Your Name(choosing a name)

[Jamie]

What is your name?
Victor James *******

What does your name mean?
VICTOR - VIKTOR (Cyrillic: Виктор):
Scandinavian form of Roman Latin Victor, meaning "conqueror."
Slavic form of Roman Latin Victor, meaning "conqueror." In use by the Bulgarians, Russians and Serbians.
JAMES: Middle English and Old French vernacular form of Late Latin Jacomus, from Greek Iakobos, meaning "supplanter." In the New Testament bible, this is the name of several characters, including two apostles and a half-brother of Jesus.

Where is it derived from?
See above! 

How did you choose it?
I've chosen Victor because I just liked it... And I don't have anyone in my family or among friends whose name is Victor. It also means "winner" and I hope that one day I will transition and win this battle!
James Hetfield is my favourite musician, and I always liked the name James.

Is it masculine, feminine, or unisex?
Masculine

What influenced your decision, if any?
I just like that names...
I also like the name Dimitrije.
DIMITRIJE (Димитрије): Serbian form of Latin Demetrius, meaning "loves the earth" or "follower of Demeter."
I'm born on Saint Demetrius day and Saint Demetrius is patron of soldiers. I aways wanted to be a soldier, so I just like all that. Also, most of the names in my family starts with letter "D". 

Is it a common name where you're from?
Well, no...
People in Serbia usually do not have middle name, but I always wanted to be different... 

[Jamie-o]

Actually I was going to be named Aaron Scott, but given that my last name starts with an S, it doesn't make the best initials.

Lol.  Yeah, my Aunt wanted me to be named Arianne Serina, and my last name also starts with an S.  Fortunately, my parents were paying attention.  Especially since my job requires me to go around putting all 3 initials on things all day. 

Hmmm... Interesting that there are so many similarities in our naming stories.  It's actually a bit spooky.   

[LordKAT]

What is your name?
...
What does your name mean?
no idea
Where is it derived from?
see above
How did you choose it?
Name of fave singer/songwriter
Is it masculine, feminine, or unisex?
masculine
What influenced your decision, if any?
see above
Is it a common name where you're from?
pretty much

forgive the edited quote thing please

[Calistine]

What is your name? Kyle
What does your name mean? The narrow strait. And handsome..which I am
Where is it derived from? It is gaelic I believe
How did you choose it? It just came to me really, it feels like me.
Is it masculine, feminine, or unisex? Techinically its unisex but its mainly given to males.
What influenced your decision, if any? Im not sure, I had been meeting people with that name and it seemed like me
Is it a common name where you're from? Yeah pretty common

[Walter]

What is your name?
What does your name mean?
Where is it derived from?
How did you choose it?
Is it masculine, feminine, or unisex?
What influenced your decision, if any?
Is it a common name where you're from?

1. Sergei
2. "Servant"
3. Russia
4. By liking the name and by playing Tekken 6
5. Masculine I think
6. None that I can think of
7. No

Of course, I'm known as "Man of many names" so...who knows how long I'll even keep this name

[YoungSoulRebel]

What is your name?
What does your name mean?
Where is it derived from?
How did you choose it?
Is it masculine, feminine, or unisex?
What influenced your decision, if any?
Is it a common name where you're from?

Ruadhan (meaning, origin, gender -- all right there)

I initially chose the Anglicised version ("Rowan", which can be unisex, depending on your part of the Anglosphere) at the local TS/TG group cos it was the first thing that came into my head.  I later researched it and discovered the Gaelic form; in the original Gaelic, it's also the name of one of the twelve apostles of Ireland, and then remembered that my father's father had a brother named Ruadhan, who died of scarlet fever as a young child before emigrating from Ulster.  "Ruadhan" is also the name of a figure in Gaelic mythology, son of Brighd, of the Tuatha de Dannan, and Her husband Bres, of the Fomori, and Ruadhan's death might be easily compared to that of the Orphic Dionysos, but the comparisons seem to begin and end there.

It's not very common in the United States at all, especially not around here; howmanyofme.com, in a first name search, states only around 1,500 Amerikans (less than even 0.5%) are named "Ruadhan" (based on U$ census data); a Facebook search shows that it's far more common in Ireland and even the UK, but even then, "Rowan" is at least tenfold more popular in both countries.

[Radar]

I also like the name Dimitrije.
DIMITRIJE (Димитрије): Serbian form of Latin Demetrius, meaning "loves the earth" or "follower of Demeter."
I'm born on Saint Demetrius day..

I was almost named Blaise because I was born on his Saint day. Even though Blaise is masculine around the world, since it's pronounced Blaze it would be quite feminine sounding in the U.S. So, I lucked out in getting a more unisex first name.

