Name Change ftm or mtf

[KrisRenee]

So, one major thing that comes with the ftm transition i have found is the name change.  I personally stayed close to my original name kristen for the time being but when i start to transition further i might go farther away.  Looking at Avery, Exavier (yes with an E) or Jensen.  I was just wondering, when you did your name change, did you stay close to what your birth name was or venture away from it?

[little_green]

I started off close to my birth name.  Then decided for a while I needed to change from Eli because people kept getting it wrong and it felt like an inbetween transition name.  So I tried to change it to Travis for a while, before realising I'm not a Travis and going back to Eli. Elias in full I think.  I guess it depends how you feel about your birth name.

[Elijah3291]

my name was Maggie, my name Elijah, is obviously very different.  I just liked the name, and there wasnt a male variation of my old name anyway, and I didnt really feel like an "M" anyway, felt more like an "E"

[little_green]

I think I feel like an E.  I've always been attached to that letter and most people just called me E in the past, even my parents.

[Britney♥Bieber]

I had a few names but I couldn't love them. Britney stuck with me since the beginning and I ended up going with it. When I thought of ppl calling me Britney it made me smile haha. I was hesitant to use it cuz I'm in love with Britney Spears but who cares. Its a name and I love it. I feel comfortable using it.

[rexgsd]

Mines totally different. Theres a couple names real close to my birth name that changing or taking away one letter would make it male, of which i like both the male versions, but I didn't 'look' like those names really. And besides, i want to get as far away from my female life/self as i can.

[LordKAT]

My birth name has no equivalent but, if you use the right short version of my new name it can, to an unobservant ear, sound like my birth name.

[Clay]

i got a lot trouble with the whole name thing... i'd like to keep c, but i don't really like german names and people are useless with more anglophone names... that, and i'm not really good with decisions. i could use a variation of my birthname, but i really don't know now.

[kyril]

Birth name: Allison Grace (some people called me one, some the other)
Chosen name: Evan James

Not exactly close (totally different names), but...there's a similarity there. I think I was just used to the way my full name sounded.

[Michael Joseph]

When I was a little kid I pretended my name was Michael. Also, my mom told me if I was born a boy (which I was, just not biologically) that she would have named me Michael, which worked out. I would do a variation of my name, but I can't find a male name that really matches Sophia..

[Ryan]

I could have taken a letter off my birth name and used the male version but I wanted something different. Ryan is what my parents would have chosen for me, so I just went with that.

[Sean]

I stayed close to my birth name, but that's because I was given a boy's name at birth & everyone used it for the first few years of my life.

So when I was going to switch from the feminine name I'd been known as for most of my life, it made sense to 'restore' my original birth name. I already answered to it instinctively. Also, it was similar enough to my known names (both feminine & my gender-neutral nickname) that people could 'self-correct' in the middle of talking to me or about me.

I did change my middle name - but I kept the same initial, so I wouldn't have to change my signature.

[Carson]

There isn't a male equivalent of my birth name. I kept the first letter and just chose the name that felt right. I kept my middle name even though it is kind of feminine because it means something to my mom. But plenty of men have feminine names either first or middle.

[Robert Scott]

I plan to switch my first name to my middle name --- it's Robyn...I think I am going to go with Scott as my first name -- still feeling things out.  My birth middle name was Marie so it has to go

[Lee]

I was born Kimberly Leigh ____.  There's no masculinized version of Kimberly, so I went with Lee.  Still looking for a middle name, though.

[Sharky]

There are guys named Kim. http://www.guysnamedkim.com/GNK/index.html

[Shang]

Birth name:  Sarah Christine ___________

Chosen name:  Lukas Gabriel __________

I can't think of anything that's a masculinized version of Sarah, but I'm fine with that.  I've always wanted to have a name where I could write out a capital "L" in cursive and Lukas gives me that.  I partially blame my love for Lestat...whose name I might have gone with if I could pull it off and if it was actual name. XD  I'm a dork, though. 

I originally had "Lukas Gabriel" (along with "Michael Damien") chosen for any future kids I might have, but then I realized I really wanted the name Lukas Gabriel.  And if I ever have a boy, he can be named "Michael Damien".  Assuming I have kids. xD

[Janet_Girl]

My Birth name is actually a masculine version of Janet, and it no long matters what it was.  Lynn, my middle name, is a modification of my ex's first name.

[xAndrewx]

Yeah see I was born

Amanda (ugh)  ____  not much I could do with that so now it's

Andrew Scott _____ which is what my mom would have chosen

[KrisRenee]

Birth name:  Sarah Christine ___________

Chosen name:  Lukas Gabriel __________

I can't think of anything that's a masculinized version of Sarah, but I'm fine with that.  I've always wanted to have a name where I could write out a capital "L" in cursive and Lukas gives me that.  I partially blame my love for Lestat...whose name I might have gone with if I could pull it off and if it was actual name. XD  I'm a dork, though. 

I originally had "Lukas Gabriel" (along with "Michael Damien") chosen for any future kids I might have, but then I realized I really wanted the name Lukas Gabriel.  And if I ever have a boy, he can be named "Michael Damien".  Assuming I have kids. xD

I really like the name Lukas Gabriel.  It flows well.  By the way, how are things going with that facebook fiasco.  I hope well.

Much peace...Kris