown with my name, so I changed it slightly to a variation. I went by that for years, but typically acknowledged that it was a variation of my actual name. Last year or the year before I finally renounced it because my ex left my life.

[Donna]

I started out as Misty and my wife hated it. She offered a suggestion of Darlene or Donna. I fell in love with Donna and I picked Ashley as a middle name. It keeps my initials the same and they are going on my government name change forms

[SailorMars1994]

Cool post! Well it's hard to pin point when I used the name Ashley, I recall as a young child I was very curious about what I would have been called void of my birth defect and my parents informed me it would have been Ashley! Back when I was in closet I made secret Accounts on Facebook and olaces such as that under Ashley Parker. So in my childhood to early 2013 whenever I dreamed of my true self it was Ashley, then in at some point I chose the name Chloe. Not sure why I thought it was cute and independent inguess? This name I self assumed from early 2013 or so, and used when I first came out 4 years ago. I used this name until August 2015 when I realized that Ashley seemed more fitting and natural for me, after all had I been born properly I would have been known as that for my whole life.

[Allison S]

I haven't changed my name legally yet ever but I plan to. But I've gone through so many names.. I still don't really know which I want to go with.

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[nikkiannukts]

So I have been Nikkianne since I took my first faltering girly steps some 15 to 20 years ago when I thought I was just a cross dresser.

Since then I have tumbled towards femininity and I now find myself on HRT and closer to transition.   Always loved Nikki(Anne) but now find that I am seriously considering the female version of my natal name - Adrienne.

I have always liked my name but am reluctant to let go of Nikki as we have had some many adventures together.    Maybe Adrienne Nikki !

Nikki

[120716]

I was a one and only name change. I thought about a feminine version of my old male name, I was Phillip Anthony and thought about Phyllis and a feminine version of the middle name, that lasted an eighth of a second. My partner and I went over names and we decided Margaret was a good first name, she insisted on the middle name Elizabeth (family tradition for women in her family) So the day I started HRT Phillip went goodbye. He is now reincarnated as a standard poodle... Fun times with that one    

[Ryuichi13]

I've been Ryuichi since Spring of 2004 when I was nicknamed that by a group of friends.  When I decided to transition, I've been called Ryu or Ryuichi for so long, my birth name didn't seem to be mine anymore.  Which is fine, because even though it is a lovely name, its not my name.  I never felt it belonged to me, I only borrowed it until my male name was found.

So, I have the old group of anime friends I used to hang out with to thank for my legal name. 

Ryuichi

[Susan H]

My parents called me Jimmy. I picked up the nickname, Jenny, sometime in elementary school. This was used in a derogatory sense by kids who thought i was overly effeminate. But I kinda liked it. The first few jobs i held, as a teenager, I went by Jenny, then they started asking for I.D. in the hiring process, so I had to use my legal (boy) name on job applications. I then decided I liked 'Susan' because it just sounds so feminine. I had my legal name change done in the late 1980's. My middle name (Anne) was my grandmothers first name.