r/transnames

I (23F) finally settled on what i’d like my female name to be, My name is now Jade! I was wanting a name that started with J, Julia, Jade, Jessica. Jordyn, And randomly Madi were all names I was thinking about but I like the shortness and simplicity of the name Jade and I feel it sounds pretty 🤩, I’m so happy with how my journey has began and is going. This community is so supportive and amazing in so many ways, pat yourselves on the back. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

I like a name very similar to my current one (think Kailey vs Kalen), but I’ve been told some people won’t remember or bother to refer to me as my new name because the first vowel/syllable is the same as my old one.

Any advice from people who’ve changed their name but kept the same first syllable or letter? Did people use your new name? Did they keep referring to you as your old name because it’s too similar?

Thanks.

my dead name is Jordan I am transitioning from mtf and i just can’t figure out a new name , I think I want to stick with j though, my favorites right now are either Julia or Jasmine! I mean plenty of women are named Jordan but I think i want a more feminine name.. I know it’s very different for everyone but how did you come up with your new gender affirming name?

So, I'm transmasc and I want a new name. I've been going by erin for a while, but it feels kinda wrong. I want to name myself something related to anteaters and tamanduas.

I've seen a lot of trans or nonbinary people name themselves cool non-name things and I wanna do it too

(For context, I'm still in the closet to my family. I also want to keep my initials, so my new name needs to begin with an E)

The other day my mom told me that had I been a born a girl she'd have called me Evelyn/Evie and that she only didn't call my younger sister that because our dad didn't like it.

Fast forward a few days and I dream I'm out to everyone and presenting femme in public and my mom calls me Evie. I spent the whole next day stunned at my mom calling me by a female name, even if it was just a dream.

I love Evelyn/Evie as a name (more so than the name I've been experimenting with), but there's two problems:

1. My (very brief) first girlfriend when I was 16 was called Evie (but not short for Evelyn).

2. If you're a fan of the Mummy films, you'll know Evelyn/Evie is the name of the main female character. This is only a problem because I have a degree in Archaeology, have just started my first full-time job as an Archaeologist, and I studied the Egyptian language and scripts in university. So choosing Evelyn/Evie as my real name just feels... too much? Like people won't take me seriously that I'm a trans woman who can read ancient Egyptian, who chose the name Evie.

At the same time, I feel more like Evelyn/Evie than Emily, which is the name I'd hitherto been considering.

I'd just be grateful for any feedback on this.

- E (whatever that E may eventually stand for)

Is Ophelia a bad name? No it's not that song, or that other song, it's that other other song. It's one that I've wanted to name a kid for a while but now that I'm transitioning, it feels like the perfect time to use it.

I need a name, but I want to keep my initials V and I share a C in the third spot with my two brothers that I want to keep.
But people already knowing my transition calls me Vicky and I don’t want Victoire or Victoria.

PS: Bonus points if it’s french friendly sounding

Does the right name make you feel sexy, especially when uttered by a lover? Does seeing it written down on official documents make you feel powerful? Should your name name you feel whole, where your old name felt incomplete or ill-fitting? Does the right name feel like love, like inclusion, like understanding, like an interest in your inner world? Does it feel like a warm greeting, an inside joke, an exclamation of excitement?

I'm also curious about those who aren't that invested in a name. Just need to have a string of letters that make a coherent noise that you recognize as referring to you. It need not be original or non-binary or subversive. Easy to spell and pronouns and solicits no follow-up questions about its origin.