Bleh. If I was born anatomically correct, I would have been named Giselle.
*shudder*
There is nothing more stripper-like a name than that (No offense to any Giselles out there)! :P
To quote a TV ad owl, "The world will never know".
My parents would have named me Nancy. And though I really dislike it, I wish it was my name.
Suzanne. Ewwwww.
My dad's idea anyway. I think my mom wanted to name me after that girl on the King and I who gets executed near the end.
Laura,not really me (nothing against any Lauras)
I was going to be Drew. Not a bad name in my opinion, but since I have a friend named that I went with something else.
I was born out of wedlock and put up for adoption. When I met my mother 40 years later, she said she was going to name me Sheila - I told her I am glad she put me up for adoption because I HATE that name! My sister got stuck with it LOL!
Well, my maternal grandmother was named Anne, and my mother's name is Anita, so she would have continued the trend by naming me Anna.
Sadly, someone else got the name before me.
I actually have no idea, It would be a bit weird for me to ask my parents. I wouldn't mind the name Riley though.
I would have been called Matthew, but shortened to Matt. I don't mind the name at all, I actually considered it, but I wanted a name that began with an 'A', so Alex it is.
I was going to be named Jackson, but then my cousin was named that first, so I would have been named Robin instead.
Penelope or Sibella..
And mum wonders why I didn't give her any input this time around.. lol
I was going to be Karen, but my mom couldn't remember what had been chosen for my middle name.
I like that name, though. I totally could've been a Karen.
Probably something trendy listed in a baby name book- my mom went for that nonsense with both my brother's and my original name. I had 5 people in my graduating class that had my same name, and it wasn't a common name that sticks around over the years.
Or - I could have been (family name) IV ... I thought about doing that when I changed my name but figured it was not my place, and I don't talk to my parents and they don't know about my transition, so I couldn't ask them.
I was going to be called Daniel. However, when my parents renamed me, that isnt the name they chose. I guess I just don't look like a Daniel lol.
My mom said, we never thought of a male name for you, we KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO BE A GIRL.
lame!
Catherine, or Lauren. I used to use the latter name but it was made hateful in my ears by transphobic friends, so when I came out of denial again decades later I picked my current name instead.
I am pretty sure it would have been - yes, You guessed right - Emily ;).
Since I turned out such a disappointment to my mom, they gave me the male version...
I'd have been given the name that my parents later gave my little sister. Obviously that one's no longer an option.
Maddy
Quote from: Kelly the Trans-Rebel on July 29, 2013, 10:57:31 AM
Penelope or Sibella..
And mum wonders why I didn't give her any input this time around.. lol
I think Sibella is a pretty name.
Quote from: -Emily- on July 29, 2013, 02:44:38 PM
I am pretty sure it would have been - yes, You guessed right - Emily ;).
Since I turned out such a disappointment to my mom, they gave me the male version...
Emilio?? (I just guessed lol >.<)
Quote from: ~RoadToTrista~ on July 29, 2013, 04:22:42 PM
I think Sibella is a pretty name.
Emilio?? (I just guessed lol >.<)
No! I would have hated such name :P
Penny Annie.
No. Just. No.
Laura for me too.
I still have not settled on a name yet. Its so very hard to do. ???
I suspect I would have been named Donna after my father seeing as my actual birth name is after my mother.
As for a transition name I am thinking Alice or Allison (my sense of humour probably can't pass that up) if not one of those then Julie or Jenifer
First thing that comes to mind would be Jessica or Denise (I don't know why Jessica but it was the first to come to mind)
Gabrielle. I actually quite like the name, but I have a friend named Gabby and wanted something different. Also being named James my whole life, I had gotten quite attached to the letter J.
I've asked my mom a few times over the years. My name would have been Jennifer. That's the name she always had in mind, since she was little.
Except she says by the time I was born she got so sick of hearing that name she might have named me something else instead. It's kinda sad actually. That was her favorite name. I would have been happy with it. :)
Too bad I never had a sister. I always wanted a sister. She would have had my name. :)
Quote from: CallMeJess on July 31, 2013, 12:44:06 AM
Gabrielle. I actually quite like the name, but I have a friend named Gabby and wanted something different. Also being named James my whole life, I had gotten quite attached to the letter J.
Gabrielle is a beautiful name. I love strong feminine names like that. So graceful. So alluring.
I have two younger sisters, so I imagine I would have had one of their names.
When my wife was expecting our youngest daughter, we knew she was a girl. We could not decide on a name, so we each made a ranked list of ten names. Then we compared the two lists. We had one near-match. My wife had suggested "Page," whereas I suggested "Paige."
We named her Emily. Go figure!
I would of gotten the same name, Jamie. My parents wanted to give me a unisex name, though now Jamie is a predominantly female name in the states. Hence, the name change.
Leah
My mom was kind of bummed I guess at first when she heard I had chosen Jennifer and that it had already been solidified by my friends.
