Hey girls! I recently started my social transition, and i’ve been thinking about names. I know not everyone uses a different name during/after their transition, but i think i want to. How did you find your name, and how did you know it was the right one?
My siblings and i were all given names that start with the letter E, and i would like to maintain that pattern. The first name that came to mind was “Eva” after “Queen Iva” from the anime One Piece, who is a character with the power to control hormones.
Seeing Queen Iva was one of the things that made me start to question my gender, so i like the idea of honoring that. However i feel a little wierd about picking my name based on a tv show. Is that something people do? I’ve looked at various lists of baby names, but nothing really clicks the same way as Eva.
Id love to hear your advice and experiences!
Well, I kept on running through names to see which rolled off the tongue and gave me euphoria to hear. First tried to go with Kaela…then that felt…not quite enough. So, I went to Mikaela. Ended up with a long-winded explanation with my friend group that I’m just the Sword in the Stone(the object) personified due to the meaning of my chosen name as a whole.
Ultimately, the name is up to you…but, personally, my only advice is to find one that seems like it fits you like a glove.
I have choosen a name based on what represents a strong aspect of myself.
Since I always love to learn and know more things, my Name is the word for “Knowledge of the World”.
The feminine version of my first name isnt to my liking, but my parents gave me a male and female name during pregnancy and the female name is a good fit for me, I think. I’m like 80% sure.
I robbed it from the least interesting song about a girl by that name. As for how I knew it was right, I was sort of using it in my head long before I cracked.
A friend of mine on VRChat picked it out for me and it just sort of “stuck”. They wanted to call me a nice girly name instead of my vrchat username (which is different from my lemmy account name). So they started calling me “Allie”.
So now I go by “Allie” lol. It’s very close to Alex as well. But I have been debating on changing it legally to Allison and then using “Allie” as a nickname.
