Say if someone came up to you and asked “If you were a boy/girl what would your name be?” could you answer them without needing think or is that not something most people give a thought to?
if i was a guy, i most likely would’ve just keep the name they gave me as a baby. personally, i gave a fair bit of thought to choosing my name, there wasn’t some natural, percect choice that just fell into my brain out of the aether, but ymmv
No.
I think the female versions of my name sound terrible, so, no on that front.
In general not a thought I’ve had aside from that. I’ve always felt comfortable with my gender/sexual orientation.
I don’t know a lot of trans people.
Do they usually pick the opposite-gender-version of their birth name? Seems like many do not.
Most do not.
Are they just being creative though, or are they purposefully making it very different?
Do they think just a slight name change will be seen as a joke or temporary?
I’ve never had to think about the mental process of choosing my own name, but I like the feminine version enough for now.
But if it was a really important thing for me to distinguish my identity separate from my birth name, that might change my decision.
But I’ve only considered it on the surface, like “what if I woke up at a Halloween party wearing a dress”, or doing a dare/forfeit kind of thing.
I’m thinking that a huge portion of the trans community came out of circumstances where they’re shamed for it, and might choose to distance themselves from that whole part of their life.
So I totally get it, but from a surface-level consideration, I wouldn’t mind the femme version of my name.
I’m presuming that this is me choosing a name for myself, not what would my name be if I was born a girl.
My name does have a feminine version (Joseph => Josephine), but I’m not really a fan of gender swap versions of names, so it wouldn’t be that. I’d probably go for something biblical like Deborah or Esther.
Emely, Liv, Lucy, Alina are names i really like and would pick from
No, I’ve never thought about this in any meaningful way and I couldn’t answer without significant consideration.
I’m a woman, my parents already gave me a male name. I never really thought about it until my brother had a son and named him after me.
My (man here) little sister used my unisex middle name as her daughter’s name after me. 🥰
She’s not my only niece, but that will always be special to me.
I could come up with something contextual on the fly, but it is not a thing I think about. I do not feel a need to navigate or explore my sexual dogma, not that there is anything wrong with doing so. I guess I am lucky to have grown up with experiences that helped me learn what I do and do not find arousing. I think I am open to new experiences, but I generally follow my curiosity wherever it leads and do not care how anyone else feels about that. I’m fiercely loyal, so not in that way.
As a cis female I never considered going for a traditionally male name. I do however have a gender neutral name I go by in certain circles. I also used to have a gender neutral account for online gaming.
Loaded question. Who are you asking?
I’m asking everyone.
I’ve known the answer to this question since well from as early as I can remember. I was curious if this is something other people think about often/ever.
Maybe transgender people do. I knew my name for the longest time, and when it came time to transition, it was an easy choice.
yeah, I had a name picked out for me long before I knew I was trans. It was just, “The girl name I identify with” in my head. There were no signs.
I have a gender-neutral name, so I’d probably stick with the same one.
Same. My parents thought of everything
Can I think about it, or am I at gunpoint?
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Aisha (after the Fennec fox that I couldn’t pet at a contact zoo when I was 10 because it was still too young)
I wanna pet her!
Also Aisha from Outlaw Star is love
Huh, Aisha being too young isn’t a problem for some people.
(In Islam, the prophet Mohammed married his wife Aisha when she was 6 and he was 50, but waited until she was 9 to consumate the marriage)
I do have a favorite for video game characters of the other gender. But I didn’t pick it until quite late in life, and I’m not sure it’s a good name for gender-bent me irl.
Parents had a name for a AFAB child iirc; though I’ve forgotten it.
I feel like “Kolanaki” works both ways. Which is great, because I also go both ways.
I don’t