That's when I discovered I could use her name as my middle name... Elizabeth. That made everything a-ok, and I love the way they sound together :)
Jennifer Elizabeth is very cute. :)
If/when I transition I'm pretty much stuck with Ruth as my middle name because it was my grandmother's name. I was born on her birthday so they gave me her maiden name as my middle name. I want to keep the gesture alive and take her first name as my new middle name. But it's a little... old school. lol
But it's the thought that counts, right? It means a lot to me to keep it.
Jillian Ruth isn't very cute, but it's me. So it's all good. ;D
I can't tell you because it's my real name! Lol, I knew what it was since I was young. I used to joke around with my brother and say "I got the cool name, you got the stupid name!" I can't tell you the stupid name because it's not stupid, lol, but I don't want to offend. I love my name, mostly because it fits, but also because it was the name that should have been on my ORIGINAL birth certificate :)
Quote from: Jillian on July 31, 2013, 03:37:57 AM
Jennifer Elizabeth is very cute. :)
If/when I transition I'm pretty much stuck with Ruth as my middle name because it was my grandmother's name. I was born on her birthday so they gave me her maiden name as my middle name. I want to keep the gesture alive and take her first name as my new middle name. But it's a little... old school. lol
But it's the thought that counts, right? It means a lot to me to keep it.
Jillian Ruth isn't very cute, but it's me. So it's all good. ;D
Jillian Ruth has a nice ring to it :)
Quote from: MeghanAndrews on July 31, 2013, 03:42:14 AM
I can't tell you because it's my real name! Lol, I knew what it was since I was young. I used to joke around with my brother and say "I got the cool name, you got the stupid name!" I can't tell you the stupid name because it's not stupid, lol, but I don't want to offend. I love my name, mostly because it fits, but also because it was the name that should have been on my ORIGINAL birth certificate :)
Wow that is pretty great Meghan! I knew that I would have been named Leah at an early age... And despite having confusingly strong daydreams about living as Leah instead, the name just never suited me.
I feel like I just cracked open a time capsule memory bank... I just realized 3 more connections into the early stages of my dysphoria.
Neat! Okay time for bed :)
And by the way, Meghan.... I've seen your videos and I have to say: your name suits you sooo well! I love it.
my mom said if i were to be borna boy she would have named me grey.
which is so bada$$, if i change my name i am so calling myself grey.
she also said eric and kai were oter ones she was thinking of, because honstly she though i was going to be a boy when she was pregnant with me XD pretty funny how that turned out XD she even used to say when i was little if i didn't like my name (my girl one) i could change it when im older. XD
Quote from: Jennygirl on July 31, 2013, 04:03:18 AM
Jillian Ruth has a nice ring to it :)
Thanks. :)
Quote from: BeefxCake on July 31, 2013, 04:35:31 AM
my mom said if i were to be borna boy she would have named me grey.
which is so bada$$, if i change my name i am so calling myself grey.
she also said eric and kai were oter ones she was thinking of, because honstly she though i was going to be a boy when she was pregnant with me XD pretty funny how that turned out XD she even used to say when i was little if i didn't like my name (my girl one) i could change it when im older. XD
Grey is a great name! Original. Your mom sounds really cool. :)
I was curious about this so I checked with my sister. For some reason, I always thought I would have been named Mary, but turns out I would have been named Erica. I'm not really fond of that name.
Quote from: Elijah on July 29, 2013, 12:37:44 PM
My mom said, we never thought of a male name for you, we KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO BE A GIRL.
lame!
Take this and reverse it for me - my mother was single - I was the product of rape - she was sure I was "a boy" she was WRONG! and had only picked out one name never even considered any other :P
I don't know I asked my mom and she never said anything about it.
but if it hadn't been for my brother I would had been asigned something like Josiphine-Esmaralda...
How more femenine can it get???
thanks to my brother I didnt get that name.
I would've been named Peter...everytime I'm nervous about my transition and how good would it be born a cis guy I just remember this name and I feel better xD
I asked them, and at first they didnt know, but eventually they gave me two names they thought about and were high on their list (unsure whether it was on top tho), namely Joris and Berend (:I menotlike)
Joris is a nice name, and I considered it, but it doesnt fit me. And Berend... just dont talk about that one, okay? Lol.
My first and middle names would have been Benjamin Howard or vice versa. They're the names of my paternal and maternal grandfathers, respectively. Part of the reason I chose the name Ben was to honor my grandfather's memory, as well as to keep a part of my family heritage in the name since I may change the last name (not sure on that part yet).
I was going to be a Cameron if I came out a boy. Not a bad name!
If I had come out anatomically correct for how I see myself being, I'm sure my parents would have screamed and demanded corrective surgery on the spot!
I would have been a Michael. I'm not really a fan of the name so I guess in that one small way, it's a good thing I'm not named Michael.
