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Erika
Emily
Zoey

???

I blame it on global warming.

Global Warming Porn? Yeah, I could go for some hot green house gas on melting polar ice action.

Quote from: Samantharz on March 20, 2012, 12:38:06 AM
Global Warming Porn? Yeah, I could go for some hot green house gas on melting polar ice action.

I'll bring the cheesecake.  :)

I have gas, sorry about that :(

Quote from: Samantharz on March 20, 2012, 12:33:22 AM
I blame it on global warming.

Its a little known fact that solar and wind both generate more transition naming options, while recycling merely adds "ie" to the end of existing names with little hearts over the "i"...   More recent explorations of cheesecake porn driven energy sources have only concluded that cheesecake is awesome in or out of a porn context.  Further investigation is obviously called for.



My work here is done.  :angel:

-Miki

If there is another Keaira Raine in this world who is trans.... well, then the world is a better place for it. :P

Quote from: Keaira on March 20, 2012, 12:45:53 AM
If there is another Keaira Raine in this world who is trans.... well, then the world is a better place for it. :P

Is your name legally Keaira Raine?

Mine is Nail File

Quote from: crastiah on March 20, 2012, 12:48:01 AM
Is your name legally Keaira Raine?

yep. changed via deed poll. ^_^

As far as I know, I'm the one and only Annette on this board and yes, it's my legal name.

Is it the same as why all dentists are called Rob?

I see a lot of Erins. :\

Mine is different!  :laugh:

Not Megan or Meagan, but Maegan. A good Scottish friend of mine suggested it many years ago. Apparently the spelling is Scottish.

Quote from: Beverley on March 20, 2012, 04:39:36 AM
OK, using Susan's as a test and searching the Memberlist

There are (have been) a total of

4 Bev/Beverly/Beverley names
10 Catherine/Cathys
13 Danielles
7 Erins
23 Michelles

Beverley

51 Sarah or Sara

Do I win a prize? :)

(Though to be fair, it's common as dirt for cis women too.)

Those names are very common in society, that's all, especially names like Sara, or Sarah. Oh, and EVEN Catherine, Kathy, Cathy and so on. I chose my name Catherine, for various reasons, I originally did make a list in my mind, so it was either Maria or Catherine. I chose Catherine, and at the time I wasn't sure why it was, I just felt more attracted to that name. My Mother's best friend was called Catherine, and she died of Cancer a long time ago. So that was a little bit of an 'Ouch' moment there. THEN, the day I told my mother, when I 'Came out' as it were, I later find out, from my sister, that I 'was' supposed to of been a girl, my mother, was planning to call her first born, 'Catherine'. So fact was she intended to originally call me Catherine all along, I never knew about it until many years later. So that really is 'spooky' to say the least. Who knew ? All I can say is some things are meant to happen.

I liked the name Jessica way before knowing anyone in the trans community. I originally used the name Staci when I signed up here because there seemed to be too many "Jessica's" around. Then I thought that it really didn't matter because most people that I know wont relate to it as a common trans name so what does it matter...

Quote from: Maegan on March 20, 2012, 04:29:38 AM
Mine is different!  :laugh:

Not Megan or Meagan, but Maegan. A good Scottish friend of mine suggested it many years ago. Apparently the spelling is Scottish.

do you say your megan or may-gan? I have a cousin called Maegan (as in may-gan) but i've never met anyone else with it.
This seems to be common among guys too, I see a lot of Kaidens, Aiden...Hayden lol anything with 'den' at the end really.

Every transguy I have encountered in person has been a hayden, ayden, or similar.

About 70%ish of the transgirls i encountered in person has been Zoey, Chloe, some derivitive of Megan. I have been seeing  a lot of Teagans........i have never seen a Teagan (Teagen) is my entire life until I became transgender and now I personally know of 7.

I just noticed a lot of transmen have the the sound of "kai" in their names including me.  Mala "kai" te

mine was pretty uninvolved lol. I asked my mother what she thought would be a good name. She replied, "The name I was suppose to give you."

So that's how I got "Annah"

Quote from: Annah on March 20, 2012, 07:29:08 AM
mine was pretty uninvolved lol. I asked my mother what she thought would be a good name. She replied, "The name I was suppose to give you."

So that's how I got "Annah"

Very similar to me then !  ;D lol, it is actually very weird when this happens,. My mother was supposed to call me "Catherine", but I inadvertently chose it anyway, with out knowing about that. When I found out, I think we were both a little stunned, to say the least.

