Did you immediately feel like it was your name? And when you told people you chose that name, did you feel embarrassed? How many names did you go through before finding the right one?
Quote from: Everyone on December 29, 2010, 12:28:59 AM
Did you immediately feel like it was your name? And when you told people you chose that name, did you feel embarrassed? How many names did you go through before finding the right one?
I think the name chose me, it was my one and only choice.
Only ever went through 2. My original name was Alexander but it was chosen for me & I like Alexander specifically not Alex which is what almost everyone called me so it's now a middle name. But man when I found Michael, it just felt right. I felt embarrassed for deciding on a different name after everyone was finally getting used to Alexander but that's about it.
I had, had a few names in mind, i went on yahoo answers and asked what people thought my name was, I got someone who said Elijah, and it just hit me that that was my name. I loved how it sounded, I loved how it was spelled. I used it in college, and i remember one moment where a girl called out my name, and I remember loving how it sounded, loving how it sounded when refereed to me. I used the name for about a year, and had it legally changed over the summer, it just fits.
There wasn't ever really an "Aha! That's my name!" moment for me. I just picked one I liked and decided that I could see myself still answering to it in 20 years.
After I picked my name, I never changed it again. I decided I'd rather wait awhile and pick one I could stick with than be the guy who went through seven different names in a month. Consequently, it took me a long while to pick a name, which apparently caused people to doubt how serious I was :-\
I was probably way more embarrassed than I should have been when I had to tell people what name I picked. I do this ridiculous thing where I get worked up about telling people anything that I had to decide. This has included: what name I picked, what my favourite band is, what I would like to name my cat, etc. Something about having decided it by myself makes me significantly more fearful of people saying they don't like it, and I start doubting myself. I've occasionally been told that my self esteem and confidence leave some to be desired ::)
I just fell in love with the name after seeing Rocky Horror. I have always like Susan Sarandon. Even my ex thought it fit me.
My middle name is an honor to my ex.
I have always loved the name Vince (not Vincent). Its my brother's name too, and I just really love it. I have for a while now. So I just thought I should rename myself Vince.
I immediately felt like it was my name. I don't want to be called anything else, except by my mom. She still calls me Caitlynn, mostly because she doesn't know I am a Transgender (Haven't come out yet to her. Hehe).
Vince feels so natural for me.
I never felt embarrassed when telling people my name, because it is who I am.
I went through only one name before picking Vince, which was Axl. But Vince seemed to fit me better. (:
I think my full name will be changed to Vince Axl Curtis. (:
Hey Vince, you wouldn't happen to be a fan of '80s metal would you? ;D
I sort of went through three different names. It's a weird story.
When I was in fourth grade, I started attending a different elementary school and didn't know anyone there, so I sat alone at recess. Then this boy named DJ started talking to me, and I would pretend I was him in our conversations...I don't know how to explain it, like I said, it's weird. I always used to narrate my life in my head, in the third person, using male pronouns but no name; I guess I realized I needed to call myself something, and I figured if I had been born male like I was supposed to I would be like DJ. I dropped that pretty quickly though, it definitely didn't last for more than a year or two.
Then in sixth grade, I was browsing a baby names website and kind of arbitrarily picked the first one that sounded cool. I got my friends to call me by it but it didn't really feel like me. The big problem was that it was really uncommon and it got boring explaining its origins over and over. In the middle of seventh grade, I decided on another name and I've been using it ever since. It's definitely the right one. I didn't go looking for it--it just kind of chose me. And even now, five/six years later, it feels good to hear it.
Why....yes I am! Vince Neil and Axl Rose. :O
But also, my brother's name IS actually Vince.
Haha nice! I thought so when you mentioned Axl. I dig Motley, and GnR is good for the most part too. What's it like having the same name as your brother?
Quote from: Vince1995 on December 29, 2010, 01:46:28 AM
Why....yes I am! Vince Neil and Axl Rose. :O
But also, my brother's name IS actually Vince.
Is it odd for you to have the same name as your brother?
Not odd or weird at all guys. (: Most just seem to like to call me Axl. Probably so they don't confuse us.
Sounds like you make quite the duo ;D
Haha yeh, I guess. He just inspires me and I love him so much. I look up to him a lot, and he is helping me come out as a Transgender.