I would have been named Karen and I would definitely choose that name if it wasn't for the fact that I have a sister who took that name, boo... XD
I would have been Shane or Cody with the middle name of Lee. My dad didn't tell me until after I already had my name changed to Simon. If I would have known before I probably would be Shane now.
I asked (woulda loved to be a fly on the wall for that little conversation, but apparently mom was quite open about it) I would've been John (the masculine for my birth name).
(note: "Harry, we do not speak her name." LOL)
--Jay
i would've been named Nathan. And since my mom has said this about 100 times since I officially came out to her (she was there for the doubting part too) and I like it as well I'm using it for now. Although I like Nathaniel too.
My mother would have named me Alessandra, which is what I ended up going by.
Katelynn
I would have been called Gordon. I don't hate the name, but I like the one I picked better.
I've been told either Katherine or Kerry. Katherine is a family name and my mom loves the name Kerry.
I don't know. I have no intentions of asking since that would be a dead givaway that I'm trans given my circumstances. I do know I was originally to be named Ebony though.
Quote from: MrJ on August 07, 2013, 06:58:31 PM
I would have been called Gordon. I don't hate the name, but I like the one I picked better.
These posts are great! Some are really entertaining!!
When I used to do my studies with early childhood education some years ago, I was observing this one boy who had a Chinese name. One day, he knew that I was also changing my name, and because he just didn't like his name anymore, he decided, at 5 years old, to be named 'Gordon' (after the trains, I suppose!).
Funnily enough, my parents and I both came up with Robert Dean [last name], though they planned on calling me Rob. since Robert is my dads name, I decided I'd go by my middle name instead.
I actually asked my mother this awhile back. She wouldn't tell me as she's been "questioning" things with my identity as of late, so she "doesn't want to give me any ideas". My dad said I probably would've gotten the name my brother didn't get, which was Matthew or Timothy. (Which would've been ridiculous as my wife's old name was Timothy.) I'm not really fond of either of them honestly but I'm not fond of my female name either.
Had I been born anatomically correct, my name would have been Brian George. Because I wasn't, my younger brother was named Brian George instead. Lucky me. >:-)
Brian is my biological father's first name & in his family, they address each other by middle name. I can't see myself as a George. :o
CursedFireDean, there must be something to that combination. Both my legal father & his best friend are Robert Dean (last name).
Redmond. It's a nice name - shame it was never mine.
I would've been named Jussi Matias Antero. Three first names. x_x
I would have been called.......
Nadine. Now theres a name I'd have hated. My neice and nephew call me Raven which is one I didn't pick but I wish I had. :p
I actually called to ask but couldn't bring myself to ask. I'm sure I wouldn't have liked it.
I would have been named William. The shortened form "Will" feels like it could be me so I went with it. Theres other names that I like and feel like they would fit me better but I figure if I was born male then I wouldnt have had a choice in the matter so I'll take what I would have been given. Plus I do like that I'm keeping my initials the same.
My parents had to take few days to name me because they thought they will have a son but that didnt happen :( so they never mentioned what male name they wouldve given me but my mom said when i was 3 or 4 i would always introduce myself as their son and i give myself a guy name which was Faisal
i hated (and still hate) my actual female name
I haven't had the guts to ask them yet. It feels too likely to tip them off about me before I'm ready, so it's something I'll mention when I talk to my Father, I feel like I want his blessing before I keep my surname anyways.
Andrea apparently.
I remember when my mother told me about how she was actually pregnant with fraternal twins, but lost my twin sister around 7 months. During the talk she mentioned what my sister's name would of been had she lived.
I took that name. Guess it might seem weird or even creepy, but it felt right to take it. Guess that's the closest to knowing what my girl name would of been.
Lauriane
After my grandmother's name (Lauraine). It's my fall back name. If down the line I end up disliking Alexia, I'll take it instead.
I would have been Michelle they told me when I asked when I was 8 or so...that is the girl version of my birth name.
*Giggle* Well, my version of anatomically correct would probably have been christened "--What?"
But, as a boy I likely would have gotten Alexander or Jackson. Both names I like~
I never asked, but seeing I was originally named after a grandparent, it could have been Caspara (Maternal Grandmother) or Lydia (Paternal Grandmother) or a combination.
James, after my Dad :).
My mom said if I was born a boy, she'd name me Caleb.
=) I would have been called Lucy after my great -grandmother.
I was going to be name Katherine. The doctor actually first identified me as female when I was in the womb. I'm not certain who I would have been named after, but we have all been named after movie stars my mother like.
I would have been named "Louis" after my great grandfather.
I actually asked that question when I was a kid. My parents would have named me Juliana. My sister got that one a few years later.
Gillian is the anglicized version ;)
Would have been Christopher. Luckily my little brother didn't get that name. So I'm Chris. And I picked a middle name that's ancestral. MacGregor.
The doctor told my parents to expect a girl... I think he meant trans-girl though.
They had the name Laura chosen and all ready to go. :( :( :(
I would have been Lisa.