I had talked about this topic with a couple of friends. Really about you having the opportunity to choose your own name now. I mentioned like why not choose something different like Pickle (random thought ). They laughed and started to call me pickle.lol... But I see your point. I noticed it too.

I almost went with the name Jamie bc it was was similar to my boy name. However I decided to stick with Harleen (Harley). I liked it because it refers to Harley Quinn which explains my personality a lot. Hahaha. :)

I also asked my mom what would she had named me if I was a girl and she said Clementine. I was like hellz no. lol.

Quote from: Jaime Renee on March 20, 2012, 12:36:26 AM
I really think its from all the porn though.

By that logic they'd all be called Crystal or something.

Whenever I hear the name Erika I think of that Pokemon gym leader, and yeah, the only people with that name I've heard of were trans. Emily and Zoey are just popular names in general, people need to get creative!

Quote from: BrokenCode on March 20, 2012, 07:38:59 AM
I had talked about this topic with a couple of friends. Really about you having the opportunity to choose your own name now. I mentioned like why not choose something different like Pickle (random thought ). They laughed and started to call me pickle.lol... But I see your point. I noticed it too.

I almost went with the name Jamie bc it was was similar to my boy name. However I decided to stick with Harleen (Harley). I liked it because it refers to Harley Quinn which explains my personality a lot. Hahaha. :)

I also asked my mom what would she had named me if I was a girl and she said Clementine. I was like hellz no. lol.

LOL, OMG just brilliant. I like that Harley Quinn part too :)

lol looking on that website, I see the meaning of "Catherine" is:

QuoteFrench and English: from the medieval female personal name Catherine, Latin Caterina. This is of uncertain origin, being first attested in Greek in the form Aikaterinē but later affected by folk etymological associations with Greek katharos 'pure'. It was borne by various early Christian saints, and was popular throughout the Middle Ages.

I was 'Never' pure  :P haha.

To the OP: Because we can.

Quote from: Cindy James on March 20, 2012, 03:34:13 AM
Is it the same as why all dentists are called Rob?

No, that's a professional requirement due to the pricing structure of their private treatment. Once you've been, you realise that's what they've done. I'm pretty sure their surname has to be DaFool, too.

I dunno why..

I named myself after someone I knew growing up... during my teenage years she was the only one who knew about my love for womans pantyhose..... she even helped me shave my legs for the first time.. sadly she is no longer with us :(

she would have been proud of me coming forward with this transition... so I have her name = Noleen.

Eira how many are we that took that name? :P.



I fell for that name a long time ago.

I haven't seen my name come up yet and it's a very common name!

I don't know of any other transsexual Alice's. Although Alice isn't an especially common name any-more.

because they're trying to be sexy  :icon_chuckel:

Am I the only one who chose their new name specifically because they've never met anyone else with that name? I've literally never met anyone outside my family with my male name. I don't think I'd know how to handle someone else having my name.

Back in the bad old days when everybody went stealth, "common sense" was that you always picked a common name so you wouldn't "stand out". I've seen it repeated on more than one well-known TG site. That could at least explain some of the older women.

Oh c'mon! No one has mentioned Amanda, yet? I was considering it, actually, but only to be ironic.

Then I realized that I had been drinking too much PBR while listening to vinyl. You can only be a hipster douche to a certain extent. I think there are laws about it in some states.

Quote from: BrokenCode on March 20, 2012, 07:38:59 AM

I almost went with the name Jamie bc it was was similar to my boy name. However I decided to stick with Harleen (Harley). I liked it because it refers to Harley Quinn which explains my personality a lot. Hahaha. :)

Noooooooooo!  You'll turn into her! Hahaha.  My dog has the name Harley Quinn and she's a lot like the character. -.-;

Anyway, I chose the name Lynn Gabriel because it's nicely androgynous.  It's not legal yet and I'm debating if I ever want to make it legal.

Never in my Life have I met anyone named Tazia, or Zylphia.

Tazia is a perfect name for me meaning "Reborn", and Zylphia is too meaning roughly "Frailty" lol
Just some tidbits for you guys. :)

OMG, now I'm paranoid that another TG sister will have my name too!!!! 


:o

Oh gee.. other people have my name. I guess I better change it to random letters.


fndwo nvfeop.... take that TG community!

