I have a unisex name, so I shouldn't want to change my name. But so many people know me with my real name. I want to change it, but I can't think of a name. The name I want would make my friend get upset with me (don't ask why), and it's already the name of my cat. So I need new ideas to get a name. Sorry for wording it wrong. Anyways, please share how you chose your new name.

Also, I'm sorry if I posted this wrong or something. I'm new to the site.

Hi zom!

Well..one day i was on teenspot (lol..) and i saw this cute kid named Damian. He was just so nice and amazing i just fell in love with that name ever since. >.>

and ever since then i've been known as Damian.

Try baby books, mine came in a dream state.

I found my name on yahoo answers.  I posted a picture of myself in the LGBT section.. and I asked people.. what they thought my name was.

I had one person say Elijah.. and I fell in love with the name (like Damian lol) and then on yahoo answers.. I said "hey I like that name" and everyone else agree'd that I looked like an Elijah.

I also finally decided on Elijah because of a few factors.. I felt like it fit me, it seemed a little bit feminine and formal, old fashioned sounding, I love names that start with E, I like the way Elijah looks, and Ive always been fond of the actor Elijah Wood.

I went with the male version of my birth-name, which I used as a nickname off and on since age 14. So, for me, that was just the natural choice.

Quote from: M.Grimm on June 03, 2010, 04:03:23 AM
I went with the male version of my birth-name, which I used as a nickname off and on since age 14. So, for me, that was just the natural choice.

what is your name now?

I really don't know. I guess I picked Jacob because it's masculine, but it's not too strong of a name (if that made sense). It just fits me, at least that's what I think.

As for me I've always liked the name Jason when I told my friend about me she asked if I'd ever thought about what I'd like to be called so I told her and she said ok but forgive me if I shortern it to Jay, I was like thats fine I like that to for short.  Then she said you look more like a Jay anyway

I had the nickname 'Rue' for a while, since I started a 'new life' after chemo, and have been introducing myself to new people as such ever since. When I came to the realisation that I was trans, I thought, to save trouble with friends getting my new name, I decided to find one that would still have 'Rue' as a shortened version. So, after deliberation, I came up with Ruben, since its not screamingly common, AND I didn't think I was a Rupert. xD So, my friends don't have to change a thing when they call my name. ^^

I had a really uncommon female name that started with C so I tried to pick a name that started with C that wasn't very common like Chris or something. I am a writer so at the time I had a character naming book with names from different cultures and personality traits and such so I went through it with my girlfriend and Carson just clicked.

My parents would have called me Ryan if I'd have been born male. I liked it, so that was that

Quote from: Ryan on June 03, 2010, 12:43:26 PM
My parents would have called me Ryan if I'd have been born male. I liked it, so that was that

my name would have been Cody stone moyer, but now my brother is named that or else i would have picked that.

I just went through websites of baby names &chose about 50, went through them a few times with my ex. I wanted something that started with a M or a C, something unisex &different/uncommon.

But now I feel like doing what Elijah did, asking ppl what they think my name is.

I saw a random guy online called Addison, this was about 5 years ago, I just loved the name instantly & legally changed it about 3 or 4 months ago.

I wish there was a name that just screamed out to me.  So far, I haven't found anything like that, I don't think.

i chose Rex because well, it's kinda dumb but i love dogs...and that's a classic dog name, i love the western/cowboy scene, and Rex just seems like the ultimate Cowboy name, and also Rex means king..i like the meaning of it. also t.rex! who doesnt love t.rex

I just asked Mom what she'd have named me if I were born a boy. The largest amount of effort I put in was messing with spelling (Nikolai vs. Nicholi) and I decided on Nikolai, which turned out to be how my Mom would have spelled it anyway. I also took a lucky guess on what my middle name would have been; for my birthname I got my grandmother's name on her side, so I figured I'd have gotten my grandfather's.
It's not a common name but neither is my birthname, or my brother's, so it works. I also think it just kind of "fits," like it would if I had been given it at birth and grew up with it.

I took the name Noah from a TV show [Glee FTW!]
I was gonna be Nathan, but it didn't fit me well, plus if I were to have a kid, I would name him that.
I also asked my mom what she would've named me, but she said she didn't know and that my dad wanted to name me Nathan. Which is a weird coincidence. But she said she would've convinced him to pick something else, since that was the name of an ex-boyfriend she had gotten pretty serious before my dad who cheated on her. So I respected her wishes and promised not to go with Nathan. XD

I just masculinized my birth name (hey, I'm old, too set in my ways to be very creative, esp. with my name!  LOL).  But there was a kid in my 5th grade class with the name, and I always liked it.  The nickname I could do without, but that's what everybody calls me anyway.  Oh, well.


Jay

I've kept my first name the same since it's unisex with the male spelling. My middle name is a name I like alot, I like the meaning of the name but it's the German and Slavic version of the more common English name. That ties into my heritage as well as my family using German and Slavic spelling of names. So, it's a name I love with a nod to my family and heritage.