When my brother heard that he teased me for a while by calling me Lisa because I wasn't exactly 'boisterous' as a small child.
Quote from: MacG on February 09, 2014, 10:03:49 PM
Would have been Christopher. Luckily my little brother didn't get that name. So I'm Chris. And I picked a middle name that's ancestral. MacGregor.
I am from the Clan MacGregor. I even have the kilts. (Yes, guy clothes, that's it... I still technically never was a crossdresser. ;))
My mom wanted to name me Adam Samuel S****. She wouldn't have because of the initials, but maybe if she was still married to her first husband I would have been named that.
Quote from: Elijah on July 29, 2013, 12:37:44 PM
My mom said, we never thought of a male name for you, we KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO BE A GIRL.
lame!
Exactly what my parents said.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrgggggghhhh!!!!!!! In a word. Tracy is the answer. YUCK!!!! Apologies to anyone called Tracy. Please don't take it personally. I tried using it at one stage of my evolution. Nearly made me sick. Just something I had to do, in order to cross it off the list.
Just goes to prove, sometimes you have to go through some rough stuff to get to where you want to be.
Huggs
Catherine
If I remember correctly, Julia.
I asked my mother this question and it was the 3rd name on my list (Stacey). The 2nd name on my list was Madison. She said if she could name me now, Madison would be it. That is also the name of my Great Grandfather who was very fond on when I was little. I didn't use Madison, because it was not a popular girls name until the 1980's. Prior to that it was mostly a boys name, so it didn't match well with the year I was born (1970).
I would have been named Sarah Elizabeth (last name).
It's basically the names of my two grandmothers... my maternal grandmother was named Elizabeth, my paternal grandmother was named Sarah. And my mom says that she would have called me "Liz" as a nickname because she really wanted to call me by her mother's name. (Her mother died only a few months before I was born.)
I'm sure I would have been okay with the name had I been born into it, but I'm not really a fan of the name "Sarah." It just seems a little plain to me, and a little too common. I am indeed paying honor to the name Elizabeth, though, with my new chosen name. I LOVE "Elizabeth" as a middle name, and I've loved it ever since Mom told me that that would have been my real middle name. So I'm either going to be "Carrie Elizabeth (last name)" or "Caroline Elizabeth (last name)"
Quote from: Jill F on February 10, 2014, 07:39:58 AM
I am from the Clan MacGregor. I even have the kilts. (Yes, guy clothes, that's it... I still technically never was a crossdresser. ;))
We're probably very distantly related!
I recall asking my dad once when I was a kid what they would have called me if I'd been a boy and he said "Marcus." I like that name, though it's the name of my least favorite uncle. Dad's since denied saying that. So I imagine it would have been James, which is a family name on both sides of my family. I like the name James but not for me. If I have a son I'd consider naming him that.
I would have received the name which my sister (born 18 months after me) got. Would have been Judith Anne. Can't say I feel like a Judith at all! Mind you, if it would have meant being born as a girl instead I would have taken it, beggars can't be choosers!
I actually asked that question when I was younger and they said Michelle which is just the girl version of michael, by then that's who I thought I was any way :)
Apparently I would have been Madeleine, my mom really had her heart set on it. I let my mom name me again anyway and she chose Jennifer this time. Not sure which I prefer really :p Madeleine would have been nice but I really like my name as well and my mom had a really nice reason for choosing Jennifer too :)
Quote from: Catalina on July 29, 2013, 04:28:33 AM
Bleh. If I was born anatomically correct, I would have been named Giselle.
*shudder*
There is nothing more stripper-like a name than that (No offense to any Giselles out there)! :P
No doubt I would have been named "Divine" ...sorry but I could not help myself...LOL
Ok, kidding aside, the name I was supposed to be giving was Genevieve, after the French Canadian actress Genevieve Bujold
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I would of been a Michael
Erin, I like it and I think I'm going to use it :) need a new middle name though...
It's the same name I have legally today, I took the name they would have given me, at their request. I love my name :)
Quote from: MeghanAndrews on February 17, 2014, 04:49:21 AM
It's the same name I have legally today, I took the name they would have given me, at their request. I love my name :)
Same.
First crack at transition I picked the name "Stefani" cuz I picked it when I was really little, but it never really felt right, I just felt obbligated to. My mother asked if she could name me and I refused cuz we weren't getting along at the time. Anyways, fast forward, and I decided to take a new name as I was going forward with my transition and I asked my mom what I would have been and (in lieu of my sisters name, Gioia) I would have been Abby.
Anywhoozle I loved the name and so did my family. It took me a bit to get used to, but now I feel like it fits me perfectly because everyone just calls me that (I really never interacted with people as much as "Stefani"). But, yeahh.
I'm not sure how its spelt, but it litterly sounds like "to buy us" so insta no, plus I'd just have to change it when I moved out anyways to hide from my mom.
