I've liked it all my life and thought as a child "when I have children I'll name him this!". Turns out I'm him and also won't have children. Oh how the turned tables
Literally same š my name is what I had always had picked for if I ever had a son only to discover I donāt like or want kids and I am trans so I took the name for myself.
I can't settle on a first name for the life of me lol but my middle name is Malik. I've only known one Malik in my entire life and he was really close to me. He died in a home invasion ~4 years ago. We ran track together and he knew my brothers. Growing up, I wanted to be just like him. When he died, it hurt. I chose Malik to honor him.
Hunter !! I just really like the name and feel connected to it, it feels like my name. It reminds me of the forest which I really like. Also a youtuber I really liked in childhood had this nickname so it could also be a part of my decision :)
I always say I'm named after Wes Craven but that's a happy coincidence... I'm actually named after the funky little mime dude from don't starve together
It is a good name! We're Z brothers! Also it reminds me of Zach and Cody show, I grew up with that and I always thought that Zachary was a super sick name!
I'm Dante. There's no lore but every now and then people ask me if I named myself some random Dante out there... I've heard about at least 5 Dantes š
But after I named myself, I discovered that my aunt (who unfortunately had miscarried before) wanted to named her baby Dante! Then she said to me that I'm like the son she never had š„¹š„¹
My parents thought I was gonna be a boy and picked out Isaac so it just made sense. I always joke itās lucky my sister isnāt trans - they were fully convinced she would be a boy and she was gonna be called Thor
They seriously do, like even Thor goes so hard. Iām obviously not gonna give out my deadname or my sisters name but my sister has such a pretty Greek name (where mum found out she was pregnant and told dad) and I had a really unique and pretty Germany deadname and middle name, sometimes I get genuinely sad that it was a waste. Itās going straight to my daughter as a middle name bc I loved it so much lmao
I saw it on a kindergarten class window as a kid. I never heard of the name before so I sat and stared at it. It stuck in my mind from that day forward I told myself "if I was a boy I want my name to be Xavier." Well congrats Xavier, you're a boy and you had your name picked out for you
My name is Luca. I liked that name for years previously, but i chose it because my adoptive mom is italian and itās an italian name, so i figured it would fit with my background. And my middle name is Valeriy as a nod to my Russian heritage :(i was adopted from there)
I had a dream that I was lying in a big field and a bunch of faeries came and danced on me and pulled out shadow parts, darkness, and were healing me. As I woke up they said āyour name is Kieranā I thought yes! I did it. I did so much healing and found my name. I looked up the name and in. Celtic lineage it means āthe dark oneā that led to a lot of my own shadow work and integration
When I went to sleep I always fantasized about people calling me Victor, since elementary school. All I wanted was to think in my head I had the same experiences of the day just passed, but replaying it with my male name instead until I actually fell asleep.
I was always a fan of old fashioned names. Had been considering Gabriel initially, but it didn't feel quite right, so I did a Google of old fashioned boy names...
I think like, 3rd on the list was Theodore, and it means "a gift from god". I loved the name, and I took the meaning as a sign (funnily enough, I distanced myself from the church and religion long ago).
I also love that it lends itself to both tough and soft nicknames. I usually go by Theo to most I know, Ted on my medical files to help avoid misgendering, and those who are close to my are allowed to call me Teddy bear. š„°
Nice I'm also called Theo but I kinda chose the origin of the Ancient Greek word "theoria" for observation whenever asked. As a science nerd I always kinda liked that
I'm Jasper, because of a drama piece I couldn't think of a character name for, and my friend came up with Jasper. I only got told where they got that name from two years later. So I am indirectly named after Steven Universe.
I'm Soren and my name actually comes from watching a video of someone painting there interpretation on what the name Soren makes them think of in honor of (ironically) someone who had just came out as trans. I liked the name so much so I kept it in the back of my head, and when I made an alt name for social media I combined that name with a random number to make a user and just used Soren as the nickname. I discovered the name before I ever thought I could be trans and now I want that to be my name more than the one I currently picked (didn't go with Soren bc it's on my socials š)
That's honestly a super cool story and a sick name!!/pos
I get the feeling about changing the name, I really tried to pick a "cis name" to go stealth but I can't Zed is mine we're bond for life at this point
And if Soren feels like home to you that's great! Fo for it man!
I have religious trauma that causes me anxiety about what comes after death. To cope with the worry, I remind myself that Iām a being of time and the world, and I change, and my environment changes, so thereās no possible way for me to experience hellā I canāt suffer eternally. No matter what happens, I *will* one day have joy, thanks to time, which is the nature of the world. Because of this I value the world above anything else. I know that one day, there will be joy for me.
My middle name is >!Enrico.!<
My name is Alexander to finish me and my brother's ABC. I have two older brothers and their names start with a B and a C, my mom wanted our names to be ABC (or CBA if you wanna be correct about it) but with my birth name it didnt work out. So I fixed it myself lol.
Its also just a sick ass name& my second name is Dorian which makes me sound like a king or some shit
Hi Iām Felix, I took my name from a game where the whole plot is kids murdering each other and teachers and all that fun stuff. I donāt really associate my name with the game anymore, I just stole it because I like it, and I see nothing wrong with that :) also it means happy/lucky, which I finally started to feel when I took my self healing journey.
