Community Conversation => Non-binary talk => Topic started by: Jillieann Rose on December 25, 2006, 06:30:13 AM Return to Full Version
Title: Names For Different Genders Sides
Post by: Jillieann Rose on December 25, 2006, 06:30:13 AM
Post by: Jillieann Rose on December 25, 2006, 06:30:13 AM
In another posting Marq and Mia said
This got me thinking about my name Jillieann.
I also seemed to became more real when I gave myself a name.
But I also have a third name that I call myself. This name is the one I use to encompass both of us (Jillieann and JR). It can be either and male or a female name so it is approprate for both of us.
Jillieann is a combination of Jill and Ann two of my favorite people (family members names). My middle name is Rose named after my loving grandmother that I now realize I look allot like when dress as a female.
JR is my first and middle intitals of my birth name.
It has been said to know someones name is to have power over or to have influence on them.
But when I gave my female side a name she became a very large inflence on me and my future.
Go figure.
:) :)
Jillieann and JR
QuoteI hit a new level of balance when I actually gave them their own names, more specifically Mia who had been the silent partner for most of our life spreading influence without any of the credit. I gave her credit finally and everything connected suddently.
This got me thinking about my name Jillieann.
I also seemed to became more real when I gave myself a name.
But I also have a third name that I call myself. This name is the one I use to encompass both of us (Jillieann and JR). It can be either and male or a female name so it is approprate for both of us.
Jillieann is a combination of Jill and Ann two of my favorite people (family members names). My middle name is Rose named after my loving grandmother that I now realize I look allot like when dress as a female.
JR is my first and middle intitals of my birth name.
It has been said to know someones name is to have power over or to have influence on them.
But when I gave my female side a name she became a very large inflence on me and my future.
Go figure.
:) :)
Jillieann and JR
Title: Re: Names For Different Genders Sides
Post by: Mia and Marq on December 25, 2006, 06:26:08 PM
Post by: Mia and Marq on December 25, 2006, 06:26:08 PM
I know it does seem like such a simple thing, a name. It doesn't usually seem like it means a lot but when you don't have one, its a big deal. I didn't really give my male name much more thought then just assuming the name I went by would be my male name, Marq. As for female name, I was going to settle on Nadia but thought it was just a little too exotic and Mia was short, simple, and beautiful.
We don't have a name to kind of collaborate us both, and in general we just use Marq unless the person knows us good enough to discern between us.
Marq and Mia
We don't have a name to kind of collaborate us both, and in general we just use Marq unless the person knows us good enough to discern between us.
Marq and Mia
Title: Re: Names For Different Genders Sides
Post by: Shana A on December 26, 2006, 05:10:46 PM
Post by: Shana A on December 26, 2006, 05:10:46 PM
I think naming is a very powerful and honoring act. Although I like my birth name, it felt really great to create my own name that didn't have any specific gender attribution associated with it.
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Title: Re: Names For Different Genders Sides
Post by: Casey on December 26, 2006, 06:23:28 PM
Post by: Casey on December 26, 2006, 06:23:28 PM
I found it easier to explore my feminine side when I gave it/her a name: Shari Ann. Likewise, I felt a lot more natural exploring first my genderqueer identity and then my androgyne identity when I took on a new name: Casey Morgan. I like the two names together but Morgan reminds me of, uh, Morgan Fairchild (yeah, that's it) and Morgan Freeman (how the heck did Easy Reader become an Oscar winner?). I went to school with a girl named Casey (we were at the same bus stop), and in what I'm sure will surprise no one Casey as a male name is for Casey (Kevin Spacey) from Outbreak.