What makes a good female name for a crossdresser? I don't know if I like Stacy. How do you pick? Any ideas, i would love to hear them. Thanks
What names do you like? My name is the feminine form of my middle name. I do not particularly like the feminine form of my given name, but I do like it as a male name. One way of picking a name is to choose the name of some woman whom you admire or have as a role model.
I have never particularly liked the "trampy" kinds of names that some CD's pick. I think it presents a demeaning view of women. I think a good name for a CD is just the same as a good name for any woman. If you had a daughter what would you name her?
My name is shortened from Genevieve. I've always liked the name so I chose it. When I dscovered that there were other girls with it, I created Gennee (pronounced Jenny).
Gennee
Sara,
The choice is really all up to you. My femme name came from an endearing incident that occurred in my past. Some girls pick the name of a celebrity they might resemble. Other girls use a name they like the sound of. Personally I like Sara. The really cool thing is that you can try on a name for a while and if you decide you don't like it you can change. I know girls that have changed their femme names several times.
Sally
For me, I think the sound of the name is important and I like to choose two femme names that go together, a first and middle name. I used to go by Heather Michelle because I liked the feminine sound of it. I now use the name Dawn Alicia because I like the feminine sound and because it is the name of a woman I admire both in terms of her looks and of the way she dresses. She wears girl clothes very well, has great legs, and looks very sexy in pantyhose!
Louise hit the nail on the head. I always loathed the trampy names, but really if it makes you happy then the opinions of the world won't matter.
Personally I always try to veer away from names that have a phonetic male equivalent. I love the name Dawn but it could easily be read as Don and I hate the idea of anything that would ruin the illusion. (no disrespect meant to you DawnAlicia)
for me the best namy which i took was the name i was supposed to have if i was born a girl ,so for me this was the best choice.phylisanne :D
What exactly is a trampy name?
I chose Colleen because I liked the sound.
I choose the name of a beautiful young lady I knew and respected. For many years I thought of my fem self as Jennifer. In trying to bring the male named Jeff and the female Jennifer both very real and distinct together to make a whole I choose Jody. That was about five years ago. I am in the process of trying to get letters written for HRT. As I was lying in bed last week the name Elisabeth just hit me as a middle name. The gender Therapist was waiting for me to give her my full name both male and female. Without thinking about it I sent her Jody Elisabeth New***. My new initials are JEN. Just thought it was interesting.
To quote the caterpillar "Who are you?"
Sara is pretty, I like it.
Sara, cognate of Sarah: Means "lady" or "princess" in Hebrew.
I was looking up the meaning of another name on a website when I saw Linda, and it struck me as fitting. I choose it because it's linked to my heritage, it's age appropriate, and it's pretty, plain and simple. ::)
I googled what I'd like my first and last name to be, using different last names. Seems every pair I put together had a face to it, already. No bother. I like alliterations, so I think I'll go with Linda Larsen. Linda Lacey sounds sweet, but it might have that "trampy" effect mentioned earlier.
I choose Kourtney. I remember back as a kid i meet a girl online that i got a little bit of a crush on and her name was Kourtney. I loved the name and even tho her and i have since lost contact i keep it. When i found Susans i had found a suggestion to talk using a female name and that was instantly to my mind so i use it.
When you get out and about FT what do want called across the street?
In my case Cindy, has no problem. Big boobs, Honey box. James Bond girls no.
get the idea?
Are you a he, she or undecided? Names only matter when they are used.
If you see yourself as Pussy Galore - go for it. But it may be difficult getting a new credit card :D
Cindy James
After "trying out'' several names over the years I finally decided on Tori Lynn because I could go by the name Tori or Lynn while dressed as a male and still be able to keep my feminine identity even if it is somewhat hidden, and if going by this name raise's eyebrow's so-what.....it's who I really am inside
I chose the name of my first "crush."
Ive used "bethany" for a while but recently Im thinking about changing it to "Stephanie"
Quote from: tekla on December 22, 2008, 12:55:57 PM
What exactly is a trampy name?
Prolly something like Tekla, or Zythyra :D :D
signed
Miss Ann Thrope
The tramp of the month name goes to Bristol Palin this week.
Quote from: ColleenW on December 23, 2008, 09:37:41 PM
I chose Colleen because I liked the sound.
we knew a french girl called that, we always called her Colin and she never realised.
Anastasia came to me one night about 10 years ago. I was surfing on the web, late at night (like now :-\) and went to sign up for a password for a web site. I "dozed off" waiting for the pages to load (this was when 22 k modems were cutting edge). When I woke up I had filled out all the forms with the name Anastasia Lynne. I liked the name and it has been me ever since.
My daughters names are Jennifer and Sarah. I think think they are beautiful, feminine names.
After our second daughter was born 14 months ago, I was talking to my mom about names. She asked me what boy name we had picked. My wife and I agreed on Sarah, but I wouldn't seriously discuss a boys name because I had dreams of a talkative girl, so there wasn't much point in picking a boys name. So I asked Mom what girls name had been picked out for me had I been born a girl. It was Anastasia Lynne. That's when I knew I had the right name. I couldn't tell my Mom about Anastasia, but I has tickled. :angel:
The feminine version of my male nick name was already taken by a shirt-tail relative who is also TG. I remembered the name of the first girl that I had a crush on as a role model (at about age 6), it meant changing the first letter of the first name I picked out, my middle name can be feminized by adding an "a" to the end, and my given surname is common enough that I'm keeping that much to antagonize my transphobic family members. ;D Vicky M.M. the short full version that sounds nice. :angel:
I picked Sarah because to me it is a pretty name, one that sounds soft and feminine.