[HarryP]

1) Harry Lewis P_______
2) Harry means home protector and Lewis means famous warrior.
3) Harry is English. Lewis is the anglicized version of the French Louis, but I'm not sure whether the French or English came first.
4) Well Harry is the masculine form of my birth name and I wanted to keep it simple for my friends and family.  Lewis sounds a little like my old middle name (Elizabeth) and also I really like Inspector Morse so I thought of the character Lewis from that! How geeky!
5) They are both masculine names in Britain, although some girls with my birth name use Harry as a nickname, which is annoying. 
6) As I said, mainly a sense of making it easier for friends and family to remember.  Although I'm not sure whether I will keep it cos my mum said she actually would prefer it if I used a completely different name, and I really like the name Brett (after Jeremy Brett who played Sherlock Holmes, complete legend!) Also I hate my surname so I might just use Lewis as my surname.  Brett Lewis 
7) Harry is quite common and Lewis is too, although they're not the most popular names in Britain.

[notyouraverageguy]

I initially chose the Anglicised version ("Rowan", which can be unisex

I think im leaning towards a unisex name.


Im not ready to ask my parents to suggest a name... don't think they'd be very supportive.

[KaydinTheSquire]

What is your name? Kade
What does your name mean? Round, apparently.
Where is it derived from? It's english I think.
How did you choose it? I saw some guy on facebook with the name and decided I liked it.
Is it masculine, feminine, or unisex? Masculine
What influenced your decision, if any? It's my female name with a 'd' instead of a 't'. I didn't want something really different, or I would have gone with David.
Is it a common name where you're from? Not at all. So far I haven't come across anyone who has it.

[AndrewMarten]

What is your name? - Andrew Marten H.

What does your name mean? - Andrew: Greek, "man, warrior" Marten: Latin, "dedicated to Mars"

How did you choose it? - one day I finally decided to do something about my given-name, so I decided to search for androgynous nicknames that could be used for "Amanda" and the only thing I came across was "Andy." So I started going by Andy. Now all the people I care about call me Andy (except my family... *ugh*) so when I legally change my name I'm going to stick with Andrew. I chose Marten for the middle name because I wanted to keep my initials the same (as a sort-of peace-offering to my folks, who aren't thrilled about all this).

Is it masculine, feminine, or unisex? - Masculine

What influenced your decision, if any? - the situational constraints. I wasn't ready to start asserting my identity, but I couldn't stand to have such an overtly feminine name anymore, and I felt the need to make it a plausible nickname that friends might give me, because I wasn't out to anyone, least of all my parents. Incidentally, my dad flipped-out about people calling me "Andy" anyway. @_@

Is it a common name where you're from? - I know so many Andrews that it almost makes me want to reconsider. Heh. But, there are no Andrews or Martens on either side of my family, so that makes it perfect.

[GDTripp]

What is your name?
G---- D------- Tripp

What does your name mean? Where is it derived from?
G---- is Old German for "warrior," D------- "son of David" (was going to be Davis, Scottish for "Son of David"), Tripp is Old English for "traveler"

How did you choose it?
I went through a boatload of baby name websites searching for names that described me (i.e. of the sky, wind, shining moon, raven, horse, warrior, etc), grouped them according to how I thought they sounded as first, middle, and last names, then picked my faves and mixed'n'matched.

Is it masculine, feminine, or unisex?
Masculine

What influenced your decision, if any?
My middle name is a tribute to my dad, to show him that I'm still his kid. It entered my thoughts much later that it's also in the name of my favorite kind of motorcycle

Is it a common name where you're from?
Nope, not at all, but I have an uncle whose first name sounds similar to mine

[Evan]

What is your name?
- Evan Frederic N...

What does your name mean?
-It is of Welsh and Scottish origin, and its meaning is "God's grace; born of yew; youth". Welsh variant of Iefan (see Ieuan) from John. Scottish variant of Euan. In Celtic, the name means "young warrior". It is also used as a short form of Evangelos, which means "good messenger" in Greek. In Hebrew, Evan means "rock". Frederic's language of origin is Germanic and it is predominantly used in English. Frederic is a spelling variant of the English Frederick.

Where is it derived from?
-see above

How did you choose it?
- choosing a name has been the hardest part of all this so far.. every name that I came up with either didn't seem to fit for me, or my mother/ sister "hated" it for whatever reason. funny enough I came up with Evan one night watching MTV real world road rules challenge. lame show, but the name just clicked with me, and thankfully with my family as well. the middle name was a bit easier, both of my great grandfathers were Frederic(k)s.

Is it masculine, feminine, or unisex?
- I think of it as masculine, but I guess Evan is actually unisex.

What influenced your decision, if any?
- My family is fortunately rather supportive, so I tried to make chosing my name a family decision. Took twice as long, but everyone is happy.