What was it like when you found the perfect name for yourself?
It was raining, and I was in the redwoods, just like it was, and where it was when I met the first Tekla for the first time.
Don't mean to invade here but thought I'd join in :)
I ran through a bunch of names and it took me a couple months at least to go through the endless amounts of them that are out there but Isabella just stuck in my head the entire time. I think it sounds classy and intelligent but also young and fun. I love the nicknames that come with it too, like Izzy and Bella. I think my name was inspired some by Izzie from Grey's anatomy who happened to be my favorite character.
Anyway, I can see myself still loving the name in twenty years and that's important. I didn't chose it, it chose me! :D
But to be honest sometimes I am a little embarrassed to use the name, not because I don't absolutely love it but because I don't think I pass so when I use a really feminine name I feel a little awkward.
I didn't have a problem, I always loved the name I chose for myself, so it was quite easy to decide actually.
I don't know, it was just there and it seemed the appropriate/logical choice.
That's all.
Fits me too.
Even if I still get the occasional "Gruber!"
I've always liked the name Elias. It has the same initial as my older, longer, female name, and there is a cool trans character named Eli in a book/film called Let the Right One In. I... I simply felt that calling myself Elias felt nice, it felt like the name fit me, somehow.
I'll keep the initials E.C and my middle name shall be Cornelius. Then I've also kept the pattern of having at least one uncommon name, people have commented on my female name and its rarity before. Elias is not as rare, but it feels like it's my name regardless.
I really tried to choose other names. But Elias was the right one, it was just like it stuck to me somehow. Like the pronoun "he"; it felt good, it felt right.
I had gone through a couple ideas and had actually settled between two. Buy then my mom told me what she would have called me and I've decided to go as that. Haven't come out yet to anyone but my girlfriend though
My female name was always a pain--people mispronouncing and misspelling it my whole life. Always having to correct people. YUCK. >:(
I wanted to make up for that "curse" with my guy name. Easy to remember, easy to pronounce, easy to spell. Just wanted it simple. And it seemed to fit as soon as I thought of it. I remember sending an email to my gf with some possible ideas, and she liked my number one choice, so that sealed the deal.
And she never forgets to call me--Andy!!
The name felt right when I chose it. It is a bit embarrassing to tell people who know me as a girl because they always ask why I picked that name.
I've gone by...six other names, I think. If I counted right. I tried to go by Alexander because that was the name my mom had planned to give me because she thought I was going to be born a boy, but the name didn't fit. Actually, I didn't even really like the name Devyn until I started to use it.
My female name is so girly. >>
Quote from: LordKAT on December 29, 2010, 12:36:05 AM
I think the name chose me, it was my one and only choice.
Pretty much this. I did consider others, but always came back to the one I chose.
Jay
Quote from: Janet Lynn on December 29, 2010, 12:51:32 AM
I just fell in love with the name after seeing Rocky Horror. I have always like Susan Sarandon. Even my ex thought it fit me.
My middle name is an honor to my ex.
Janet Lynn was also an olympic figure skater.
Jay
I knew Zack was the name for me as soon as I thought of it, and my mate even text me out of the blue a day later saying I'd suit the name Zack, I tried it out for 6 months around close friends and still loved it and it felt right, so I legally changed it about a week ago.
I was tempted to change it to the name my Mum would have chosen because she's been so supportive ever since I came out but unfortunately the name she would have chosen is one of few names that I can't stand haha.
There was this student at work, they jelled NIGEL at him and I went 'ho, yeez how could I'v been so dumb, thats needs to be my name !'
I found myself a moron because the name had been under my nose all the time. I'v had a character named Nigel since I was like 16 or so. Atm I'm still choosing, I have a list but meh, Nigel keeps winning.
I tried Aiko and my friends love it, but I became unsure because its a japanese girl name. Now there are 2 things I currently do not want ; any connection to wapanese (besides what my avi looks like I'm not a big anime/manga fan) and a name thats actually for a girl.
Online, I do like Aiko. Odly enough I was supposed to get that name if I where biologically male. So I would have still been a boy with a girls name !
... only a slightly less irritating name then I have now.
