I can only generally describe how I came about my names as I'm a very private person.
I was at the swimming pool where I trained and of course the thought of what would I call myself if I was a female. I changed all my names, the first name came about because I wanted a name where one could not turn it into a nick name.
Well that idea fell flat on its face, as my eldest brother fixed that of course, it is gender neutral, it suits my overall appearance, there are several famous people with it as well and it was a name of a dear friend who was also a swimmer before I changed my life around.
It was pretty popular in the year I was born around about 33 on the most popular baby names at the time, so all in all I believe I picked a damn good name for me.
Yes I did consider Sarah to be my first name and one of the reasons why it was considered seriously was because my mum said to me one time that if she had a daughter then she would have called her Sarah.
When I considered it, I thought it did not suit my profile and it did not rhyme well if I used it as a middle name. Still to this day I believe I should have used it a one of my names. I'm not going to change my names now in anyway, because if I did it would cause me headaches all around.
The second name is based of a Greek mythology and it rhymes with my first name. I have a third name, it also is of Greek origin, so all in all I have 3 female names and they appear on my formal documents with either 2 or 3 depending on the type of document.
Since I left my family and friends to live my life. I did not want them be able to find me so I had to drop my previous surname as it was rare and I adopted a very common surname.
Now that I know that my family accepts me unconditionally, the question arises do I go back to my former surname, the answer is basically no because I have too many document that would need to be changed.
Well I think that about does it on how I changed my names. Changing ones name is a personal endevour. Depending on ones journey, it's important that one that you change your name and you change all your documents accordingly as soon as possible. It will cause you the least amount of grief.
Kind regards to one and all
Sarah B