Quote from: KrisRenee on January 24, 2011, 07:12:26 PM

I really like the name Lukas Gabriel.  It flows well.  By the way, how are things going with that facebook fiasco.  I hope well.

Much peace...Kris

Thank you!  And so far, so good.  My parents  have asked anything yet, but they were also really tired when I talked to them earlier.  I probably won't hear about it until they get onto facebook again, or not.  (I'm hoping 'not'.)

My birth name was Katie Ryan. I was going to drop some letters and go with Kai, but my daughter's name is Lai. I didn't want a name that rhymed with hers. Plus I know a few Kai ftms which is weird.

I went with Shayne and kept Ryan as my middle name.

My birth names are Amanda Dawn. I chose Ryan James... Ryan just kind of came to me one day, and James was my grandfather's middle name. I also switched my last name from my dad's to my mom's maiden name. I know a couple of poeple who have used names similar to their birth names but I couldn't do that. I'm not a big fan of male A names and I just didn't want people to associate me in any way with the girl I was.

I spent some time on a name I liked. I thought about a few. But then I starting thinking about my name

Birth name: Sabrina Elise
Chosen name: Brent _____

There's really no masculine form of my name that I know of. But then I thought about a nickname that me parents call me so I made that masculine and got Brent (which I changed my name to if you guys didn't notice). I love when I get called Brent. It makes me happy. I'm not sure of a middle name yet. I thought about choosing Chiam which is the name of my grandma's brother that died in the Holocaust but I'm not sure yet.

I went way different from my birth name, at least to my ears. From Stephanie to Zacharias.

I was originally thinking Brian because it's close to my birth name of Brittni and for some reason everyone I've come out to assumed my name would be Brian.  But then I decided if I tried to pick my own name I'd go crazy worrying about picking the wrong one, so I went with the same way I got my birth name-- I let my parents give it to me.  Of course, I'm not out to my parents (although I think my mom, at least, knows), but my mom's told me time and time again what she would've named me if I was born with a male body so I figured that would've been my name if everything had gone right from the beginning, so I might as well take it now.  Plus I took an instant liking to it.  It just felt right.  Probably because it should have been my name all along.  So that's how I chose Devin Scott.

I decided right from the start that I wanted to keep my same initials. I haven't made it legal yet, but I changed my first name to the masculine form of my birthname, although it is not the typical spelling, but not a rare spelling either (I've seen it both ways). And since I wanted to keep my same initials, I couldn't use the masculine form of my middle name, because it would start with a different letter. So I started looking at baby names and found one that sounded good to me.

I absolutely love my birth name of Morgan Alexandra, so I'm just changing Alexandra to Alexander. Plus I want to keep my initials MAP. -goes off singing 'I'm the map' from Dora the Explorer- 

If I do however change my mind in the future, I would change my first name to Max, because that's the name I pretended I had when I was a kid.

Names are something I'm still figuring out.
I'm currently trying to get people to address me in a shortened form of my girlname, which sounds neutral (but not masculine - though I think it might be a male name in another language).
I have a set of boynames: two of them are names I really really like (associate them with literary/mythological characters I admire), and one is a masculine version of my middle girlname.
(Being a very gender-confused/genderqueer/genderfabulous creature, I have also picked a NEW girlname for my rare moments of femme, because doing femininity feels like just as much a transition as doing masculinity. Hmmm.)

I've hated my given name for as long as I can remember. Started using a male name to sign some of my artwork and for online stuff back in junior high when things really started feeling wrong but before I even knew that transition was possible. It was something I picked on a whim and wasn't a very fitting name and I started to think about other names after a year of using it. Looking back, it was an important experiment.
Only about 2 years ago, it dawned on me that I had a fitting name all along that I never realized... a nickname that my father used to call me all the time. It's kind of a weird name, neutral leaning towards masculine, and sounds like more of a surname than a first name. But I think that's why I like it so much. Unfortunately, my dad has been restraining himself from calling me by that name since I came out to him.

As for my middle name, I've been thinking of using a name associated with my grandfather. Never met him, but I feel that I really owe a lot to him.

My birth name is Ryan, the name I use when I am myself is Marina. It's the only other name that I have an attachment to. I don't cringe at Ryan, since I know of two girls named Ryan. For fun though, what do you guys and girls register when you see my avatar (and for those more familiar, take into account my personality)?