I didn't want to change my first name, so I just mascilinized it to Terrence. Middle name was the real kicker, spent months and months going over options, then one day Daniel hit me, so tht's it unless parents suggest something different in the next week.
I originally thought that I wanted the name Chase, but it never felt right. I changed it to Lee after a few days going off of my given middle name (Leigh), as I couldn't come up with a masculine version of my first name (Kimberly). I'm still stuck on a middle name, and I think I'll give my parents a vote on it.
I'm still deciding on what to change my name to. Once my mom told me that had I been a boy they had planned on naming me Jacob, and I do like 'Jake', so I'll most likely change my first name to Jacob and keep my current first name as my middle name.
I'd thought about keeping my first name as it is, but 'Lindsey' is pretty much an exclusively female name in the states, and my middle name has to be changed anyways, it's 'Leigh'. Aside from being a very feminine spelling, I always thought 'Lindsey Leigh' sounded remarkably hillbilly-ish.
I've wondered this myself. My preferred name is short for my birth name and people already call me it. So I don't know. I've thought of changing my last name, but no clue to what. Right now it's long, very German, and I've never met anyone else with it.
It was a long, long process. At first I wanted a slightly gender neutral name, so I could still use the name even if I wasn't passing mid-transition. So I compiled a list - Ashton, Logan, Jordan, mostly.
Then mom gave me a long list of what names she'd like me to have. I was presented with a bunch of crazy names that would have gotten me beaten up in school. Ramses, Nigel, Salvador, Aimhirghin (pronounced Ae-ver-gin), Picasso. I narrowed it down to Nikolai, Trevelyan, Alastair, Harrison, and Kieran. Strangely, I went with the odd one out - though Alastair was a very close second. And my middle name was then Sebastian, that just came naturally to me for some reason.
It took a while for it to feel completely right, partially because it's not accurate to my heritage, but now I'm happy with it. I'm just picky because I've used too many pseudonyms for too long.
I've always loved one male name throughout my life, and before I ever embarked on transitioning, it was the only name I'd ever consider naming my son. My originial name was unique and everyone loved it, but it was terrorizingly feminine. I hated to see it written or hear anyone say it out loud, it never felt like me (The name is Jandi. I've never had the pleasure of meeting anyone with the name, but I know they're out there). For me, the only name I could ever go by was Jackston. I love the simplicity of the name Jack, and Jackston sounds so perfect for me.
Not to mention, my first initial will stay the same so I keep the lineage of J male names in the family.
I've always loved Caetano, who's a famous singer in my country. But I talked to some friends and we start to say a lot of name to see if I could see myself being some of them.
Then someone said Marcelo and I really liked it, it felt like me, for the first time, 'cause I hate my birth name.
It feels really good to say to people that my name is Marcelo Caetano, and even more amazing when people talk to me and say my name. I feel truly happy!
I went by Gus for a while, but no one but me and my [now ex] gf seemed to like it, and she may have only liked it for my sake. I'm pretty sure I'm still in her phone as Gusgus, and if she were to call me that today I'd respond. I'd definitely consider it as an alias in the future. Seeing as my family despised the name I decided to continue my search. Eventually I came across Rowan. It was the perfect because its uncommon without being weird. It also conveniently was similar to my old name [Rosey which I still willingly and gladly go by (yes I'm odd in that way)] although that was not a direct aspect in my decision making process.
When I first called myself Rowan in my head it just clicked, and I felt kind of like an ancient gnome warrior of sorts. Proud in some odd way. [proud may be the wrong word, but it was a similar such feeling.
I didn't feel weird telling people my new name except that I didn't want them to think I chose it just because of its similarity to my "old" name.
Everyone thinks my name is awesome, and so do I.
Quote from: Tad on December 29, 2010, 01:45:11 PM
I didn't want to change my first name, so I just mascilinized it to Terrence. Middle name was the real kicker, spent months and months going over options
Me too, I just used the masculine form of my first name. I wanted to keep my initials and it was kind of a pain to think of a middle name that started with the same letter. I've finally found one that I like, though. At first I had thought of my favorite names, because I have favorite boy names and I'd used to think "If I'd been born a boy, I'd wish my name was _______!" But when it came down to it, much as I liked them, they just didn't seem right.
