I actually have two I go by, one for normal use, Frank, and another which I'd like to keep private, since it's more for business purposes. I'm just a very quirky individual when it comes to personal information.  Probably a side effect of being trans ya know? Anyway, Frank is the name of my favourite guitarist and I just happened to start using it one day and haven't stopped since. I got a lecture out of my grandfather about using famous people's names and being associated with them if they do something really bad but I don't really care. The man could probably kill someone and I'd think he was still an angel. lol.

I asked my SO what letter suited me. She said "S" and so I looked up "S" names and found what I liked. As for my middle name, I just masculinized it and made it easy for myself.

My bestfriend thought I was just going to go by Sam, the shortening of my name, but I've been called Sam for years and it just didn't feel right.  I spent a while going through baby names and sadly enough while reading a fanfiction one day I came across the name Kieran. I did a little research on it and found I liked it spelled better Keiran. I was introducing it to my friend on line, one of two people I was out to at the time, and the name immediately took. He has been calling me Kei ever since. For a while I kept thinking I would continue looking at names before I settled down, so I knew for sure, but that never happened. So despite its mispronunciations I think Keiran is here to stay.

Growing up I was always changing my name. I hated my first name, and it didn't help that nobody could pronounce it, along with my last name. I went through around 10 different names before I finally decided on Jacob. Why? Because of all the nicknames that can be derived from it. It's like having one legal name but never having to settle down with it. You see I got a lot of personalities and they are really opposite of each other, so I need names that suit them, names that won't make feel foreign in that personality. No I don't have DID. Anyways, because of having such crazy opposite personalities that take on a life of their own and may even seem like I have DID to others, the name I chose needed to be flexible. My first name change I chose Parker (this was a legal name change) and it was stupid because although the main 'me' loved it, the other me's hated it. So finally after a long battle and a year with the name I found something I think all my personalities can agree on. I also have three middle names which are great because I feel like I can use them and legally it makes sense.

So in the end, this is reason is why I chose Jacob. I also like it because it's really far away from my birth name.

I was born Jessica Maria. Already called Jesse, so just going with that. Not a 100% sure. Open to suggestions.

My family's always called me Nick or Nicky for short, and it's never bothered me. I initially wanted to change my middle name to "Lucas", out of respect for my best friend and (dorkily enough) because of one of my absolute favorite characters ever.  Buuuut, me and said best friend started dating. So, that seems kind of...odd. I'll figure something out eventually.

I always wanted a name that was different. I tried out different names but none of them seem to fit or stick with me.  But after I saw "Kindergarten cop" (back when it came out) the name Dominick just stuck with me and I wanted to have that name ever since then.

It has nothing to do with my birth name or fried chicken.




I made a list of names. My better half and a few friends all picked the same one from the list. Done.

I took a systematic route.

I draw up a long list of names I liked. Then I thought about how each of them sounded with my surname; if they were of the right era for my age; if I was comfortable with what they might indicate about my class, race and background; if they could be shortened to form a nickname - and if I liked those nicknames, and what my initials would be.

That all narrowed it down quite significantly. I picked the one I liked the best from the three that were left over. Then I asked my very good friend if she liked it and thought it suited me, and went for it knowing I could always change again (and also to give it time because they grow on you with use).