help on choosing a name

[gilligan]

I suppose I may be boring, but I just chose the male version of my birth name. I went with Nickolas vs. Nicole.

[Everyone]

Don't pick a name because of what you are into now. As you get older your interests shift. I knew someone who was very into Japanese stuff like anime and we ended up giving each other Japanese nick names. I'm happy I no longer go by that nick name anymore, it really didn't suit me after all.

I'm pretty sure that I'll be into Japanese things when I'm an adult. Because Japanese things have been a part of my life since I was 4, so there's no escaping them XD but I probably will only have a Japanese name as a nickname, cause it's too uncommon as a first name. I'm going to try searching for american names I like again, and hopefully I will get lucky. =]

[Everyone]

I suppose I may be boring, but I just chose the male version of my birth name. I went with Nickolas vs. Nicole.

That's not boring at all, thats a good way to get a name =] I have no option of it though, because my name is unisex and already spelled the male way. I would keep my name, but when people hear it, they think of it as a female name. And if they know me, it reminds them of 'girl me'.

[Cameron James]

For me there was no way to get a male version of my name - "Caitlin Marie" - very Irish, very feminine. I went with Aiden James as a masculine version of myself. Aiden is Irish, similar to my birth name, and since I'm from a Catholic family and my grandfather (a Catholic Deacon) is one of the most important men in my life, I kept my Catholic middle name, Marie for Mary and James for St. James.

Since Aiden is a 'newer' name when it comes to popularity - I usually introduce myself as James to strangers and go by Aiden to friends and family.

Really, do what you're comfortable with. I took a name that I liked a great deal that happened to do a good job at reflecting who I am, and I grabbed a middle name that's on the safer, more passible side.