Quote from: Nikolai_S on December 29, 2010, 02:56:23 PMThen mom gave me a long list of what names she'd like me to have. I was presented with a bunch of crazy names that would have gotten me beaten up in school. Ramses, Nigel, Salvador, Aimhirghin (pronounced Ae-ver-gin), Picasso.
LOL! Do we have the same mom? My mom said she would've named me something like Wolfgang or Torvald if I were born male, if not for my dad ;D
Well, when my mom was pregnant, she would pick out potential names and then use them for a week or so, pretending like she's talking to me, or yelling at me, stuff like that, to decide what name she really liked. I took a page out of her book, and when I was signing up for various websites and forums, I varied between names (Robert, Alexander, James, and Seth were my top choices). On forums, people would address me by the name I'd chosen, and I thought about which name I really liked being called. I originally wanted to have my mom pick my name out for me, as she has more experience in that area, and I wanted her to feel included, but at this point, I'm rather attached to "Robert". I'll let her pick out my middle name, though.
When I finally decided on Robert, it was kind of a feeling of "this is right", you know? Like, my whole life, I've been called a name, and it was just a name. But now, THIS name, feels like it's what I should always have been called.
Quote from: Everyone on December 29, 2010, 02:18:21 AM
Is it odd for you to have the same name as your brother?
Hah haa hah...I can relate to this one... I am a Twin [male born in tha' wrong body], and my twin is a bio-male...my mother only thought she was having one [my brother was covering me] so when he was born she named him Adrian...well when they were about to clean her up...lo' and behold herr I come....they asked her what did she want to name tha' child [not specifying that there was a second child] and she told them' "I told you " well tha' rest is history...my brother and I share tha' same name except his is spelled, the masculine form and mine is spelled the fem form with an "ne" at tha' end....soo all I did was take off tha' "ne" and now I just use tha' masculine form as well ...twins go figure! ::)
P.S. Don't I look like an Adrian...? believe me when I tell you...I fit tha' name better than me bra' tha...!!!
I actually was pretty lucky to mostly inherit one of the very male family names from my favorite part of the family, honestly. My grandmother kind of butchered it because she wanted to have her sister's name as my middle name (I would have been like Such-and-such the Seventh, which would have been cool as hell).
I'm thinking of either switching it back to the name I would have been given if my mom hadn't given in and switched the middle name. I'm keeping an open mind though, especially with the names Donnie and Jan. I hope that I'll have an epiphany about it. :/
Had I been born male I woulda been called Samuel Montgommery. Not my cup of tea.
Quote from: phoenixflorida on December 29, 2010, 04:24:22 PM
LOL! Do we have the same mom? My mom said she would've named me something like Wolfgang or Torvald if I were born male, if not for my dad ;D
Hehe, weird coincidence. If I was born male, I would've been Tristan or Brennen, but mom saw this as an opportunity to use the names she couldn't before because she feared I'd be bullied.
Of course, her favourite names for me as a girl were all gender neutral - Taylor, Jordan, Parker -
except for the one she actually chose, which is so female it doesn't even have a male variant. Lucky me. *sigh*
I changed my name from Karen to Leigh many years ago through choice. Since it is a kind of androgynous name I didn't feel the need to change it again when I followed my true gender orientation.......I think another name change would be too confusing for everyone including myself, lol....
I still can't understand how can be so easy to change name in US, and so hard here in Brazil.
Here, we have a long way to go and only a judge can say if you can change your name and gender after like 5 or 7 year of battles, and depending on the judge, you can't and that's the final word.
It really makes me angry!
Quote from: Marcelo Caetano on December 30, 2010, 04:53:32 PM
I still can't understand how can be so easy to change name in US, and so hard here in Brazil.
Here, we have a long way to go and only a judge can say if you can change your name and gender after like 5 or 7 year of battles, and depending on the judge, you can't and that's the final word.
It really makes me angry!
In the US, people have the right to change their name as long as it's not to defraud anyone or avoid debts. It is not cheap. But it is fairly "easy" to do.