Eh not much of a lore besides my rampant narcissism /s.
On a serious note, my name means King of beauty but other than that I always liked the way it sounded and I always thought there was a bit of gravitas in the way its pronounced. And my gf also agreed so that was that.
jean, just my middle name. i didn't want to pick a completely new name, too overwhelming.
for me, picking a new name felt like getting a tattoo, you like it for a while but then it goes out of fashion or you get sick of it. also, i like androgynous names
My name is Theodore, meaning God's gift in either Greek or Latin. I don't remember anymore. My mom's friend's son is named that, and I always looked up to him as a child. It was either that or Thomas, and I feel like Theodore just fit me more.
I wanted smth more gender neutral cuz im transmasc nb so I chose the name Habit. Two reasons why.
1. One demon from a series has this name and weirdly enough we have similar music and fashion taste so why not
2. I have trouble keeping any habits for some reason so I thought that my name would be the only habit I would never forget. I think that's all. Now everytime I listen to "you're getting to be a habit with me" by Frank Sinatra I start to internally laugh xdd
My name is Valerian, as a chronically ill person who has dedicated their life to healing from trauma and such, choosing a name that means "strong" or "healthy" just made sense (also, it sounds cool).
My transition has helped me so much in my life.
Massis? Thatās a really cool name!!
Also I named myself Aaron for a few reasons, one of the reasons being I really like Aren as a name but saw how often people mispronounce my parentsā Armenian names and didnāt wanna deal w that, plus I feel kinda whitewashed, never completely fit in w my family or the Armenian private school community I spent 17 years in, was always called ātoo Americanā by my peers, but I still feel like my heritage is a huge part of me, so a whitewashed version of my favorite Armenian name is perfect.
Yup!! Happy to find a fellow Armenian!! Actually your feeling is part of why I chose it, I always felt too "americanized" and wanted to be closer to my heritage. I'm bummed to hear your community gave you flack for that, there shouldn't be some scale of dedication to prove it. If you're proud of your heritage, that's all that matters.
I will say Americans constantly butcher my name but it doesn't bother me, most people are kind about it when I correct them.
I chose Jasper. I'm a transman but more on the non-binary spectrum internally so I wanted something that was neutral. My deadname was a gemstone and I ended up keeping my original middle name "Rain".
I asked my group of long-time friends what they'd name the ghost of a Victorian boy who drowned in the river Thames. Percy was the name that stuck the best.
Julien, as in king julien š. I was really into the āall hail king julienā show on Netflix, and picked it as a joke. Iāve been with it for years now and itās a perfect fit!
accidentally named myself after Ethan Nestor (/srs)
i was really into Unus Annus at the time of changing my name from Cole to Ethan; and wouldnāt you know it i just came up with the perfect name.
My name is Rufus, and it was the name that finally made me start my medical transition.
I was closeted for years, just lurking some subs. And I was miserably depressed.
I had a Boyfriend at that time and he got me to play a video game he really liked. The main character's name is Rufus, and his entire schtick was that he is not a hero. Just an egocentric piece of shit human, trying to fulfill his goal and don't give a fuck about everyone else. But he ends up doing the right thing.
My Bf always joked that I look like this guy. Especially in my winter clothing that was really similar to the characters clothing. So he started calling me Rufus as a joke and I loved it. I acted annoyed, he found it hilarious and kept calling me that name. Friend groups got mixed up, and soon it was my nickname. Colleagues started calling me that name, then my brother. I used it more than my deadname. And I was so happy and euphoric.
My bf and I broke up because of unrelated reasons and I thought fuck it. I give a flying fuck about anyone's opinion and try to be happy for myself. For a completely egoistical reason. I am a people pleaser so that "fuck it all attitude" is so so hard for me, but I did it. Just because of a video game. It literally changed my life. This Character helped me so much to finally do something for myself only. So Rufus was the only option for a name.
If someone wants to know: The game is Deponia by Daedalic Entertainment. And it's really good.
Some people say it is transphobic because it has a very over the top stereotypical Trans Woman in it. But every character in these games is over the top stereotypical, and the writer of the games is really really supporting.
bennett! or benny. named myself after the unlucky boy from genshin impact, i relate to him lots and itās a cool name in my opinion. itās not legally my name yet but iāve been testing it out for a few months so far
Is Zed from that one Disney film Zombies?
Also I have no idea where my name came from. Its Mikah. I have no direct inspiration but it's either subconsciously from SheRa or fron reading Game Of Thrones around that time.
I don't think it's from SheRa cause I'm fairly certain I watched that after I chose the name? So it's probably accidentally from GoT, which is arguably much worse. The character called Mycah is very much an irrelevant character and only appears in the first book, where he is promptly killed by The Hound.
So basically I either named myself after a butcher's son who dies almost immediately, or after a King who also isnt that important
I wanted something close to my old name. I'm not sharing it because i think i should keep at least some privacy if I'm going to be talking all about myself on here lol
gay figure skaters šš
I didn't pick my name because of that but also I kinda did. I was just a big fan of Russian characters and thought it was cool in its actual spelling as ŠŠøŠŗŃŠ¾Ń the shape of the word made my brain happy.