Quote from: Alainaluvsu on March 20, 2012, 09:33:46 PM
Oh gee.. other people have my name. I guess I better change it to random letters.


fndwo nvfeop.... take that TG community!

It's beautiful.

Quote from: Malachite on March 20, 2012, 09:34:59 PM
It's beautiful.

♥

So is your face sir :)

My middle name is Erika, yes indeed... Though my first name is actually Alison.

If you put the meanings of the two names together, it means "Noble Eternal Ruler". I don't quite think the other Erikas have considered that :P

Quote from: Alainaluvsu on March 20, 2012, 09:36:42 PM
♥

So is your face sir :)

Thanks....if only it were mine.   :D

Well, my given name is Jerry actually.  I have thought about changing the spelling to Jeri.  What do you think?

As for me going by Stephanie, I may or may not decide to go with it-haven't made up my mind yet.

Quote from: Sephirah on March 20, 2012, 08:11:40 AM
No, that's a professional requirement due to the pricing structure of their private treatment. Once you've been, you realise that's what they've done. I'm pretty sure their surname has to be DaFool, too.

Reminds me of the law firm of Ketcham, Cheatham, and Howe.

@Tom - I pronounce it as May-gan.  :)
Well now sir, you know two Maegan's!  :laugh:

Huggs

Maegan

Quote from: Maegan on March 21, 2012, 02:38:59 PM
@Tom - I pronounce it as May-gan.  :)
Well now sir, you know two Maegan's!  :laugh:

Huggs

Maegan

Aw cool I always thought it was a nice name =]

Is my mom the only one who hates my name? I picked it because I didn't personally know anyone else named Hannah, but she was like, "it's the kind of name a man becoming a woman would pick." Er, thanks mom. :P

She wanted to call me Crystal, but my best (guy) friend's girlfriend was named that, so for obvious reasons I'm not exactly comfortable with that. :)

Quote from: Hannah on March 22, 2012, 10:55:35 AM
Is my mom the only one who hates my name? I picked it because I didn't personally know anyone else named Hannah, but she was like, "it's the kind of name a man becoming a woman would pick." Er, thanks mom. :P

She wanted to call me Crystal, but my best (guy) friend's girlfriend was named that, so for obvious reasons I'm not exactly comfortable with that. :)

My middle name used to be Hannah lol I'm pretty sure my parents didn't share your mums point of view on that when they named me.
I remember a girl in primary school who was called Crystal and she always had a runny nose and she NEVER used to blow it. It was disgusting, amazing how people can put you off a name isn't it .

As Mr Shakespeare said: "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."

As long as the individual is happy with it, that's what matters, whether they share their name with ten, a hundred, or a thousand other people. :) Besides, "Oi, you over there!" just doesn't have that personal touch. ;D

Hah, you want to go with stripper names? My mom almost named me Candy *shudder* That was, until my dad said "well why don't you just go ahead and put a stripper pole in her nursery!' Thank you Dad, haha!! I picked Luke (well, Lucas), and I don't know any other ftm's named Lucas... At least, not personally. Can't wait till I can get my name changed permanently!

  I knew twin girls named Hope and Faith in Jr High.  Later I heard a story from a professor about during Roman times at a checkpoint near Alexandria that a customs official asked a traveler "Do you have anything to declare?"  The answer from the christian traveler was "Just hope, faith, chastity, charity and myself!"  He was levied a customs tax for transporting four prostitutes!  How some things never change.  Chastity and Charity are two more bad names for the girls I knew in the past.  I don't know how Hope and Faith fared, Charity is fine, but Chastity did the strip joint thing.  It is unknown about Chastity now, it has been a while.  I still pray for her, for she is my distant kin. 
  I thought that my chosen name had the unusual spelling for that name until I came on Susan's and one of the responses that one of my sister transwomen has a daughter by that same spelling. 
  Joelene

I love 'Amanda'. It's a beautiful name.

Here are a triplet of three names I'll bet no one has used for girls/women:  Ellandra, Aryl, Kiris

Someone, scoop one up before someone else takes it!

;)

my chosen name means "the fifth month." my name irl is maylene, and i haven't met anyone with that name before, i don't think. i wanted to be more creative with my name.

My grandmother, Tina, supported my feminine personality throughout my childhood and she loved me unconditionally. I'm very proud to name myself after her.