However, the right to change your NAME is different from the right to change your SEX MARKER. In some states, it is easier, in some it is harder. Some make it virtually impossible. So please realize that while it may seem easy to change names in the United States, it is not particularly cheap to do so, and it doesn't change the sex or gender listed on legal documents. That only happens via another process.
Quote from: Sean on December 30, 2010, 06:03:13 PM
In the US, people have the right to change their name as long as it's not to defraud anyone or avoid debts. It is not cheap. But it is fairly "easy" to do.
However, the right to change your NAME is different from the right to change your SEX MARKER. In some states, it is easier, in some it is harder. Some make it virtually impossible. So please realize that while it may seem easy to change names in the United States, it is not particularly cheap to do so, and it doesn't change the sex or gender listed on legal documents. That only happens via another process.
I know and understand everything you said. I didn't mean to sound offensive or something like that, like you made me think I was. It was absolutely not my intention.
I also know that name and sex change are two different things, but I was just making a comment on how we do here in my country, since here we usually make it as part of the same process, but it was about my country.
I may have some problems to express myself in your language, cause it's not mine, but I try and I hope people can understand me and be cool with what I say.
No worries.
Marcelo, your English is great, so don't worry about it. (It's a hell of a lot better than my Portuguese!)
I'm sorry to hear that it's difficult to change names there. You said that it's usually done as part of a gender change, so it makes sense that it'd be harder. Even so, it's strange that you couldn't do it separately.
So outta respect for the parents I asked for their input a few weeks ago before I sign the legal paperwork and ship off Terrence Daniel. Moms not a huge fan and suggested a few names this morning such as Russell, Randall, Ross, Carter, and Porter (which I could settle for, Porter's okay). Looks like Terrence Daniel might not be it after all. O_o.
When I was younger, I went by Eli (the first 3 letters of my female name). Most of my family still calls me that. If I was born a boy, my mom was going to name me Isaac. That doesn't suit me at all.
I've decided to change my name to Aarden. It's obscure, but has an important meaning to me. It's Germanic and means earthen or from the soil. It took a while for me to decide that, about a year, but it did immediately fit me. My middle name will probably be Jeremy, but I'm somewhat undecided.
The only embarrassment that stems from it is constantly having to switch back and forth between Aarden and my female name since I'm not out with everybody. I'm always worried about slipping up and having an awkward situation on my hands.
QuoteThe only embarrassment that stems from it is constantly having to switch back and forth between Aarden and my female name since I'm not out with everybody. I'm always worried about slipping up and having an awkward situation on my hands.
Which was the beginning of coming out at work for me. It was for the best.
Quote from: Tad on December 31, 2010, 03:49:16 PM
So outta respect for the parents I asked for their input a few weeks ago before I sign the legal paperwork and ship off Terrence Daniel. Moms not a huge fan and suggested a few names this morning such as Russell, Randall, Ross, Carter, and Porter (which I could settle for, Porter's okay). Looks like Terrence Daniel might not be it after all. O_o.
Hi Tad,
I understand wanting Mom's input. That can mean a lot. But if you've already found something you like, maybe you should keep it.
Quote from: Forum Admin on December 31, 2010, 04:57:27 PM
Hi Tad,
I understand wanting Mom's input. That can mean a lot. But if you've already found something you like, maybe you should keep it.
Meh Terrence was just the masculinized name of my first name. I'm not epsecially fond of it, I jsut chose it for easyness sakes, However it also causes alot of poeple to slip up into my old birth name since it's so very similar. So if mom wants to pick a new first name, all the power to her. Daniel was the name I acutally spent time thinking about so I'll likely go with it for middle.
hehehe mom just suggested Jayden and Joel. Where does she get these crazy names from.
A little less than a year after puberty struck, I started using a masculine variation of my first name, as a nickname. It was difficult to get people to use it, but I stuck with it off and on until I moved out and started working. I tried there as well but people insisted on using my legal name. When I got online, it was my go-to name until the first time I 'outed' myself to people who assumed I was male (a horrible experience, I won't go into it here). I went back to it again once I got away from those people. So when it came time to officially change my name, there was no question as to what I'd be using; it was a name I'd identified with for most of my life, even if other people didn't identify it with ME.