In my teens I tried to identify as Jennifer because all my girl friends were named Jennifer and it seemed like such a meaningless name.  I felt like it'd help me become an anonymous girl.  It never stuck though and I realized that my very rare name is "me" and I could never change it or stand being called anything else.  It's male-ish but uncommon.  I'll be changing my middle name from Daniel to Danielle.  Kind of a gesture I guess, I've always ignored my middle name.

Japple is J. Minneapolis.

Quote from: MarinaM on January 26, 2011, 03:07:05 AM
My birth name is Ryan, the name I use when I am myself is Marina. It's the only other name that I have an attachment to. I don't cringe at Ryan, since I know of two girls named Ryan. For fun though, what do you guys and girls register when you see my avatar (and for those more familiar, take into account my personality)?

It seems a little showy and exotic. Although you're beautiful you seem so comfortable in your own skin, something more down to Earth feels right. 

I figured why change my birth name completely. People already call me Terri (short ersion of name).. why not just make it Terry (well Terrence as Terry written down just looks way too informal for me).


This will be my 3rd name change. Well it is my third name change. I was born under one name (Irene Anne ____), had that changed by my adoptive faimly to Terri-Anne ___________*cringes*, now I'm going with Terrence Daniel Porter _________.
I had nop middle name growing up, so now I have two.

Quote from: Andrew Scott on January 24, 2011, 04:08:12 PM
Yeah see I was born

Amanda (ugh)  ____  not much I could do with that so now it's

Andrew Scott _____ which is what my mom would have chosen

haha, yeah, that's my birth name too

For now I'm going with Christopher Lee.  I'll probably stick to it because it's close to my given name, and my parents never came up with a boys name.  Apparently my mom was dead set on having a girl 

I like Jonathon Alexander a lot too though.  I'd probably go by Alex in that case.  Or I may just choose an original androgynous name; that would probably suit me better anyway.

Quote from: japple on January 26, 2011, 03:20:49 AM
It seems a little showy and exotic. Although you're beautiful you seem so comfortable in your own skin, something more down to Earth feels right.

You're right, of course. I think it may help as well as hinder my ability to pass. I don't really have a backup though. I did think loooooong and hard about Morgan too (Sorry Morgan, I'm totally thinking of stealing your name!). Should I dip into Gilmore girls and go with Lorelai or Rory? Really, I'm avoiding the following:
Megan
any derivation of Alex
J names
Rachel
K names

May I ask you boys? What is it that you perceive in a male name that attracts you to it? I absolutely wash the male out of everything I hear, maybe I'm delusional that way. I've also had a male basketball coach named Pearl, know a young lady that likes to go by Frank (no word on whether she's TS), and worked with a man named Stacy. Maybe me being a little older as I go through this has sort of faded the importance of gendered names.

Ugh, I hate even saying my birth name now, since it's been changed for almost five months, but I suppose it helps a lot with the explanation.

I was Stephanie May _____
And am now Maximillian Aloysius _____ (Changed my last name completely too.)

So I kind of tore my name apart, set it on fire and spat on the ashes I feel so much better now, being completely separated from that horrible feminine name that just wasn't me at all 

Me, I've just shortened Arijana to Ari - and a lot of people call me that anyway - it's pretty neutral and most often is a nickname for both genders that have a name that starts with "Ari". However, in the solo version (i.e. when the FULL name is Ari) I've only seen males. I don't know, I feel like it's me and I don't want to do away with my entire life/past. Every experience - good or bad, it's part of me and it makes me who I am. I didn't feel like running away from something like my name would do anything for me - it'd just feel like I'm running/hiding. This way, I feel like I'm saying "I'm still the same person, regardless of what happens to my body". Just my thoughts

My birth name started with an M. It is pretty different from Dominick. One tradition I did continue is having two middle names. I had two at birth and have two now. I also was named after my two grandmothers, so I took one of my grandfather's names for my new middle name. Noting against my maternal grandfather, whom I love dearly, but his names didn't go with Dominick.

I should note had I been born a boy I would have been Peter Anthony, so I would have only been named after my paternal grandfather, anyway.

I am now Dominick Matthaios Anthony (Tony was my paternal grandfather).

I was considering Dominick Matthew Anthony, but I am told my brother named Matt was quite mad about that, so I went with the Greek version of Matthew. I did not name myself for him. It just sounded good with Dominick.