Quote from: Hannah on March 22, 2012, 10:55:35 AM
Is my mom the only one who hates my name? I picked it because I didn't personally know anyone else named Hannah, but she was like, "it's the kind of name a man becoming a woman would pick." Er, thanks mom. :P

She wanted to call me Crystal, but my best (guy) friend's girlfriend was named that, so for obvious reasons I'm not exactly comfortable with that. :)

When I see Hannah I cant help but to think of the Disney Series, Hannah Montana

my name means "she who takes the sword and strikes down the first vile monkey in the forest of fur."

Mine is the name of a goddess, of Rome and Anatolia and Greece and Phyrgia & others.  A goddess whose priests were males dressed in female garments who had also castrated themselves.  I appear as the Mother Goddess on a chariot drawn by two lions.
I am the Goddess Cybele -- Worship me!  ;)

Quote from: Annah on March 23, 2012, 09:27:52 PM
When I see Hannah I cant help but to think of the Disney Series, Hannah Montana

Haha, someone said the same thing at a trans group I went to.  ;)

What do you know I'm THAT creative!! No just kidding it's only my username my real name is a generic 80ies name.

Eventually, I'm going to have my name legally changed.

First, though, I need to contact the law firm of Dewey, Cheatham & Howe.  :D

  I noticed there's alot of Jessica's and Stephanie's in the trans community.  :laugh:

Quote from: Annah on March 23, 2012, 09:27:52 PM
When I see Hannah I cant help but to think of the Disney Series, Hannah Montana

you only need to add an H, then you are Hannah.

Danielle is the French female variant of the male name Daniel, meaning "God is my judge" in the Hebrew language.

Quote from: A_Dresden_Doll on March 20, 2012, 08:12:01 PM
Oh c'mon! No one has mentioned Amanda, yet? I was considering it, actually, but only to be ironic.

Then I realized that I had been drinking too much PBR while listening to vinyl. You can only be a hipster douche to a certain extent. I think there are laws about it in some states.

Amanda is one of the names I'm considering and not in an ironic way. I just like it and my actual name starts with an "A" and I want to keep that. The other name is Ashley.

Quote from: FullMoon19 on March 25, 2012, 01:05:20 PM
you only need to add an H, then you are Hannah.

Yeah...but there is no H there is there? lol

Well I go by Lexy, it's short for Alexis. I haven't changed my name legally yet but if I do, most likely I think I'm gonna pick Alexis :)

Not many Kellys out there, trans or not...

It's bouncy and happy, just like me. Woot.

I do see, though, that there are a lot of Jessicas and Aidens...

I don't think they do choose the same names!

Quote from: Kelly J. P. on March 30, 2012, 10:02:29 PM
Not many Kellys out there, trans or not...

It's bouncy and happy, just like me. Woot.

I do see, though, that there are a lot of Jessicas and Aidens...

There are at least 2 of us... :)

Quote from: crastiah on March 20, 2012, 12:29:50 AM
Erika
Emily
Zoey

???

Why did so many parents in the 1980s name their daughters "Jessica", "Jennifer", and "Tiffany"?

Seriously, why?

I'm just grateful my parents weren't among them --I always felt sorry for the kids in class who were one of four or even five named "Tiffany" or "Jessica" or "James" or "Tony'.

Quote from: Fairy In Boots on April 02, 2012, 12:40:20 AM
Why did so many parents in the 1980s name their daughters "Jessica", "Jennifer", and "Tiffany"?

Seriously, why?

I'm just grateful my parents weren't among them --I always felt sorry for the kids in class who were one of four or even five named "Tiffany" or "Jessica" or "James" or "Tony'.

Probably from movies, books and TV shows of the day.

I bet Jessica comes, at least in part, from Jessica Rabbit, from Who Framed Roger Rabbit? in 1988.

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Quote from: Sephirah on April 02, 2012, 12:59:54 AM
Probably from movies, books and TV shows of the day.

I bet Jessica comes, at least in part, from Jessica Rabbit, from Who Framed Roger Rabbit? in 1988.

There's something to that. Pop culture definitely has a huge influence on name trends.

Unfortunately we're about to see a lot of Bella's coming through the school system. I just shuddered.

Quote from: Sephirah on April 02, 2012, 12:59:54 AM
Probably from movies, books and TV shows of the day.

I bet Jessica comes, at least in part, from Jessica Rabbit, from Who Framed Roger Rabbit? in 1988.