Having people use it now, and having it be my real, true, legal name... it just felt like I was finally being recognized.
I had been going by the shortened androgynous version of my real name for years before I started transitioning. I decided to pick a first name that was fairly close to that. And then I picked a middle name that I really liked and that would have some flexibility as time went on, just in case I decided I wanted to stray from using my first name. But I have to say the minute I said the names together - I just knew. Jace Colton, that's me - even my friends agree it was a perfect fit. I spent a good bit of time trying to pick my new name, ironically I get called all sorts of variations, like Jason or Chase. I find I spend more time spelling it for people than saying it :D
Oh - And I wanted to say hi! I'm a newcomer to the site and am looking forward to getting to know everyone.
-Jace
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I'm actually in that stage of name-choosing right now! I'm stuck between either Elijah or Jamie. Elijah because the "E" sound is something I identify with in relation to what I've always been called, and Jamie because it's sort of androgynous and is similar in syllable/end sound to my current name. I've also considered using my middle name "Lauren" because it's applicable to both genders and would be an easier switch for my parents... but it doesn't feel anything like "me" so it's pretty much out.
I want to make sure that my name is something that makes my ears prick up when I even think I'm hearing someone say it... if that makes sense.
As far as I can tell I made 'kitian' up completely. I've gone by 'Kit' online for years and having any name that let me keep that was perfect. All of the ones I found were feminine, so I just made one up. My last name (lon Faolan) is composite, 'lon' being a french name meaning 'lion' and 'faolan' being an irish name meaning 'little wolf'. I'm going to have 'kelem' as my middle name, it's basque. I'd rather reflect my heritage than my specific families in my name.
I'm awful with names, I go through them like candy! There's a few that I like, but I'm pretty afraid of picking one because I'm mostly worried about it suiting me, my parents/friends/family not liking it, stuff like that. Then there's the fact that this is my second name change and I am absolutely dreading having to tell everybody (especially my college) that I'm changing it AGAIN, especially after all the hoo-hah over persuading them to change the name on my certificate...
I'm trying to get my family in on the whole thing, because I figure that if it's a name they're going to have to call me for the rest of our lives, it should be one they're as comfortable as possible with initially. None of us have had much luck so far, the spectrum of names is really quite small when you're as fussy as we are ::)
Quote from: hyenateeth on January 15, 2011, 03:50:33 AM
I'm awful with names, I go through them like candy! There's a few that I like, but I'm pretty afraid of picking one because I'm mostly worried about it suiting me, my parents/friends/family not liking it, stuff like that. Then there's the fact that this is my second name change and I am absolutely dreading having to tell everybody (especially my college) that I'm changing it AGAIN, especially after all the hoo-hah over persuading them to change the name on my certificate...
I'm trying to get my family in on the whole thing, because I figure that if it's a name they're going to have to call me for the rest of our lives, it should be one they're as comfortable as possible with initially. None of us have had much luck so far, the spectrum of names is really quite small when you're as fussy as we are ::)
lol wow you sound just like me. I haven't gone through any name changes though, but I'm so worried of what my friends will think. More so, it's one friend. All of my friends will be fine with what I pick, I'm sure of it. The same with my family. But I'm pretty sure with a lot of names I come up with, my best friend will say something like "That would be weird, I know someone with that name already.". I hate changing my name XD And I hate finding names.
Quote from: Everyone on January 15, 2011, 03:58:14 AM
lol wow you sound just like me. I haven't gone through any name changes though, but I'm so worried of what my friends will think. More so, it's one friend. All of my friends will be fine with what I pick, I'm sure of it. The same with my family. But I'm pretty sure with a lot of names I come up with, my best friend will say something like "That would be weird, I know someone with that name already.". I hate changing my name XD And I hate finding names.
Haha, exactly! All the best names are taken. :P I know about five different Matthews, for example (it was my father's name too, so I'm a bit iffy — I'd rather prefer a name that is my own). I do rather like Lee's suggestion in the other thread about having people shout names at you until one feels right! If you're not too shy, perhaps you could upload a photograph and get some suggestions? ;)
At the end of the day, people will get used to your name, with time. You're the one that has to live with it, after all, and as long as you're comfortable with it then that's the most important thing (although that's easier said than done!) :]
It didn't take me long to find my name, from the start I was only really going to either go for Nathan or Ryan. I felt as my mum helped name me the first time she should have some imput so we both looked on baby name sites and picked a few we liked and in the end mum and I felt like Nathan fit me.
