Ask Lemmy

Hi. Trans person here.

This is how The Big Questions start. Good luck.

No.

I knew the name I would have gotten if had been born a girl for multiple years before I came out as trans and now that is my real name.

Yeah my name is Clement, so Clementine, like the Walking Dead character. Actually kids in school called me that thinking it was mean... I actually didn't mind.

Nope, I don't have one.

Good luck with your transition!!!

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.

If you asked me to pick a different name remaining a guy I don't think I could without a lot of thought.

I have an agendered one but I'm also legit considering changing it.

I have given more thought to what I would change my name to if I was trying to hide as a criminal than I have for if I switched genders.

Can't say I've ever thought about it as a cis male. It's pretty easy to come up with the best sounding derivative though. If you feel that this may be an important choice for you it may benefit you to explore further and perhaps talk to a therapist who has helped others with dysphoria.

It may also help to add that I've gone through phases of not liking my name. It's not a "normal" name and people very often mishear it as something else. Through this I've only ever considered other cis male centric names, also derivatives of my actual name.

No.

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.

My name works equally well for either gender, so yes.

Can I think about it, or am I at gunpoint?

Not really. Probably just the female version of my name

My mum said if I were a boy, my name would've been Daniel

My name has an obvious feminine version, and I like it enough too.

I've personally known only very few women with that name, (it's not uncommon) but the ones I did were gorgeous, so I'd happily put myself in that club if I woke up different tomorrow.

My middle name is already unisex too, so my initials wouldn't even change lol.

I have a gender-neutral name, so I'd probably stick with the same one.

I'd have no idea. Yeah, there's a feminine name I could extract from my current name, but my first impression is that I wouldn't want that. I have no idea.

Good luck with your journey!

My name is not gendered, so I’m good to go.

I was named after my dad while my first sister born after me was named after my mom. (My parents would not have won any points for originality.)

If I'd been assigned female at birth I would probably have been named after my mom instead, and given the name my sister ended up with rather than just the feminine version of my present name.

As it stands I'm a cis man, but if I suddenly needed to change to a woman's name for some reason my name has a common feminine variant I'd use.

Actually, I have one at the ready, mostly because my dad used to call my brother and I by our feminine equivalent names to bug us as children (different time, young army guy).

Have not given thought to preferred choices, though, just that one.

I don't even like my own name for various reasons but I couldn't make a different choice for my own gender even if I wanted to.

I would end up depressively renaming myself something like Rat Bastard McFuckwit

My name can be used for both. Lucky me!

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 know what my parents wanted to call me if I was a girl. It's a horrible tacky name so I'm glad I turned out a boy!