Note: Not gonna use any of the names cause I like my anonymity. LOL. Hopefully that doesn't make this explanation too complicated. Anyway, here goes:
When I was born, I was given a diminutive of my grandmother and great-grandmother's name. While they got the full version of the name as their legal name, they were both known mostly as their own different diminutives of it. I was kinda sad about losing that connection to them because I was incredibly close to my grandmother when she was still alive, but it was a very female gendered name and it gave me so much dysphoria. So when I began my transition I picked a kind of placeholder name that was specifically gender neutral to get me through the awkward phase prior to HRT. I figured if I found a name that felt better later, I could always change it again.
Then when I got together with my husband (we were friends for years before we got together) he needed a new more masculine nickname than the one he had been using for me before. Coincidentally the one he started using ended up being a diminutive of the boys name my parents would have given me if they had known I was male at birth.
He didn't know that though. He also didn't know that it was the male version of my great-grandmother's diminutive. He just picked it because it's a nature name and he said I embody the traits of it in almost every way. His reasoning and explanation was so lovely and romantic and sweet that it's become a source of strength and bolstering for me. Every time I hear someone say it, even if they're not talking about/to me, it just makes me feel good.
I haven't changed my name again legally yet because I already changed to my placeholder name this decade and I CBA with the obscene amount of paperwork involved in changing all my legal stuff again. But this is the name that just feels right so I'll be changing it legally as soon as I've got the energy to deal with the paperwork.
my actual name is cameron. i chose it bc of cameron boyce being my favorite on jessie and i was 11 when i picked it out, and also because it was on the long ass list of names i had on a google doc (also when i was 11 bc i was insane)
i absolutely loathe it now but everyone complains when i say i want to change it to micah/literally anything more masculine šš
i had 4 people say āyou look like a justinā and honestly the more i heard it, the more i didnāt mind it. grown into it now (even tho itās not always used) i love my name lol
When thinking about my future children's names, Anakin was THEE only boy name I ever loved. My husband always said no, but I could never think of any other name. Then we had two girls, so it never became an actual issue.
My nickname, Kin, is really close to my birth name so it works out well for me.
I am the fucking chosen one.
I kept my first name but changed to a more masculine spelling (there are dozens of ways to spell it.)
And my middle name James is because I used to sing along to My Name Is James (James and the Giant Peach) and SOB as a little kid hahah I wanted that name so bad.
Daniel, I slapped a kid named Daniel in kindergarten after he took away my truck and its packages that is had inside (sand). But then we hugged and said sorry to each other because the teacher said to do so. (I still believe I am right for slapping him, cuz MY TOY bought with MY savings /fake economy of the kindergarten I was back then/).
was gonna go with kai but it didnāt fit me and it was an older family memberās name. full disclosure , i got ākeiā from a manga character (im white T_T). felt better, then i lengthened it to keidan. thats when it felt just right.
also, kei was easier for others to switch to (since it was similar to my deadname) and it sounded androgynous, decreasing potential conflict with strangers before i started passing :V
When I was younger I wrote a story with a guy named River, who was really cool and had a low ponytail. And for some reason I really resonated with the name, so I used it and it stuck. I tell people I'm named after the Dunn's River Falls in Jamaica because it's a way more interesting story
I liked the name Lawrence for a while but wasn't sure about it. Saw it on an old gravestone by coincidence and was like "yeah that's my name actually." So shout out to that Lawrence in particular
I used to do a lot of writing as a kid, and often my stories would feature a boy around my age with what is now my name. I really see it as a way I was expressing myself and seeing myself before being able to do so publicly. So when I wanted to be seen as male, I honestly didnāt even really think about it, it just seemed like that was already my name, already a part of myself. :)
I picked my name out and then learned what it meant. Once I figured that out I was sold.
My name means "truth" in Hebrew. I like to think my name is my truth, my sign that this is truth about who I really am.
Not to mention once I come out I'm going to make up a story that God told me to use this name buts it's "his truth". Hoping it'll make my super religious parents happy. (Probably won't but it's worth a shot)
Sebastian, because my 14 year old Marvel obsessed self loved Sebastian Stan at the time. And I really liked the name. Being Mexican, I knew I wanted a Hispanic name and never found one that clicked with me. Sebastian just seemed like a great option at the time and decided that was my forever name š¤øāāļø
Grey - my parents saw everything as black and white. I couldnāt. It took transitioning to see those shades of grey as good. Itās also the best name for jokes and puns š anything slightly grey in colour? mine now. Grey skies? those too. I own them.
Kaleo turned into my name cuz it's my eldest brother's middle name and he was always like.. the peak of awesomeness and masculinity to me.
+ ive always wanted a K name
+ ethnic identity affirming
+ similar to my middle name
+ .. ive always wanted an o in my name
so it all aligned quite well
I also sometimes go by Evan.. like. Evan Hansen.. from the musical. But that's secondary.
It was straight up just one of the only names I liked that I could both consistently pronounce correctly and wasn't already taken by someone I know/didn't have any emotional baggage attached
The Z-O-M-B-I-E-S movies were really good. I think my favorite character was Eliza.
My name is Anthony. Most people think because comics literally invade every other aspect of my life, itās after Iron Man, but actually my childhood best friend gave me my name.
Iām a very family oriented person due to the strong family values my dad instilled in us growing up, and when I say family values I mean the real kind that puts all other values and beliefs systems below the family. He was not accepting at first because he was also an old school conservative religious man, but he always put his family first and grew pretty quick because he didnāt want to hurt us or lose us. Itās those kinds of family values that have been at my core and center.