If I were a cis guy I'd be called Joseph which doesn't fit me at all, i'm glad I got to choose my name.
Quote from: hyenateeth on January 15, 2011, 04:44:39 AM
Haha, exactly! All the best names are taken. :P I know about five different Matthews, for example (it was my father's name too, so I'm a bit iffy — I'd rather prefer a name that is my own). I do rather like Lee's suggestion in the other thread about having people shout names at you until one feels right! If you're not too shy, perhaps you could upload a photograph and get some suggestions? ;)
At the end of the day, people will get used to your name, with time. You're the one that has to live with it, after all, and as long as you're comfortable with it then that's the most important thing (although that's easier said than done!) :]
I tried to have my best friend give me names once, because she is the pickiest. But she got pissed off after she gave me five names and I turned them all down XD So I give up on getting names from her.
I did try the picture thing a few months ago. And pretty much everyone said the same name, so I should have gone with it. But my friend knew someone with that name so she would be like "ew I know someone with that name". lol She is difficult. Names are difficult too. I hate names. XD
This was my first name for me I believe.
"Shane". I went through a few other names, but in the end that stayed. It was the first masculine, or gender neutral, version of my name that came to mind.
It fits my middle and last name perfectly.
I got my mum to pick haha.
Quote from: Ribbons on January 16, 2011, 02:56:48 AM
This was my first name for me I believe.
"Shane". I went through a few other names, but in the end that stayed. It was the first masculine, or gender neutral, version of my name that came to mind.
It fits my middle and last name perfectly.
Wow weird. That is one of my favorite names. I absolutely loved it and thought of it for myself.
I was thinking just the other day about names and although I love the name Shane, I'm not sure it fits me. Then I thought about my name and the nickname my parents call me. Then I went from that nickname to something similar, Brent. I fell in love with it and I smile every time I say it. It suits me perfectly I believe.
I've been thinking of names for most of my life. When I was five-ish, I started getting kids I met on the playground to call me Rex because it was super-masculine. I like the name, but it's not very me. I used to fall asleep at night thinking of names for myself and I really liked Kevin ("gentle/lovable") and Zephyr (means "West wind") for a while, but I know several kids named Kevin and I would have to explain Zephyr too much.
I love names, and meanings are big for me. Because my female name is spelled uniquely (Kathryne) I wanted my male name to be spelled a little differently as well. When I heard Greg, I fell in love. It means "watchful/vigilant" so it fits me perfectly, not to mention that one of my favourite famous people is called Greg. A quick change, and viola! Greggory was born.
My last name is constantly being misspelled and mispronounced (plus it doesn't sound good with Gregg and I've never really liked it), but my mother's maiden name- Armstrong- is rather common, sounds good, and it's a nice tribute as she died when I was ten.
Lastly, my middle name. I wanted to go with Danger merely because it sounded cool, Austin Powers (need I say more?), and it's the middle name of my idol's son (Jakob). Coincidentally, my idol also has the last name Armstrong. Greggory Danger Armstrong sounded good to me at first, but Danger sounded cheesy. I like the middle initial of D. a lot, and it didn't take long for a middle name to fall into my lap. It clicked instantly, and I couldn't think of anything I like better.
Gregg(ory) Dean Armstrong just sounds perfect to me.:D
All the best people are called Greg ;D
Strangely enough, I used to really dig the name Rex when I was a kid. And also Malcolm, but thankfully I grew out of that phase.
oy, name change was sent away, solved the problem. Mom came up with one name, I picked one name, and my real name was just masculinized. We then picked out the best sounding order.
Terrence Daniel Porter ____________-
QuoteStrangely enough, I used to really dig the name Rex when I was a kid.
I liked it because I would never picture a girl being called Rex. Then I saw Empire Records- it has a character called Rex Manning *shudder* and he's a total creep.
Also, Tad, are you aware that your profile picture makes you look EXACTLY like Drew Torres from Degrassi?