I wish I knew, I asked my dad, he "didn't remember" (not sure if serious or not) and mom just cried for a good 20 minutes when I asked her.
Quote from: Xhianil on February 17, 2014, 12:56:44 PM
I'm not sure how its spelt, but it litterly sounds like "to buy us" so insta no, plus I'd just have to change it when I moved out anyways to hide from my mom.
Tobias, like the character Joe Spano plays in NCIS? I thought that was pretty much a guy's name.
I asked my mother this a few weeks before she died.
She said she would have called me Sarah. I asked why and she said it was the name of an older sister I would have had that she miscarried with a year or so before I was born. Then she said that until I was actually born, she thought I actually was a little girl, and had that name all picked out ready. She was one of those parents who didn't want to find out the sex until it was actually born. She said she had a feeling, and was surprised when she was wrong.
I wanted so much to tell her she wasn't, but I didn't.
I'm sorry for your loss and I'm sorry that she didn't get to see the person that you've become :(
HI,
I would have been Jennifer. (Jennifer Lee XXXXXX) My mother and fater were both of English decent. (Hence the JL in JLT) There are actually a number of women with the same that I have googled.
Hugs,
Jen
I remember asking my mum this a while back, out of sheer curiosity, and she told me that my name would have been Rowan had I been MAAB. I contemplated choosing this as my 'new' name, actually, but only for a moment. While I was growing up, there were these two children that I socialized with[not..exactly friends?], the son named Corbin, and the daughter Rowan. Monstrous little children, truth be told. Horribly behaved, particularly Rowan. Soooo, I quickly decided that wasn't going to work xD
In a strange way, I'm sort of glad that I was given the name I was.
Judging by the other names in my blood family, I would have been either something from the bible, or Robert, or Gregory. I would have been fine with any potential name, knowing I could have gotten it changed fairly easily (where I live) if I ever had wanted to. Also it seems most males I know or am related to actually go by nicknames anyhow.
That said, I'm scared to ask my parents what my name would have been. It seems like it would be an incredibly awkward conversation even by email.
Im pretty sure they would have called me Elena , its my grandmothers name :)
still they gave it to my little cousin now :D
Colleen Marie. I discovered this just a few years ago actually. Growing up, whenever I asked I was told they never had picked a female name for me. Not sure why exactly, other than my mom has a tendency to think I would be too sensitive about something for a while and then change her mind and decide I wouldn't be. So growing up I used a different name for myself, but Colleen just seemed to fit better than what I was using and I really like it, so I've decided to adopt it as my name now that I'm planning to transition.
The reason she was going to name me Colleen was because she's never met a Colleen that wasn't a sweet and nice person.
And because the universe likes to mock: Colleen means "Girl" and Marie means "wished for child" So my name had I been born anatomically correct would have essentially meant, "Wished for girl."
Yep.
Jason, according to my mother.
I have never been particularly fond of the name, but I started to truly dislike it when, a few years later, a kid named Jason started to bully me at school.
Danielle appearantly. My father strongly hinted that he'd like me to adopt it as my new name when I came out to him. I'm pretty set on Patricia though, so I'm taking it as a middle name instead.
My parents would have called me Nikolas. I like it, I might choose it as a second name :P
oh wow.. I though I replied to this ages ago (but I just scrolled through and didn't see myself).
My parents probably would have named me Dave. They were going to name my older sister that until she turned out to be a girl. She even had a t-shirt that said "dave" when she was a baby... I think my aunt had bought it. I.... did not name myself Dave. They also didn't even ask me to. I imagine that 20+ years later it didn't so much matter.
Wiley. I'm still debating taking the name on. I'm deciding between Wiley and Kameron.
They would've named me Lewis. OK name, but my brother got the name when he came along.
Kristy. My parents were so sure that I was going to be born a girl that they didn't have a male name as a contingency and my legal name was actually something of an afterthought. I was a teen when my mother told me, and it all made complete sense. In my heart, I'd already known that I should have been born a girl for a number of years by this stage.
At this point, I'm leaning towards not using it as my forename as it is very close to the name they ended up giving my brother (Chris).... But there is still plenty of time to make a final decision on that. :)
Apparently my parents didn't decide on a name till i was born. It seemed like my dad had the final say in names :P My mum wanted Andrew, but he already had a cousin with that name so settled for the name i was given. Asking my mum what she would of named me had i been born a girl, she doesn't know. Same thing happened with my sister, my mum wanted the name Lisa which is both an english and japanese name, but my dad persuaded her to use another name. Not sure how i would feel using the name lisa for myself as it technically wasn't for me. I absolutely love my great grandmother's name and had i had a daughter she would of had her name. I don't know why but i feel bad using her name myself.
If I was born a girl my parents would of given me the same name I have now Nat. Some peoples parents can be real imagenitive. (I guess I shouldn't complain my sister Nikki was getting her name if she was born a boy or a gir)
I don't who/what I am yet. I know that my mom has said that I was going to be named Jimmy no matter if I'd been born male/female/other.