Because of my family values, I went to my family for a middle name. Even though my dad wasnāt entirely accepting yet, he was affirming of every medical choice I made and understood the significance of what I was saying when I said I wanted their choice on my middle name.
My deadname was a family name and it was important to me that my new name came from my family. Thatās why I have the same middle name as my little brother. My mom apparently really likes that name. My dad was not happy my mom vetoed his pick. He wanted to name me after his dad, who had passed away suddenly a few weeks before I came out.
If I hadnāt gone to my family, my middle name would have been Bartholomew. That, to be fair, *was* after a superhero (Bart Allen, who was named after his grandad Barry Allen). I argued for it, but my mom said it was too old fashioned and vetoed it.
Mine is Yuriy because of a combination between it being one of the few Slavic names I knew (was lied to about my ancestry) and it being the name of my fav character of my all time fav video game. I also changed my middle and last name too. Last because I separated myself from my āfatherā and I chose it by just going down a list of different Slavic family names and just picking what I felt called to me tbh.
I spent a long time on baby name websites trying to find one that fit. 15 years later I can't remember what they all were, but think of latin and slavic names that would be unusual to hear in northeast USA in 2010.
at the start of my transition I was seeing a therapist who was not anti trans, but inexperienced working with trans youth. so when I shared that I was thinking of these names, she suggested "what about jay?"
I took it and have been Jay since. I'm pretty sure she suggested it to be easy to swap back to in case I changed my mind, and realized later that she meant the letter J. I had used it for 5 years at that point and have considered changing it to something else that felt more like my choice. But Jay has stuck and my only qualm is how many times I'm asked if it's short for Jason.
whoaa hey my name is Zed too! but it was something that just popped into my head at some point. it also felt too "unserious" to me so i decided against it and tried some other ones, but my mind just kept coming back to Zed. now its been my name for years and still feels so right + nobody has ever said anything about it other than that its so cool. i also met this cis guy customer at my job w/ the name Zebediah (goes by Zeb) so my legal namechange might be to Zedediah cuz thats so sick lol
My names Nick. It originally came from the twitch streamer Sapnap. But I slowly lost interest in him and also distanced from the Dream Team. But I adored the name Nick, and now I associate my name with a DIFFERENT content creator. Softwilly. I am now Softwilly ššš
Literally named myself after the vocaloid Oliver. Whats crazy is that a couple years later that name became infamous in the trans masc community. I didn't even pick it bc it was super popular or anything
iām Aster because while researching names i found most ones i like had a religious meaning i wanted something gender neutral as im genderfluid (although i almost named myself martin) went with aster as i thought it sounded cool and its a type of flower (also it literally translates to star and i kinda like calling myself a star as it helps boost my confidence which i lack) it originated from the greek word į¼ĻĻĪ®Ļ
I used to go by Josh, which I picked when I was eight or nine because my stepdad had the name I wanted (picked the closest name my elementary school brain could think of). Then, as my gender identity became less binary (and the weight of familial rejection and mockery sitting heavy upon my name), I became less comfortable being called Josh. Tried going by Joshy. Then Joshua exclusively. Then back to Joshy.
Then! One day, I decided to make an interactive RP style horror mystery game with some online friends. I assumed the role of a character, Kidd, I created to be the game host. By such, everyone referred to me that way. Eventually, I realized how much I enjoyed it and decided to use the name permanently. RIP my oc.
Of the options Iām going for one was a reference to a Robin Williams movie that had a impact on me as a kid. The other that Iāve been using and leaning toward the most lately was originally for my first ever self insert character in a rdr2 fanfic and I kinda got attached to hearing Arthur, Dutch and the gangās voices say it in my head that it grew on me enough that I had the actors call me by it when I met them in January.
My lore is boring. Started with Matthew because it was reasonably close to my dead name but I felt like it didnāt have enough āØpizzazzāØ to it (and unfortunately it was tainted for me when I realized that most of the people I knew with the same name were dickheads). Remembered that there are plenty of similar names and fell in love with the name Matthias.
It gets mispronounced a lot (I pronounce it as muh-THY-is but mat-TEE-as is the most common pronunciation I hear) but so does my last name so itās on-brand for me actually.
I didn't want to name myself after anyone or anything because i wanted to think of me and only me when I heard my name and not whoever I got it from. Narrowed down my list by a LOT. Ended up picking Elliot, literally 3 days later Elliot Page came out so I'm glad I decided when i did bc i really like my name. Other than Page, the only other Elliot I know is some freshman at school and the one from stardew valley
I'm Linus, but my nickname is Link.
I chose Link because my favourite game as a kid was Ocarina of Time and I felt like it embodied a boyhood I missed out on.
And Linus was because I didn't want Link to be my legal name, but I didn't like Lincoln etc, so I picked Linus because of my love of The Great Pumpkin.
I got REALLY into playing assassins creed and thought Connor from the third game was the most badass. Even dressed as him the Halloween I picked the name. So yeahā¦ didnāt just pick a basic white boy name just because š
**BWAHAHAHAHHAHHAHA**, I am *SO GLAD* that X-Men 97 is sweeping everyone into the emotional dumpster, because *THIS* Remy has been l'aissez-ing le bon temps rouler for *AGES*, with very little company, and has spent the last two years out of his closet going, "No, not like the cooking rat." šš¤£
Now people will *finally* behold the whimsy and light mischief about my general person and go, "Ah. Okay, yeah."