Is it a common name where you're from?
- The only other Evan that I've met so far is a 5 year old boy. So I don't think so. Fredric is a family name on my fathers side of the family, but I've never met another Fredric that wasn't a Canuck snowbird down here visiting in Ft Lauderdale.


Thanks for asking this I didn't know that my name meant what it does in Hebrew, I'm going to have to get that tattooed now . Plus its good to know I'm not the only guy who had a hard time finding a name.

[notyouraverageguy]

Thanks for asking this I didn't know that my name meant what it does in Hebrew, I'm going to have to get that tattooed now . Plus its good to know I'm not the only guy who had a hard time finding a name.

No problem. :] im glad.
I thought most knew the background of their name.

[Inphyy]

What is your name? Maiuniti
*Sounds like (My-Unity)

What does your name mean? I came up with it...So I guess I could make a meaning up? I would say my name means: Unity! Haha!

Where is it derived from? My mind...

How did you choose it? With my creative mind, I toke my birth name...Micale...Twisted the letters, words, sounds and wrote down different names that began with M. I'm a huge Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan, so I used Mai, from one of my favorite charcters--Mai Valentine and added uniti, because my whole output on life is uniting myself as one whole person...Thus...Creating Maiuniti.

Is it masculine, feminine, or unisex? Absolutely feminine! 

What influenced your decision, if any? (See "How did you choose it?")

Is it a common name where you're from? Not at all--And if I believe so not common anywhere, anyplace at all!

[millsy]

What is your name? Kade Jacob
What does your name mean? Round- which i am
Where is it derived from? Not sure
How did you choose it? It literally came to me out of nowhere 3 years ago and i liked it at once, and it was the same first initial as my old name. Jacob won out of a toss up between Jacob, Isaac and Rohan.
Is it masculine, etc etc- yes.
the only problem i didnt forsee which may change when i pass more is that people think I'm saying kate. Which pisses me off. 

[J.T.]

but I've never met another Fredric that wasn't a Canuck snowbird down here visiting in Ft Lauderdale.

I knew a Fredric, great man!  Spelled Fredric, but people often added an E and a K.


What is your name?  Benjamin
What does your name mean? Son
Where is it derived from? Hebrew
How did you choose it?  I looked at the SSA top 100 names from the year i was born, narrowed it down to a list of 10.  Then i was watching a movie, saw the name... and said "yeah, i like that"
Is it masculine, feminine, or unisex?  Masculine
What influenced your decision, if any?  I wanted to blend in, and not pick a weird name that wasn't common when i was born.  I also looked at family history
Is it a common name where you're from?  It was in the top 100 from my state the year i was born, so i'd say yes.

[Vancha]

What is your name?
Vincent.
What does your name mean?
It means "prevailing", or "to conquer". 
Where is it derived from?
Not... Entirely sure.
How did you choose it?
It was just the name I used to describe this foggy "male identity" I had at one point... Which was important in finding myself.  It also begins with the letter v... And I somehow have weaved that into my identity.
Is it masculine, feminine, or unisex?
Masculine.
What influenced your decision, if any?
Pretty much the same as above, under "how did you choose it?"
Is it a common name where you're from?
It was among the 100 most popular names of my birth year... Not too popular, not completely unheard of.

[Wolf Man]

What is your name?
Sebastien Ludovic Rodriguez

What does your name mean?
1st: Venerable  2nd: Famour warrior  Last: Son of Rodrigo

Where is it derived from?
1st: French form of Sebastianus  2nd: Medieval Latinized form of Ludwig  3rd: Spanish patronymic meaning Son of Rodrigo

How did you choose it?
I asked my girl what letter suited me, she settled on S. I picked an S name that I liked. I came across Ludovic and decided it be my middle name. The pairing just rings to me.  The last name is my given last name. I feel wrong giving it up and it suits me well.

Is it masculine, feminine, or unisex?
All masculine. 

What influenced your decision, if any?
I suppose my girl because she chose the letter. 

Is it a common name where you're from?
It is apparently common, my first name. It was the 261 most popular name of my birth year. Ludovic, I have no clue. Rodriguez... Well, you look around at the hispanics. It's quite common.

[Carson]

1. Carson Lyn
2. Apparently not even the internet can tell me that.
3. Gaelic
4. I had a name that started with C before and wanted to stick with C because my sister and I had the same initials and I didn't want to screw that up. There was no masculine version of my name so I just choose one that I thought fit. And my middle name used to be Lynn but I thought that it looked too feminine but I couldn't change it because the name had sentimental meaning to my mother so I just chopped an N off.
5. Apparently like 700 girls were name carson every year for about 5 years but after 2003 people decided that it was a boys name and stopped naming their daughters it. haha.
6. Nothing really, I mean I ran it buy my girlfriend so I guess she kind of did since we agreed on it.
7. I haven't met anyone else with the name and everyone tells me how unique it is.