I kind of like that so many parents are choosing names regardless of gender. Thats pretty neat....
Maybe not so much for the "boy named sue" kind of situation, but I guess I don't have too much pity when thats someone's biggest gender related issue in life =p
(I was thinking of sticking with my female name after transition because I didn't hate it or necessarily associate it with femininity... though it was rather feminine I suppose. My mother convinced me not to, and its not something I regret.)
I was named Alicia but by the end of day 1, had a boy name assigned and the rest is ANCIENT history
I would have been an Alexander James ... I kinda like the name alex as it is kinda gender neutral and also being shortened to AJ would have been cool
I would have been Robyn, don't know what the middle name would have been, however like most of the other females in my family, (cousins, aunts and grand mothers included) I probably would have changed it to something else.
i honestly wouldn't know since my mother already knew that she was having a boy. i chose Lavinia for my name though i don't think my mom would of chose that one but i like the name and its from a different language.
I tried subtly asking my mother about this a few weeks ago, and it turns out they didn't know my gender beforehand (well I suppose they still don't :P) and yet didn't have any names ready, my mom named me on the spot. Thanks for the help mom ::)
I asked my mom to name me when I came out to her and she said Michael or Paul. Thank god I dodged that bullet. I don't think I'm a Michael or a Paul!
My parents knew I would be born as a boy so they didn't bothered thinking of a female one.
Drove my mother mad trying to find it out (I was arround 8 years old).
Interestingly, my parents were expecting a boy. I wonder to this day what they saw on the ultrasound... Even though I was born a "surprise" girl, they named me after my father anyway, with a supposedly gender neutral spelling of Randahl. I've always liked my name, and consider myself blessed to have a name that matched me from the get-go.
This thread title drives me nuts every time I see it. The English teacher in me is squirming over that first verb. I really have a hard time letting things go...sigh.
Well, since the sonogram said I was suppose to be a boy, I would have been named after my dad, which his name is James. I would have wanted to change it anyways cause I don't like common names so much. i know like 5 dudes names james
I would have been named Robert or Patrick :P
My mom told me I would have been Joshua. I feel like asking her what my little sister would have been named had I been cis out of curiosity (since Joshua was on the list of names for her at the time).
I'd have been Coleen. Ironically, my mother recently told me that when I was born, she was totally in shambles at the hospital because I was born a boy. She wanted two daughters...
I think I answered this already, but I woulda been named Julia
My parents say they cant remember :I dont know if thats a lie or not. They did think I was going to be a boy though.
My mom would have named me Penelope.
Chiara... It's an italian name and it means light (which is cool because my male name has the same meaning)!
Well now my youngest sister has this name so I'm not gonna use it, and I don't even like it so that's even better xD I know though that they also like Serena or Sofia (which I like too, so I might take one of those two when I legally change my name), and I know that they would have used those two in case they had other girls.
My mother doesn't know what to have called me as a boy because she knew I was a girl. :/
My mom says she would've named me Kevin .-.
Roxanne. My Mom told me this when I was very young, and I never forgot. She liked the way "Roxi" sounded (Roxanne abbreviated, obviously), and so that is my name. I personally love it and think it fits me better than my other name ever did.
My real name is Chaz but if I would have Ben a girl my name would have Ben Lacy my parents are no help so that's why I have my name kassie
Joey, i kinda like it o_o
My parents would have named me Jessica, which is what I'm going by. I love the name. Actually, they gave me a good male name too. I'd be happy with that too if it fit me more. It just means I won't be too bothered when people get my name wrong.
I'd likely be Caitlin, which isn't bad its just too common.
My mother and I had this talk years ago and she told me I would have been named Heather Michelle so that's the name I go by and will have as my legal name when I do the change. My mum named me once, it's only right she get to do so again. :)
Growing up, I frequently asked my mom what my name would've been if "I'd been born a boy". It was Benjamin, which I chose because I like it and it felt right to honor my parents' choice. My middle name, James, I took after my father's middle name.
James, as it turns out, was going to be my middle name had I been born with male bits. I kept meaning to ask my mom but never got around to it. It was a choice between Richard (my dad's first name, brother's middle) and James, and James just sounded better. But yeah, inadvertently picked the exact name I was going to get if I'd been born with the right bits. I find it pretty funny, actually.
We were both named after grandparents, so I suppose I would have been named Zaidee or Emma. Yikes for the Zaidee but i rather like Emma.
My Dr told my mom that I was a girl the whole time so she was pretty set on Karlie.
So when I was born I was technically named Karlie, but my mom had to choose a new name obviously.