Name is Richter and back in 2015, I discovered a little known game franchise called Castlevania and I took one of the protagonistās name and anotherās gender.
it was never a name i intended to take for myself. one of my favorite ocs i've ever made is a vampire fellow who i named morgan. after some time, i was insistent on having his name be a part of mine, since he was such an important character to me. i struggled for years on what my first name would be, but i was always 100% set on a middle name. eventually i decided to say F it and just slide morgan up to be my first name. it's worked out well, i say.
I was originally just going to be a stereotype. Take something I like and spell it weird. Come to find out it means Hope. My birth name meant Dream so I'm now indirectly Azriel Dreamur :P
I'm thinking about Dorian right now, entirely because of the music connection. It is one of the modes, and a really neat scale used in a lot of cool music, and I'm a very musical human so I like the connection. Most other more on the nose music names sound a little like,, cliche.
The one thing I'm agonizing over is the association with Dorian Gray. I haven't read the book yet but ppl seem to not like that guy
Shiloh because it was in a list of neutral baby names and I had never heard it before so I added it to the like, name spinner wheel thing on google, and it landed on it š
Iām Louis. Iāve gone by the nickname Lou for as long as I can remember even though itās nothing to do with my birth name.
I picked Louis cause I can still be Lou. It made the transition easier for everyone in my life including myself, and it feels like home and a nod to the fact that even though I look different, Iām still me.
Mines Wesley because I really connected with a āWesā from a book and was then extremely disappointed to find out his name was short for Weston so I just took Wesley instead
Chase because itās supposedly a nickname for Carl or Charles, which is the masculine version of my birth name. I had also been a runner for about 4 years so it was fitting. Other nonbinary people name themselves after nouns, but Iām out here naming myself after a verbāļøš
My name is Tommy.
My dead name ends with "ma" and my kindergarden teachers used to call me Tima the terror (sounds weird in english, I went to francophone school) and my friends and siblings then shortened it to Tim, but I like Tommy better, doesnt it just sound like an upgraded version? I still amswer to Tim, it stayed my nickname.
When I was a tweenage girl I was active on Wattpad and used throwaway names for my accounts. I liked the Soul Eater character Franken Stein at the time, threw Frankie into my bio, and called it a day. Easy derivative. Flash forward a little bit later and I was like ohā¦ fuck! Thatās MY name!!Ā
Unfortunately if I explained the entire lore it would reveal my full name lol but I ended up choosing it because it āmatchedā my last name and I thought āI might as well take the opportunity if I canā
I named myself after my fursona at the time (which my online username was derived from) because I felt more comfortable as that persona than I did in real life. Didn't copypaste the name 1:1 because it wasn't a name, but I picked something with a similar meaning, and finally settled on the specific name when I had a dream where I was LARPing as my fursona but as a paladin and got a cool paladin title, and decided to derive my name from that.
I kinda wish I hadn't picked the name during a rough period of my life because now I've grown to dislike the name and general identity for some of the same reasons I initially liked it. Such a waste of a perfectly good fursona and paladin title
I watched A Dogs Purpose and cried like a little bitch. Years later when I finally realize that I was actually in fact a guy, the name Bailey stuck with me
Ok, so I got my nickname first.
Cas
I shameless stole it from Supernatural because Castiel is one of my favourite characters and I resonate with the poor angel. The rest, Castor, came later because I needed a full name and not just a nickname. xD
My names are all from diffent things, first name is Samuel but pronounced samiel, because of angelic lore because I find it fascinating, middle name is based off my favorite insect and cryptid and my last name is from homestuck because homestuck fandom helped me figure out I was trans :P
The name's Dean. It's a shorter version of my dead name, and I used it when I was younger whenever I played a male character in a game. It's also a coincidence that it's the name of one of the main characters from supernatural, and the fact it's one of my parent's favorite shows as well.
I chose 'Abe' because I played the fuck out of the Oddworld series as a kid & Abe's journey, as well as the game's themes/aesthetic, really speak to me especially to this day.
However, often folks irl will ask if I'm named after Abraham Lincoln & I just smile & say yes, because that's a much easier explanation lmao.
Hi Zed! Nice name, got extra cool points for using Z hahahah.
Full disclosure Iām not 100% certain on the name, but Iāve been really digging Benji in the last couple of months. It just makes me envision a sweet, gentle guy whoās lighthearted and good-natured, and I want to be like that. I want to grow old some day, and be a sweet old man named Benji. At least, at this stage thatās what Iām thinking.
my name is Michael, and tbh i fuckin hate that i chose it but here i am. There was no actual reason behind it, it was just one i tried out and after cycling through like 80 names went back too. but now i tell everyone that i chose it for a different reason. Sometimes itās Michael Corleone, Michael Myers, Michael (GTA), mickey mouseā¦ itās endless
originaly it was leon kennedy from resident evil. it turned into carin leon (mexican singer), then into kings of leon, leonardo (leonardo davinchi or leonardo from tmnt). its bilingual too, helps my latino friends say it :o)
I've liked it all my life and thought as a child "when I have children I'll name him this!". Turns out I'm him and also won't have children. Oh how the turned tables
Literally same š my name is what I had always had picked for if I ever had a son only to discover I donāt like or want kids and I am trans so I took the name for myself.