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Pop culture definitely lays a part, of course, but considering that film came out when I was seven, and there were already at least ten "Jessicas" in my school by then, it's clearly not the biggest contributing factor.

Quote from: Fairy In Boots on April 02, 2012, 01:14:21 AM
Pop culture definitely lays a part, of course, but considering that film came out when I was seven, and there were already at least ten "Jessicas" in my school by then, it's clearly not the biggest contributing factor.

Could also be down to the meanings of names. Jessica is derived from hebrew and means "one who looks forth" or "foresighted". Seems preferable to giving someone a name which means "chocolate-covered toilet seat" or something like that.

I think a lot of people in the same generational/locational/cultural cohort probably choose the same names.

Hey, I found the following info on the TS Roadmap site:
(http://www.tsroadmap.com/reality/nameindex.html)
This information is interesting, and some of you might find it useful! -- Cybele :)


Names sometimes associated with ->-bleeped-<-

There are not a ton of names that have seeped into the popular psyche as connected with transgender issues, but there are a few which some people might connect to our community. Use these with that in mind.
•Bree (name of Felicity Huffman character in Transamerica)
•Buffy   (name of Tom Hanks character on sitcom Bosom Buddies)
•Canary   (once-famous popular singer Canary Conn)
•Candy   (Andy Warhol companion Candy Darling)
•Christine   (first publicized U.S. Christine Jorgensen)
•Dil   (heroine from The Crying Game)
•Divine   (drag queen actress appearing in numerous John Waters films)
•Geraldine   (comedian Flip Wilson's drag persona)
•Glenda   (heroine of Ed Wood camp film Glen or Glenda)
•Hildegarde   (name of Peter Scolari character on sitcom Bosom Buddies)
•Jan   (famous travel writer and author Jan Morris)
•Jaye   (Jaye Davidson starred as Dil in The Crying Game)
•Lola   (from the Kinks' song about a woman by that name)
•Myra   (character in Gore Vidal's Myra Breckenridge)
•Pat   (androgynous character from Saturday Night Live)
•Priscilla  (name of the bus in the movie Priscilla, Queen of the Desert)
•Renee   (well-known ophthalmologist and tennis player Renee Richards)
•Roberta  (name of the ex-linebacker in John Irving's The World According to Garp)
•RuPaul   (Self-explanatory)
•Shannon   (porn star)
•Stasha   (porn star)
•Tootsie   (as in the film)
•Tula   (professional name of model/actress Caroline Cossey)
•Victoria   (film Victor/Victoria and crossdresser store fave Victoria's
Secret) •Wendy   (well-known synthesizer pioneer and composer Wendy Carlos)

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Types of names which are more common among transgender women

I've noticed that TGs and strippers often gravitate toward similar naming patterns... I'm not exactly sure of the significance of that generalization. They often seem to do with notions of hyperfeminine glamor and skew toward certain socioeconomic groups.

Puns: Anita Drink, Amber Waves, Amanda B. Reckonedwith, you get the idea. Divas: Bette, Whitney, Barbra, Liza, etc. Minerals and gems: Jade, Sapphire, Amber, Crystal, etc. Generally more popular with strippers than trans women, I think. French-sounding names: -ique, -ette, La- etc. which seems linked to... Fashion and luxury names: CoCo, Chloe, Chanel, Tiffany, Lexus, etc.  Pet names: Sasha, Ginger, Fifi, etc. In fact, there's a TG game where you can come up with your drag name by taking a family pet name and either your street name or mother's maiden name.  Soap-opera names: Lexie, Reena, Drucilla, the sorts of names you've probably never heard used for real people.  Alliterative: Repeating beginning letters in a name. For instance, two famous Chicago

I do get a bit annoyed by the "just born" aspect of transgender female names.. It becomes overblown and cliche to read on social networking sites names like, "Louise May". Names should be simple, first and last name.

Of course I took my father's last name. Thank god he didn't name me, the names of his culture are soooo long! I'm so proud to be an American.

well...mine is quite obvious, lol

as a kid and "boys being boys" would tease and call me Michelle which is just the girl version of my birth name (Michael)...I would just smile as it was actually nice to be called that...if only they knew ;)

Quote from: Michelle G on April 02, 2012, 03:53:41 PM
well...mine is quite obvious, lol

as a kid and "boys being boys" would tease and call me Michelle which is just the girl version of my birth name (Michael)...I would just smile as it was actually nice to be called that...if only they knew ;)

I am sure they've matured as adults. You should maybe ask them out to go drink a beer and watch the game, and talk about your ex wives.