She grabbed a bible, dropped it on its spine on the table and it opened to Matthew, and thats that...a bible decided my name, and gave me a terrible one, why couldn't it have been like Genesis, or friggin Corinthians. Life is cruel haha
If I was a girl my name would have Ben lacy but no luck
I already answered this, but as time goes by I have an increasing desire to ask my parents. It would be great if there was a way to communicate with them about just this question and not deal with anything else. I'm pretty sure my dad chose my first name and my mom chose my middle name, but he was a recent convert to protestantism at the time so I think his choice was unrelated to family history. As the firstborn female I was given the middle name that all the family matriarchs had, but it bothered me and I couldn't keep it.
My dad never had any (apparent) boys, and he doesn't even seem to like pets or video games or anything else where you give names, so it's hard to know what kind of name he might have chosen.
I would've been named Elizabeth Anne if I were born right the first time around. I like it, but didn't like it enough to go with that one. I went with a different one, instead.
Seeing as I was named for my Biological Dads side of the family, I'd imagine probably Melinda, Katherine, Marion or Patience after my Mom's side of the family. However; since my Mom never had to consider the option of a girl name she didn't have on set aside. I imagin if she had time to think on it she'd come up with something.
My name would've been David if I'm remembering correctly but I'm too attached to the name I got (Julia), so I go by Jules or Jay.
The people I'm biologically related to told me my name would have been Amber. I like the name Amber and I even thought about using it at one point but I like the name Keira to much so I use it. Though the name I was given is a unisex name I don't like using it.
My father is quite proud of his Scandinavian roots, so my parents had planned to call me Freya. ^^ I thought about using it after I came out, but I figured it was a little bit too exotic to use as a first name if I didn't want to draw attention to myself, and I had another name I wanted to use for personal reasons besides. So instead, I took Freya as my middle name as a kind of tribute to my parents for all the support they showed me after I came out. My old middle name had Scottish roots rather than Norse, so my name shifted from reflecting one side of my heritage to the other. ^^''
My dad would have named me Georgeanna.
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Such an awful name that it almost makes me glad I was born the wrong gender. :P
I would have been Sophie :) It's a pretty name but I prefer names that are less common.
Haha, my biological mom said she would've named me "David Alexander". I'm not really one for two-names-in-one, and I always liked the name Alexander anyways, so that's... what my name ended up being!
I'm pretty sure my parents would have still named me the same. They're hippies and pretty cool about androgynous weird naming (my dad especially). My birth name is Indigo and I like it enough I'm keeping it as my middle name
Either Kimberly or Joyce. I don't know if I would want to be known as either. Kimberly would probably fine if that's name of my little sister so it would be weird to think of myself by that name.
Elizabeth Rose was what my parents wanted for a girl. Elizabeth after the Queen and Rose for my Grandmother's name.
We have a tradition of D's Donna, Donald and Darrol. I am reasonably sure I would have been Dawn from the get go.
Sabrina, kinda like it even though I chose a different name when I did all my legal stuff.
I talked to my mom about this and she always liked Susan, but my Dad's brother named their youngest Susan and she was born before me, so that was off the table. More than likely I would have the name my sister has, since she was born 2 years later. I am kinda glad I don't have that name ;)
My mom likes the name Sarah, which is fortunate for me even though she freely admits that she would not have named me that. Not that she had much say when I transitioned. What can I say, I have good taste...LOL ;D
It was my dad who named me, and he has a habit of naming his sons after other people like rock stars, so I dread to think.
The great thing about all this nonsense happening to me was that I have a legit excuse to name myself whatever I want.
Josephine Marie. Named for the feminine version of my great grandfather and the middle name for my great grandmother. I remember that from a conversation my mom and one of my aunts had when I was little. My would have been a girl name burned into my memory. :)
My name was going to be Nancy. They believed, up the point that I was born that I was a girl (technically, they weren't wrong). It was my grandmothers name and she had died like 3 years before I was born.
I honestly do not know the answer to this one, they never told me what my name wouldve been if I had been otherwise and now I cant even ask my parents at all...they wouldnt dignify me with an answer because they know me as I am and thats that.
If I had to guess it'd be something fancy, my brother's name is Wesley so my parents are very fond of less than common names.
It doesnt matter now, though. I like my name now more than before and all it is is an alternative to my birth name
Quote from: Selena on December 29, 2016, 09:44:38 PM
My name was going to be Nancy. They believed, up the point that I was born that I was a girl (technically, they weren't wrong). It was my grandmothers name and she had died like 3 years before I was born.
Forgot about it until I saw this but my mom had told me that when she was pregnant with me her doctor told I was going to be a girl. Don't know what they based that on 50 years ago but as you say they, technically were right.
Name was going to be Robin Rae if the right body had come out.
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I ended up with my name as Anastasia due to a late internet session. I was very tired, out of it and a site wanted my femme name. I used Anastaia, just seemed right. Years later, after my daughter was born, and we had only picked out a girls name, (somehow, I knew that was all we needed), I asked my mom what my name would have been if I had been a girl. She told me Anastasia, after my great grand-mother (b.1877, d.1980). I have always thought it strange that I used the name I would have had if I had been born correctly as a girl.