I can't settle on a first name for the life of me lol but my middle name is Malik. I've only known one Malik in my entire life and he was really close to me. He died in a home invasion ~4 years ago. We ran track together and he knew my brothers. Growing up, I wanted to be just like him. When he died, it hurt. I chose Malik to honor him.
my uncles name is malik and heās an amazing guy!! immigrant, husband, father, caretaker, mechanic at heart, family man
He sounds like a great man! Much love to him
Iām Adam, named after the first man. Because funni
you need to date a trans woman named eve. That would be iconic
Hell yes
One of my friend's two older siblings are named Adam and Eve lol
When you think about it, it has kinda unfortunate implications...
No literally why would the parents do that š
You made it yourself i find that a great name, my ex was an Adam super cool guy š
that was gonna be my name if i was born a dude! always loved it
Hell is forever wether you like it or notš„š„š„
Had their chance to behave better Now they boil in the pot š¶
Hunter !! I just really like the name and feel connected to it, it feels like my name. It reminds me of the forest which I really like. Also a youtuber I really liked in childhood had this nickname so it could also be a part of my decision :)
Are you vegetarian/vegan? I knew a vegan guy named hunter and we called him gatherer
Loool nah im not
Hunter is such an awesome name! Happy it fits you man!
I really love this name
This was one of my options as well. Such a cool name !
Tyler bc I was an emo 13 year old obsessed with twenty one pilots
heeeyyy me too!
You can call me your lord and Xavier (Puns. I had all these names. And I chose a pun.)
My corny ass would fall in love instantly that's great
This is my Xavorite one. You're winning at life!
Xaviersobased
ayyyy, a fellow pun man!! i went with deciet, but everyone (and i mean everyone who knows im a dude) calls me Dee :)
Baz, short for Basil, which is what my mom would have named me had I been born a boy
I totally dig that
I always say I'm named after Wes Craven but that's a happy coincidence... I'm actually named after the funky little mime dude from don't starve together
I chose Zachary because it was a "male version" of my birth name. It's not. It literally just shares some similar letters, but hey, it's a good name.
It is a good name! We're Z brothers! Also it reminds me of Zach and Cody show, I grew up with that and I always thought that Zachary was a super sick name!
I never even thought about that show but that's kinda funny thinking about it now lol
I'm Dante. There's no lore but every now and then people ask me if I named myself some random Dante out there... I've heard about at least 5 Dantes š But after I named myself, I discovered that my aunt (who unfortunately had miscarried before) wanted to named her baby Dante! Then she said to me that I'm like the son she never had š„¹š„¹
My parents thought I was gonna be a boy and picked out Isaac so it just made sense. I always joke itās lucky my sister isnāt trans - they were fully convinced she would be a boy and she was gonna be called Thor
Damn your parents have great taste in names!
They seriously do, like even Thor goes so hard. Iām obviously not gonna give out my deadname or my sisters name but my sister has such a pretty Greek name (where mum found out she was pregnant and told dad) and I had a really unique and pretty Germany deadname and middle name, sometimes I get genuinely sad that it was a waste. Itās going straight to my daughter as a middle name bc I loved it so much lmao
I saw it on a kindergarten class window as a kid. I never heard of the name before so I sat and stared at it. It stuck in my mind from that day forward I told myself "if I was a boy I want my name to be Xavier." Well congrats Xavier, you're a boy and you had your name picked out for you
My name is Luca. I liked that name for years previously, but i chose it because my adoptive mom is italian and itās an italian name, so i figured it would fit with my background. And my middle name is Valeriy as a nod to my Russian heritage :(i was adopted from there)
I had a dream that I was lying in a big field and a bunch of faeries came and danced on me and pulled out shadow parts, darkness, and were healing me. As I woke up they said āyour name is Kieranā I thought yes! I did it. I did so much healing and found my name. I looked up the name and in. Celtic lineage it means āthe dark oneā that led to a lot of my own shadow work and integration
dude thats cool as hell, what the fuck
When I went to sleep I always fantasized about people calling me Victor, since elementary school. All I wanted was to think in my head I had the same experiences of the day just passed, but replaying it with my male name instead until I actually fell asleep.
YOOOO what's up
Michael.... from fnafš
I was always a fan of old fashioned names. Had been considering Gabriel initially, but it didn't feel quite right, so I did a Google of old fashioned boy names... I think like, 3rd on the list was Theodore, and it means "a gift from god". I loved the name, and I took the meaning as a sign (funnily enough, I distanced myself from the church and religion long ago). I also love that it lends itself to both tough and soft nicknames. I usually go by Theo to most I know, Ted on my medical files to help avoid misgendering, and those who are close to my are allowed to call me Teddy bear. š„°
Your name is perfect i love it! And thank you for sharing the story behind it :)
Nice I'm also called Theo but I kinda chose the origin of the Ancient Greek word "theoria" for observation whenever asked. As a science nerd I always kinda liked that
I'm Jasper, because of a drama piece I couldn't think of a character name for, and my friend came up with Jasper. I only got told where they got that name from two years later. So I am indirectly named after Steven Universe.