???My user name is by no means my CD name. My middle name is Gene so Genevieve sounded good and I like it. I guess it depends on the person. My friends are familiar with Genevieve so I am comfortable with that name. I agree with not having suggestive name. It does seem trampy. Mostly I like dressing like a demure, charming lady. There are those occasions when the trollop look seems inviting. Maybe on those occasions I should use a different name. Maybe we can just have as many a.k.a's as we want. That is probably a good option. One CD friend used an old girlfriends name. Now I have confused myself. Have to think of another a.k.a. Talk everyone a little later, ByBy, Genevieve
what ever feels right to you
Here's something everyone should do when deliberately choosing a name: Google the name-- the full name. If there is some dominating celeb or business person with the same name, you may want to try another.
Something else that's fun is doing a Google Image Search of a name. Just searching the first name will be fine. It's amazing the similarities between many people with the same first name. I was considering Alene. Alenes seem to be fairly bland and obscure. Allisons, on the other hand tend to be lively, blonde and successful-- or sometimes porn stars. Lyric is rarely a person's name, so I'm pretty much out of the loop.
Quote from: tekla on December 22, 2008, 12:55:57 PM
What exactly is a trampy name?
I'd guess any name that a stripper might choose.
Quote from: riven_one on August 19, 2009, 10:28:23 AM
I'd guess any name that a stripper might choose.
Or a hooker or a porn star. ::)
Like Jenna, Nina or Tracy?
Quote from: tekla on August 19, 2009, 11:49:35 AM
Like Jenna, Nina or Tracy?
nah...more like Dee Licious or Kandi Kane (actually-I think that one is taken), or Cookie N. Cream. Grrr-now I've gone and made myself hungry!
Yeah but Jenna Jameson is the biggest porn star currently, Nina Hartley was the reigning goddess for a long time (she graduated magna cum laude with a degree in nursing, interesting enough) and Traci Lords was huge too - I don't see them as having a sleezy name, though the Traci spelling is a bit much, I guess its better than Nora Louise Kuzmas, her real name, and I think the stage name came from a Katherine Hepburn character.
If you are in my country (NZ), avoid a double barrelled name. They just come across as pretentious and silly here - like you are putting on airs in a antiquated redneck with money kind of way (or southern american). Or it screams "dude dressed as a lady" which I guess is ok if that is what you want to be seen as. Go for it.
I think just go with what you like.
When I was picking my name, my girlfriend wrote me like a huge list of womens names, and Chelsey and Rose were my two favourites [= I just whammed them together, but I normally just go by Rose because the double barrel sounds a bit pretentious in England too. And I know a girl called Chelsey who really annoys me x]
But yeah, get a big list and see what you like and what you don't like [: Got loads of a choice then. I think if one really suits you then it just kinda sounds right, you know? Good luck ! [:
I chose the name Amy because I know that is my name on the Other Side and wanted to stay with something familiar. Through self discovery I have learned that I am a feminine entity on the Other Side and when this life is over I will go back to being Amy and get to look over this life as quite the experience.
I chose the name that first came to mind..an amalgamation of both my wife's names, which run together very well.
I know its different here in the UK but I find the the use of two female names rather un-convincing - I've never met a Betty-Jo or Peggy-Sue in real life so if you want to be a woman why choose a name that shouts "->-bleeped-<-" in big letters......
Also for some reason ->-bleeped-<-s seem to go for what are considered "tarty" names.
As I say I know these double christian names are more common in the US!
I started off as Toni (guess what my homme name is ....) but that didnt feel 'different' enough.
Went to Antoinette for a while - too lengthy.
I WAS Toni-Annette for a short while (see above).
Then dropped the Toni so now I am just Annette - or Nettie for short.
xx
I looked at a list of the most popular baby's names in the year I was born.
I chose Sandra because it makes me think of summer, rock and roll and the sixties, when I should have been starting down a different road.
Way back when I chose the name "Michelle", as I didn't know anyone with that name and it sounded nice (this was at the time of the Beatles song, so does that date me?), anyway, when I came to New York I discovered that my wifes daughter was named Michele (and she is a ****) sooooo I had to select something that I could be comfortable with, I have no clue where it came from but my neighbor (GG) and I were were trying to figure it out and it just came, I thought it sounded rather unique, so;
"EveMarie Anne S******* " my last name I have decided to use my birth name to honor the passing of my biological father, last April.
Just pick what you like. It may even just come to you out of the blue. The two names that I wrestled with were Kimberly and Pamela. Then one day I decided I would be Kimberly and that was it.
I decided to go with the name my parents were to give me if I had actually been born a girl. I don't know if it was a popular name then but, I do know it didn't have anything to do with that one TV show.
I asked my mother what my name would have been if I was born female and she said it would have been Juanita.
I am not a crossdresser but a MTF with severe GID. I chose my name, Pamela because I knew a beautiful classy middle aged woman named Pam. I aspired to be like her and wanted a "normal" womans name which would not attract attention. I don't dress in womans clothes for fun but to feel normal.
Pam
Several years ago, when I decided that I was crazy enough to actually name the girl that lives inside me, I knew it would be a big deal. I wanted something that was classy and feminine, yet not trashy or trans-ie. I started with a list of about twenty or thirty names that I really liked and narrowed it down to about ten that I thought were pretty good. Then I looked up what each name meant and got rid of a few more. Then I decided, not sure why, that a name that matched my initials would work nicely. As luck would have it, there was only one 'J' and one 'M', so put them together and thus, here I am!