I may be the only one that wants to be called something others don't use as a name
still I am making progress on getting others to call me "space"
I did no legal name change, but did something much more useful,
I changed my email address info.

Its not just the trans community that want to pick unusual names. Here in merry old Scotland, my generation (nominally 20-25s) have picked the most unusual and cringeworthy names for their children - theres nothing as embarrassing as hearing a mother in the local supermarket call out in broad Glaswegian "Chardonnay McGlinchy, come here at once!"

At least we get the advantage of common sense and experience to choose something suitable to be known by hehe!

For the record, my name isn't Bexi lol!  :laugh: 

idk. my family are the ones who picked Mikaela Carmelita. i guess it just hppened

Quote from: spacecase0 on April 02, 2012, 05:05:21 PM
I may be the only one that wants to be called something others don't use as a name
still I am making progress on getting others to call me "space"
I did no legal name change, but did something much more useful,
I changed my email address info.

cool name.

Five pages, and not a single Colleen! I only know two others, both Cis. I chose it because it MEANS "girl". When I asked my mom what she would have named me if I was born right, she said she never picked a girl name, she knew she was having a boy. Thanks, Mom... :P

I just took a peak at the Member list and there is exactly one other Deanna listed. Now, I'm sure there are a few others out there who chose Deanna and use a different screen name. I don't know how popular Deanna is in the general TG population or the general population on a whole, but I didn't choose it for popularity or because it was cool, I chose it in honor of a very, very dear friend.

Deanna is a very cute name, I have a cousin, a long time family friend and an old high school friend named Deanna...have good memories associated with that name :)

casca here, but those 3 names are cute

When I was in high school geometry class, I thought that if I ever had a daughter I'd want to name her Cartesian Plane.

I'm weird.

I don't know, a lot of FTMs pick the same names too, notably Aiden (or variations of), Skylar and I've been seeing a lot of Jacks around too. I think it's because before people get involved in a community they like the names, and then when they do it's sort of a name they're already attached to regardless of popularity.

Quote from: spacecase0 on April 02, 2012, 05:05:21 PM
I may be the only one that wants to be called something others don't use as a name
still I am making progress on getting others to call me "space"
I did no legal name change, but did something much more useful,
I changed my email address info.

Space sounds really cool. o.o
I changed my email info, and I know people are picking up on it though only my mother has actually said something. A small yet effective step.

Quote from: cascahawk on April 08, 2012, 01:09:57 AM
casca here, but those 3 names are cute

Casca is my second favorite female name just because of this manga Berserk.  ;D

I like my name, it's androgynous and simple. It can be quick and crazy or slow and natural.

It means "Ash Tree Meadow"

But I don't like being called Ashley.

Pokemon, I CHOSE YOU! :D

Quote from: Annah on April 09, 2012, 08:26:39 PM
Pokemon, I CHOSE YOU! :D

Yeah that's the only problem, especially with ten year old boys :D

Quote from: Ash on April 10, 2012, 02:06:50 AM
Yeah that's the only problem, especially with ten year old boys :D

If it makes you feel any better I thought Annah was just spewing nonsense. Your responding to it made me remember that's the protagonist's name in that game. XD

Ash to me is just this big viking guy I used to know. He bit my neck once and pinched a nerve and half my face was slack for a week. I'm not sure which of us was the idiot in that scenario. :)

Dang Felix. You knew a viking? Nice!

Is there a lot of Thomas's?

I named myself when I was five after this guy

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Quote from: Tom on April 24, 2012, 07:16:37 PM

I named myself when I was five after this guy

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I think I like you even more Tom knowing that you named yourself after a cat.

I did go back and research names that were being used in 1969 when I was born.... That's one thing I think is important.  Not too many "Brandii's" (Note the two "I"'s) back in 69!  LOL.  It should be age relevant.  But of course, I didn't like a lot of those names, so I kept researching until I saw that Aubrey was starting to be used in the late 50's and 60's as a girls name.. (It's roots are of male descent.. go figure).  It was an offshoot of Audrey.  But there was something with that that just clicked....  And it flows with  my last name.

I slept on it for a while, and I still liked it, so here I am!  Aubrey!

Quote from: JasonRX on April 24, 2012, 07:19:20 PM
I think I like you even more Tom knowing that you named yourself after a cat.

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