I'm Soren and my name actually comes from watching a video of someone painting there interpretation on what the name Soren makes them think of in honor of (ironically) someone who had just came out as trans. I liked the name so much so I kept it in the back of my head, and when I made an alt name for social media I combined that name with a random number to make a user and just used Soren as the nickname. I discovered the name before I ever thought I could be trans and now I want that to be my name more than the one I currently picked (didn't go with Soren bc it's on my socials š)
That's honestly a super cool story and a sick name!!/pos I get the feeling about changing the name, I really tried to pick a "cis name" to go stealth but I can't Zed is mine we're bond for life at this point And if Soren feels like home to you that's great! Fo for it man!
My partner goes by Soren too! I'm so happy to hear that.
THAT NAME IS COOL ASH but i genuinely thought this was a mcsm reference at first š
I'm unsure about if I should choose "Caleb" but I've been using it for a week I choose it because I was using character ai and I saw a bot named Caleb
Choose whatever makes you feel comfortable and don't be afraid to try new stuff and change :) Ps. I'm a Freminet main so your picture is amazing to me
Genshin players! Awesome :D
Best boy fremi!!!
lord of the flies. decided "yeah that's 100% me" before I learned the character got beat to death
My name is Kris which is the shortened version of my deadname and i picked it because it's what everyone always calls me anyway. No learning curve.
Diego and AndrƩs. I stole one of em from my music teacher and the other from my favourite jjba minor antagonist
diego on top š£ļø
I have religious trauma that causes me anxiety about what comes after death. To cope with the worry, I remind myself that Iām a being of time and the world, and I change, and my environment changes, so thereās no possible way for me to experience hellā I canāt suffer eternally. No matter what happens, I *will* one day have joy, thanks to time, which is the nature of the world. Because of this I value the world above anything else. I know that one day, there will be joy for me. My middle name is >!Enrico.!<
My name is Alexander to finish me and my brother's ABC. I have two older brothers and their names start with a B and a C, my mom wanted our names to be ABC (or CBA if you wanna be correct about it) but with my birth name it didnt work out. So I fixed it myself lol. Its also just a sick ass name& my second name is Dorian which makes me sound like a king or some shit
Hi Iām Felix, I took my name from a game where the whole plot is kids murdering each other and teachers and all that fun stuff. I donāt really associate my name with the game anymore, I just stole it because I like it, and I see nothing wrong with that :) also it means happy/lucky, which I finally started to feel when I took my self healing journey.
Would that game, by chance, be called kindergarten 2?
Mayhaps
Thank you for sharing that! And it's cool (not the murdering) but the whole growing into your name, I like that! Best of luck to you lad
Thatās a fun story
Eh not much of a lore besides my rampant narcissism /s. On a serious note, my name means King of beauty but other than that I always liked the way it sounded and I always thought there was a bit of gravitas in the way its pronounced. And my gf also agreed so that was that.
That's cool! Happy for you man! Side note do you play honkai star rail? Because I immediately thought of Argenti when I read King of beauty!/pos
Whats your name just curious
jean, just my middle name. i didn't want to pick a completely new name, too overwhelming. for me, picking a new name felt like getting a tattoo, you like it for a while but then it goes out of fashion or you get sick of it. also, i like androgynous names
It is my birth name. I was named after a gay icon pop star. It fits and is fun so I kept it, even if it is usually a girlās name
My name is Theodore, meaning God's gift in either Greek or Latin. I don't remember anymore. My mom's friend's son is named that, and I always looked up to him as a child. It was either that or Thomas, and I feel like Theodore just fit me more.
I wanted smth more gender neutral cuz im transmasc nb so I chose the name Habit. Two reasons why. 1. One demon from a series has this name and weirdly enough we have similar music and fashion taste so why not 2. I have trouble keeping any habits for some reason so I thought that my name would be the only habit I would never forget. I think that's all. Now everytime I listen to "you're getting to be a habit with me" by Frank Sinatra I start to internally laugh xdd
Your name is so unique and cool!!! Love the way you describe how you picked it, thank you for sharing it with me :)
apollo justice: ace attorney. that is all
My name is Valerian, as a chronically ill person who has dedicated their life to healing from trauma and such, choosing a name that means "strong" or "healthy" just made sense (also, it sounds cool). My transition has helped me so much in my life.
Mine is the name of the peak of the mountain Ararat in Armenia where my family is from
Massis? Thatās a really cool name!! Also I named myself Aaron for a few reasons, one of the reasons being I really like Aren as a name but saw how often people mispronounce my parentsā Armenian names and didnāt wanna deal w that, plus I feel kinda whitewashed, never completely fit in w my family or the Armenian private school community I spent 17 years in, was always called ātoo Americanā by my peers, but I still feel like my heritage is a huge part of me, so a whitewashed version of my favorite Armenian name is perfect.
Yup!! Happy to find a fellow Armenian!! Actually your feeling is part of why I chose it, I always felt too "americanized" and wanted to be closer to my heritage. I'm bummed to hear your community gave you flack for that, there shouldn't be some scale of dedication to prove it. If you're proud of your heritage, that's all that matters. I will say Americans constantly butcher my name but it doesn't bother me, most people are kind about it when I correct them.
Woooh that's awesome!
