I was wondering if anyone else has found themselves dissatisfied with their chosen name well after choosing it?  The name I've been going by for the last two years (my legal name) has really began to bother me, I dislike it so much.  I feel like I choose it for the wrong reason-but of course it felt right at the time, didn't it?  I'm usually a fairly stubborn person, so I feel like if this is genuinely bothering me, than it's probably worth searching around for another.  Has anyone else here experienced the same sort of disillusionment?  Or is this simply a symptom of someone who cannot commit? 

Thanks,

Lisa (Or Sasha, I guess-that would be my new choice)

I was going by Julie during my first attempt at transition. Not even sure where I got that from. Eventually went back to my birth name when the whole thing went pear shaped.When I contemplated transition this time I decided not to use Julie as it had a number of bad memories and connotations for me. People tell me they really like Grace, never got much enthusiasm for Julie. Curiously though, once I did decide to go ahead with transition I did find myself referring to myself internally as Julie. Weird.

I've changed my name twice in a really short space of time, with the intention to change it again.

First. It was Belleza, but then I figured it would be pretentious to give myself the name "Beautiful" in Spanish, and it might sound ridiculous to Spanish speakers.

So I chose then Sofia, then... I realised that Sofia was the most masculinely pronounced name, at-least in an Australian accent, it was that one rare word that made me sound
masculine.

I'm going to choose a new name, when I'm month 7/8 of hormones.

Stereo-typically, longer female names are considered more beautiful/attractive.

Quote from: Terracotta on March 20, 2014, 07:56:35 AM
So I chose then Sofia, then... I realised that Sofia was the most masculinely pronounced name, at-least in an Australian accent, it was that one rare word that made me sound masculine.

Curious! I'm Australian too but can't hear anything masculine in the pronunciation...??

I agree. I use to work with a girl called Sofia in Canley Vale. (South West, Sydney Australia)

Well, we all have our reasons.  For me, the decision was just one of what suited me best-I certainly feel like more of a Sasha than a Lisa, and part of it was disliking the phonetics of the name.  While I think you might be a bit overconcerned with your voice terracotta, I do think it's a waste of time to go by a name if you dislike it...