Quote from: sarahkinnetz1984 on March 17, 2009, 08:22:57 AM
Yeah, Alyssa is a great name... although never a girlfriend, I was infactuated with a Alyssa the whole time I was in school!  And it was while I was school, about ten years ago that crossdressing really became an interest to me... glad to hear I'm not the only one compiling old crushes to identify myself!

Whoa! Not crushes!

Just good friends. Not that I haven't had my share of crushes -- these just weren't among them.

My mum chose it for me. I liked it. I kept it.

It was very difficult to find a name that had the favorite parts of my original name. But while looking through names I came across Cyrus. It was perfect, especially since it sounded like my screen name Osiris.

Other names didn't really click with me, but that one did and I don't think I'd ever change it.

I think for now I'm keeping my name as it is -- it's pretty unique and also androgynous, but I think I'll be going by a more feminine nickname version of it that I used to get called by when I was in boarding school.  I'd be more specific but if I say it I'm just a google search away from people knowing who I am and I'm not quite ready for that

That's a great story Heather, and a beautiful name.

Still thinking about a first name. Something that starts with E.

I was originally named after my grandmother, so it stands to reason to do something in the memory of my elder relatives too. So I'll probably take a first name of my grandfather on my mother's side. (Hans)
Miniar's been my "Online name" for a long time and I think I'll attempt to take it as a middle name too, though in iceland that means requesting permission to name myself Miniar since it's not on the list of "approved names".
As far as last-names go up here, they are "son of" or "daughter of" <name of father>
So I'd go from jónsdóttir to jónsson (lest my dad disowns me, and I doubt that'll happen).

So put that together and you'd get Hans Miniar Jónsson.

since it's not on the list of "approved names"
Now that a government with too much time on its hands and nothing creative to do with it.

actually it's just a simple little commite that prevents people from naming their children with offensive, absurd, or humiliating names.

Like those people that named their child "Adolf Hitler Campbell"?

somethign like that.. also, you can't name your kid "zorro" or anything like that up here. Your kid will have to be given an "actual" name.

Quote from: Sandy on February 19, 2009, 10:26:47 AMthe etymology of the name is Cassandra

I always thought it was Alessandra-- the Italian form of Alexandra.

That was also true for the masculine form of the name in the case of Sandro Botticelli.

The feminine form of my original name is not obviously connected with the masculine form. It originated in ancient Greek and Latin and developed separately from the masculine version, so in English they turned out pretty different-- my name has its own very girly form which is not just the male name with a girly ending tacked on. It stands on its own. Also, I like the sound of it better than any other name in the world. And it includes my maternal grandmother's name. So it was the perfect choice for me. Sorry, but I don't want to give my real name over the internet.

Well for a while i have toyed with ideas of dan or leo, they were just names that seemed to click in my head. Finally came to the conclusion of Leo short for Leon as its not too far a stretch from my birth name Louise. Though my mind may change lol

First post. Woot. Kinda bumping an old-ish thread though...woops?


Savin, I adore the name Leo, but thats just me. (I preffer the shortened version over Leon anyday, too.)

As for my name, the one I've always wanted for as long as Identified myself as someone who doesn't fit my birthname (which I destest, it's far too feminine for me -Shudder-) is Lafeu (Lah-Few <-- 'Feu' Rhymes with Hugh, another name I actually like, but beside the point.) It's a little usual, but I do love it. As far as I can find, I can't find any existing meaning on it, however it is a Shakepeare name, from 'Alls well that ends well', Lord Lafeu. Hehe. It's also, for those of you who love Disney, the name of the goofy side-kick of Gaston from 'Beauty and the Beast'.

Either way, it's a name thats been around with me for a very long time (by my life length standards anyway) and eventually adapted it for myself. I love the sound of it, it's French by all that I can tell, and my surname, Lyons, can actually be French also, however I don't pronouce it that way, rather just the plain "Lions" way (Rather than "Lee-ons"). It's my family name, I've always loved that part (perhaps because it's more masculine? -Shrugs-) and take pride in that family sense.

As for my middle name, I like that inital, plus, breaks up the already "L.L". My middle name, along with my first I've also always hated with a burning passion. Not that it's the name, it just doesn't suit me. Lovely name and all, really bad choice for me. But then again my parents wouldn't have known when I popped out. LoL oh well. Anyway, another choice from Shakepeare is another name, plain this time, that I've liked; Ross. I like it but not enough to have it as my first name. I always admired the character Ross, when MacBeth was read to me/studied it in school. (I always persisted I read his parts only, I was the one how had to act him out. )

Lafeu Ross Lyons. To me, I like that. It's different, mainly because of Lafeu, but it's me. Been me for a long time. Plus, the Nick-names I get are not bad, they're cute actually. Laf (plain simplied version which I preffered to be called) FeuFeu, (Bunneh FeuFeu, story behind that though lol) Laffy ect.

Quote from: Jamie on March 07, 2009, 04:08:37 PM
In my country everyone have only one name, there's no people with two names... But I always wanted to have two names...

For my first name I've chosen Victor. I just liked it, and it's also Orthodox name and I think it would be really important for my family.

For my second name (middle name) I picked James. It's after James Hetfield from Metallica. He's my favourite musician, so when I started thinking about my male name, I knew that James would be my second name...

I would have picked that name too for the same reason. But unfortunatley "James" is my dad's name and I don't really want to have the same name as him. Unless maybe I changed my last name. Then it would be different. Hmm..since I'm having trouble picking a name this is something to think about

And he's my favorite musician too *hearts*

Quote from: Chamillion on February 22, 2009, 05:27:50 PM
Trent, I jus liked it

Heh, I posted this a while ago, figured I'd update.  I was going by Trent for about a year, and then when I actually started on T and my mom realized this was real, she told me that she hated that name and wouldn't call me it.  So I ended up going with Jace because that was my second choice, mom was cool with that one, and I'd be keeping my first initial.  I went with the middle name Hunter because if I had been born a boy, that's what my middle name would have been. 

First name, fave singer /songwriter. Second name, kinda changed the one I had is all. Third name, same one I borrowed when I foolishly got married.

"Hope" is just an internet thing, a symbolic name. Laura is a leading candidate for a first name but "Lisa" is a very close second.

i considered a lot of little things, when picking among a set of maybe a dozen of my favorite names (like for instance, Tammy is my favorite but I have a close cousin who's nickname is Tammy and I don't want any off-base assumptions made) including how easy it is to say, remember, and write in a signature.

Also, I know that the middle name will be "Elizabeth" just because you can do so many things with that name (and because "Beth" is on the short list of names to "go by")

Mainly though, i just went with what "felt right"  to shorten the list.