This among everything else I wanted to discuss about 'questioning' were forbidden.
I probably would've had the first name 'Marie' like all women on my mothers side though..
According to my mom, it would have been Lori Ann. They gave that to my sister who was born a little over a year later. Hugs
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Cassandra, Penelope or Zoe.
I tried Cassandra for a while, but it just didn't stick mentally, and no way in hell am I a Penelope. And I used to know a Zoe, so that'd be weird.
There are some female names I used online, back before I knew I was trans. There's Aoife, which is a great name, and I love the odd spelling. I used to use a female variant of my given name a lot too.
I'd have been called Liam, but my brother's middle name is William so it would be kinda weird to call myself that I guess
My name would have been Rachel after my great granny!
I asked my mom and she never gave me a clear answer xD
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Based on tradition my middle name would have been David after my Father, but no idea on first name. My current name is the Masc version of my birth name, because it is comfortable and the nickname is gender neutral.
Fredrick Martin and I would have been a jr. after my dad. My brother would have been the one with a different name then. Probably something cooler.
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I was a bit horrified to learn my name would have been Bart ??? which is short for Bartek or Bartosz, the polish version of Bartholomew. All I can think of is Bart Simpson :o
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Fredrick Martin and I would have been a jr. after my dad. My brother would have been the one with a different name then. Probably something cooler.
I never understood why some parents choose to call their kids "their name + junior" It always seemed to me like pushing your kid into your shadow and not giving them their own identity.
The Spanish version of "Luke Roderic" .... my female names actually have more of a spiritual meaning in many senses.
Definitely Pauline, I've 3 older brothers and the last born, so when I arrived my mother was certain a girl had finally arrived and was disappointed so had to shorten the name she had picked out to Paul removing the ''ine'' from my name, but then 18 years later when I transitioned to female, I added ''ine'' to Paul and finally became Pauline, I believe I always Pauline and just had some surgical procedures to correct the mistake at birth.
I would have been named Grace - cute name i think, but didn't work for me now.
I was told mine would have been Savanna
I should have said in my earlier reply that when my father went to register my birth name, he had thought my mother was talking about a particular name and registered it accordingly only to come home and find out he has screwed up. I was never meant to have the male name I had and would have been Elizabeth Kate it they had known I was a girl.
My Family and everyone always called Me Chris because that's My name. But Mom also also called Me Crissy! Loved it when she did. Had an issue in HS about that with a friend that heard Her call Me that. My response was My Mom gave Birth to Me and so She can Me what ever She wants! It stopped then and there!!
Ashley, the exact same name I have now. Infact, my male name came from another form of the name Ashley xD I think my parents assumed they would have a baby girl
I would have been named Rory. My parents didn't know what gender I would be when I was born.
I am unsure. My parents name me after both of my grandmothers.
The first name of my mother's mother, and the middle name of my fathers mother... Maybe a masculine version of both perhaps? My parents never talked about what they would name me if I was a male at birth.
My birth name is Angela Louise.. so perhaps Aneglo Louis? Something like that perhaps? I don't feel like an Angelo though lol.
no idea, and since my parents split when i was really little, i don't think i can use their other kids' names as an indicator to what kind of name it might have been. they went in pretty different directions after me... though it is kind of amusing to speculate whether i'd have been the "little john" instead of my (half) brother, who was named after my dad because he was his first son (as far as he knew, anyway).
the only time i ever asked my parents anything like that was to ask if they had actually wanted a girl, which of course they assured me they had. no one is going to tell their five year old they wished they were the opposite gender. but being a small child, i took their word for it and thus the question of what might have been was never brought up. if they wanted a girl, then as far as i was concerned, that meant there was no unused boy name floating around anyway.
i'd be tempted to ask my dad now, though i'm not sure how i'd word the question. he doesn't really understand the whole gender thing and still seems to be under the impression that i'm just a lesbian. i'd never ask this to my mom, though. she'd probably throw a fit at the mere mention of it.
HAHAHAHA I would have definitely been named after Dolly Parton my mothers favourite country singer or one of the other female country singers lol Loretta or something hahaha ;D
I fantasized about being a girl when I was a young kid and dressed up in my mother's underwear when no one was home through puberty. I then repressed my feelings until recently. Weirdly, my mother told me several times that if I was a girl (I am the youngest of three boys) my name was supposed to be Karen. I guess she wanted her third child to be a girl, which makes me wonder about the whole nature nurture thing.
I was passing by this thread and something occurred to me. My sisters had names like Patricia and Jacqueline. My brother's had biblical names, James and John. My name, Dion, is not biblical. Did she intend to name me Dion regardless?
haha, i was right: my name would have been john jr ("little john"). i asked my dad today. i wonder what my brother's name would have been if i'd taken that one...
Jessica-Louise, the very name I'm using now. Mum would have called me that had... Things worked out differently.