Is it just me, or was choosing your name one of the harder things to do?  Also, I'm curious how you went about it.  Did you choose a more common name or something a little exotic sounding?  Did you change your last name as well? I'd really like to know the statistics on something like names.  Like for instance, I bet there are more mtf with names that start with A then any other letter.  I dunno, itd be really interesting to know these things.

I just use the female version of my birth name

Makes sense!  I wonder how many other people have done that?  Like what if you had a birth name like Guy or something?   ;d

Quote from: AnnaCannibal on June 18, 2014, 07:13:01 PM
Makes sense!  I wonder how many other people have done that?  Like what if you had a birth name like Guy or something?   ;d

middle name or some family name from other generations

There were no feminine versions of my first or middle name. (The irony is that all my other immediate family members had gender neutral names.) I asked my mother what she would have named me if I had been born correctly as a girl and it was a close 2nd on my list. It ended up using it as my middle name. I went the the US census of the top 200 girl names for around the years I was born. I read through the list till I found one I liked. One of my criteria was to pick a name that non of my friends had and something that just sounded nice, so I choose Sydney and Madison as my middle name.

Well picking my first name was fairly simple.  I was watching a TV show and one of the female leads was named Chloe.  I knew that was the name for me.  It is easy to spell, fun, and really matched my personality.  Picking a middle name was a little more tricky.  I went through the names in my family and couldnt think of any that I liked.  I actually picked one of my best friends names.  She has been very supportive of me since day one.
So I have come up with Chloe Jessica Rxxxx

Prior to my birth, when my folks had an ultrasound done the doctor told them that they would be birthing a little girl. Having known my gender they had chosen the name Terra before I was born. Much to their surprise their little girl had been born with unusually male physical characteristics.  They had chosen a different name for me at that point, but when I decided to disassociate myself from that name, choosing a new one was easy.

I choose a very common name, just to register here, I don't feel like this will be my name when I transition, as I'd rather use an Italian name like my male name was, since I am italian (born and lived there for 14 years and then moved here). So yeah... and Emily sounds too much of a white girl name, but it's a nice name I might name my future daughter Emily XD who knows... The feminine version of my name is Lucy or Lucia, and I don't like them... The funny thing is that if I was going to be born a female my dad would have called me Chiara, or Serena, now Chiara is the name of my younger step-sister, so maybe Serena, but I like Sofia too, which would have been the name my mom would have choosen for me! But I didn't even start transition so I don't have to think about this right now.

Here in Czech Republic we have a lot of specifics in the law around sex reassignment therapy because of what our grammar allows. Many transitioning transsexuals actually call the neutral form a "neutral malform". I understood that after I got my new temporary birth certificate :-) .

Here's the story: choosing a name for the first name change was easy: Michal (Czech version of Michael) -> Míša (which is used when talking to either male or female). However that got declined and from the decision of the court I got Misha which I was fine with as it's temporary and sounds the same.

Then after SRS it will go Misha -> Michala (Czech version of Michelle).

Change to the surname is also defined by law and it needs to respect the rules of Czech grammar as Slavic languages differentiate male/female/neutral surname forms. Neutral end with -ů (this one is mine), -ých or -ových. Female end with -á or -ová (this one will be mine).

And the name change legal paper even says that should I not request name change along with legal sex conversion after SRS it will again be assigned by the court. But I'll gladly request  the name change to the full feminine form when the time comes :-) .

Norma Lynne. I went with the female version of my old male name. Middle name is my favorite ex girlfriends middle name and happens to be the middle name of my soon to be ex wife and I will just leave my last name. Katrina is one of my favs but just doesn't sound right when I'm called that.

I have been Jayne pretty much forever, well since 5 or 6 at the latest in my head anyway. So it was quite natural to keep it. I know it is pretty boring as names go but it suits me 


Love 
Jayne xxxx

Choosing my first name was easy, Allison is a name I have always adored and used in every story with a female character that I have ever written since I was 10 years old. Choosing my middle name was a little harder and I didn't settle on it until I decided to change my name legally.

My first chosen name was taken as I found out.  (long story) All the other names I picked sounded like a woman from a romance novel.  So I gave up and let my wife pick.  Luckily I liked the name she chose.  Actually I loved it!  Lara fits me sooooo perfectly.

Sometimes we just need help. 

Quote from: allisonsteph on June 19, 2014, 09:47:39 AM
Choosing my first name was easy, Allison is a name I have always adored and used in every story with a female character that I have ever written since I was 10 years old. Choosing my middle name was a little harder and I didn't settle on it until I decided to change my name legally.

Funny you should mention that. I have been having the hardest time deciding on a name, but I think I have finally decided that I am going to be using the name Allison in the future. While it's not a name I was initially thrilled with, it is the name my parents were going to give me had I been born a girl. And the more I've had a chance to think about it, the more I think I like it. Allison was originally a male name, but it's one of those names that over time gradually went from being a masculine name to a feminine one. I like the idea of having a name that is actually a metaphor for what I've been going through. And also, it is still occasionally used as a boys' name, so if I ever feel like I'm in a situation where I need plausible deniability, it might come in handy. My appearance still skews androgynous, and part of the reason I was putting off changing my name was that it would put me in a position where I would either have to pass as female consistently or have everyone who heard my name automatically know I was transgender. I think it would be nice to have a name that is feminine, but that would still keep people guessing if they weren't sold on my gender by my appearance.

Well, my first name, Stephanie, is the feminine version of my birth name, although that wasn't why I chose it. I've actually always thought it was a really pretty name, but I didn't want to use it because it seemed too unoriginal to go from Steven to Stephanie. Then the person I was dating at the time started gushing about what a pretty name it was, too, and I decided to introduce myself to someone online one day as Stephanie. It just felt so good being called a female name, and I've kept it ever since.

My middle name, Leah, was taken after my great grandmother, because I felt I should keep some part of my ancestry in my name, and I didn't want to pick the name of any living relative. I didn't want there to be any confusion if someone decided to call me by it.

I also changed my last name. For one thing, I inherited it from my father, who was a total waste of a human being in just about every way, and abandoned me when I was around 16. I've taken my girlfriend's surname now. It makes me so happy. I guess it's sort of a symbol of my commitment to her for me, and every time I see it next to my name, my heart flutters a little. <3

Quote from: JayneS on June 19, 2014, 09:40:52 AM
I have been Jayne pretty much forever, well since 5 or 6 at the latest in my head anyway. So it was quite natural to keep it. I know it is pretty boring as names go but it suits me 

Love 
Jayne xxxx

Jill may be the most boring name in the female universe, but I assure you that I am not.

Now where the hell is my Jack?  He's been a bit iffy after the whole "up the hill" incident.  And you all think it was actually water in that pail... 

The name I originally wanted got taken, so I picked the first name that shared my birth initial that was available. I needed to meet some people and needed a name ASAP so that was that. It literally took me 5 minutes to pick. I questioned if it was right for me for a long time though and always intended to change it, but it's grown on me and I think I'll keep it around lol.

I picked a name that was an anagram of my mothers name.