I can't say I've seen that many people that hated it. The change is more like a "I can't have a name like this, it's too gender restricted" than anything.

I can't say I hate my name, it's a pretty cool name. As a child I hated it though, simply because it's so rare. I've never met anyone with it and people always used to mispronounce it. I remember wanting to change it to "Crystal" because that sounded so cool to me.. However years later I met a "Krystal" and so the name has been tainted due to the fact she was a stupid bully.
 
I want to give the name to a future pet, maybe a ferret or a dog. I'd give it to a future daughter however I want to adopt, and I would not want to change their name.

Its not a bad name for a girl, its just a bad name for me. and I hate when people call me it by accident, but no i dont hate the name in itself

I didn't have a problem with it before transition but after, I use to cringe everytime someone would forget and call me by that name.  It is a very "handsome" name though for a guy.

   I never really liked my first name.   But never new how to change it when I was young.  And figured there was too much hassle with changing it in the Army.  Also felt that it was given to me by my parents and I wished to honor them. 

I love my first name (very original), but it rhymes with a billion different words, so I'll be OK when it's gone. Luckily my parents told me what I would have been named had I been born a girl, Lauren, and I love that name. So win, win.

It's an okay name, not too many complaints except it's so common! I detest hearing my name being called, I turn around, and they were actually calling someone else. And it happens so often. Not a fan at all.

I don't absolutely despise my birth name, since it's a unisex name, but I won't keep it in any form or spelling because I don't see it as being my name. Instead, it's the name of a character I had to play for several years.

I always liked my name.  If it was unisex I'd keep it, but as it is, it has a masculine form that's very similar.  So I guess I see it as my name going through a transition as well.

Love my first (birth) name, it's very unusual here in the UK and always people ask me about it which gets conversation going. Got a lot of hassle about it growing up but long term it's been a huge blessing.

It was an ok name for a girl. Terrible name for a boy, so no, I did not like it.

I actually did, and I liked why it was given to me.  But I started referring to myself as Zoë when I was 7 years old and my mom and stepdad have an honorary fourth child with the female version of my old name, so there's no way I would have adopted the female version for myself.

I do like the name my mom chose for me but that's because I let my mom choose my male name and that's what I'm talking about 

I hated my birthname it was Amanda and that's not a great name for a masculine kid. Got a lot of "is that a girl? No it's A-man-duh..." as a kid

Not that keen on the name Adam, it's a very watery porridge kind of name and not all that memorable. Besides, out of all the writers, thinkers, actors, singers, general interesting people of history - however obscure or tangental to one of the things I truly love - there hasn't been a single Adam. The closest thing to a decent Adam is Adam Smith - and economics is certainly not an area of much interest for me. The Adam's of this world have to have been some of the dullest people that have ever lived.

^ That was my name too.  I didn't like it at all because I never felt it represented me in any way.  It's not even fun to say or anything either.  While it had the interesting quality of overlapping with the first 3 letters of my last name, that now has the side effect of people wondering why a girl would have "adam" in her email address for work, etc.  Meh.  I like Amy much better and the meaning kind of fits my personality too.

QuoteGot a lot of "is that a girl? No it's A-man-duh..." as a kid

Well at least they were right.

Yeah I think I actually hate my name that my parents gave me. THERE ARE SO MANY VARIATIONS OF IT! And it's quite the popular girl name.

Thanks, parents. You made me have to spell out my name for the rest of my life. =\

The name my parents gave me is ->-bleeped-<-ty, for a boy or a girl.  It's an old woman name.  If I were a girl, I'd have changed it to something else.

Are U kidding me ? They gave a boys name for crying outloud 

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Ew no it sounds so outdated, the feminine version sucks too.

I don't hate it, in fact the story as to why my parents chose it is cute.

However, it is a common male name, and I hear it all the time.

And it is in no way female.

So I chose for myself something similiar but female.

I never liked it very much, but it is unisex.  Until I get a name change I'm at least happy that it isn't a male only name.