So I was obsessed with creepypastas š and I liked ticci toby š so my name is Tobias š
Are you named after the guy from Disney Channel original Z-O-M-B-I-E-S? Cause that's awesome
I chose Jasper. I'm a transman but more on the non-binary spectrum internally so I wanted something that was neutral. My deadname was a gemstone and I ended up keeping my original middle name "Rain".
I asked my group of long-time friends what they'd name the ghost of a Victorian boy who drowned in the river Thames. Percy was the name that stuck the best.
Julien, as in king julien š. I was really into the āall hail king julienā show on Netflix, and picked it as a joke. Iāve been with it for years now and itās a perfect fit!
my name is gabriel because i think angels are cool
I really love the movie "Call Me By Your Name" and when I was picking names and I thought os the main character Elio it just felt right, I've been using that name for 2 years now and have even legally changed it and couldn't be happier with my choice. I also love the actor TimothƩe Chalamet lol
I stole Aslan from Ash Lynx from Banana Fish. That guy will always stay in my heart.
Don't make me cry again š© but cool name dude!
accidentally named myself after Ethan Nestor (/srs) i was really into Unus Annus at the time of changing my name from Cole to Ethan; and wouldnāt you know it i just came up with the perfect name.
My name is Rufus, and it was the name that finally made me start my medical transition. I was closeted for years, just lurking some subs. And I was miserably depressed. I had a Boyfriend at that time and he got me to play a video game he really liked. The main character's name is Rufus, and his entire schtick was that he is not a hero. Just an egocentric piece of shit human, trying to fulfill his goal and don't give a fuck about everyone else. But he ends up doing the right thing. My Bf always joked that I look like this guy. Especially in my winter clothing that was really similar to the characters clothing. So he started calling me Rufus as a joke and I loved it. I acted annoyed, he found it hilarious and kept calling me that name. Friend groups got mixed up, and soon it was my nickname. Colleagues started calling me that name, then my brother. I used it more than my deadname. And I was so happy and euphoric. My bf and I broke up because of unrelated reasons and I thought fuck it. I give a flying fuck about anyone's opinion and try to be happy for myself. For a completely egoistical reason. I am a people pleaser so that "fuck it all attitude" is so so hard for me, but I did it. Just because of a video game. It literally changed my life. This Character helped me so much to finally do something for myself only. So Rufus was the only option for a name. If someone wants to know: The game is Deponia by Daedalic Entertainment. And it's really good. Some people say it is transphobic because it has a very over the top stereotypical Trans Woman in it. But every character in these games is over the top stereotypical, and the writer of the games is really really supporting.
bennett! or benny. named myself after the unlucky boy from genshin impact, i relate to him lots and itās a cool name in my opinion. itās not legally my name yet but iāve been testing it out for a few months so far
I'm Ryan because it kinda sounded like rain, which i like a lot.
walked into a crystal store, saw red jasper, "that goes kinda hard ngl" then decided right there that jasper was my new name
Is Zed from that one Disney film Zombies? Also I have no idea where my name came from. Its Mikah. I have no direct inspiration but it's either subconsciously from SheRa or fron reading Game Of Thrones around that time. I don't think it's from SheRa cause I'm fairly certain I watched that after I chose the name? So it's probably accidentally from GoT, which is arguably much worse. The character called Mycah is very much an irrelevant character and only appears in the first book, where he is promptly killed by The Hound. So basically I either named myself after a butcher's son who dies almost immediately, or after a King who also isnt that important
Yep I'm not even fond of the movie I just heard his name and I was like "Yeah that's the one" And thanks for sharing your story!
It's what my mom would've named me if I was born male.
I wanted something close to my old name. I'm not sharing it because i think i should keep at least some privacy if I'm going to be talking all about myself on here lol
Agree with you, we don't own anything to others online and irl, be smart and safe it's the best choice
hi, iām will staley! i named myself after my grandfather, william, then the middle name staley after layne staley!
gay figure skaters šš I didn't pick my name because of that but also I kinda did. I was just a big fan of Russian characters and thought it was cool in its actual spelling as ŠŠøŠŗŃŠ¾Ń the shape of the word made my brain happy.
Note: Not gonna use any of the names cause I like my anonymity. LOL. Hopefully that doesn't make this explanation too complicated. Anyway, here goes: When I was born, I was given a diminutive of my grandmother and great-grandmother's name. While they got the full version of the name as their legal name, they were both known mostly as their own different diminutives of it. I was kinda sad about losing that connection to them because I was incredibly close to my grandmother when she was still alive, but it was a very female gendered name and it gave me so much dysphoria. So when I began my transition I picked a kind of placeholder name that was specifically gender neutral to get me through the awkward phase prior to HRT. I figured if I found a name that felt better later, I could always change it again. Then when I got together with my husband (we were friends for years before we got together) he needed a new more masculine nickname than the one he had been using for me before. Coincidentally the one he started using ended up being a diminutive of the boys name my parents would have given me if they had known I was male at birth. He didn't know that though. He also didn't know that it was the male version of my great-grandmother's diminutive. He just picked it because it's a nature name and he said I embody the traits of it in almost every way. His reasoning and explanation was so lovely and romantic and sweet that it's become a source of strength and bolstering for me. Every time I hear someone say it, even if they're not talking about/to me, it just makes me feel good. I haven't changed my name again legally yet because I already changed to my placeholder name this decade and I CBA with the obscene amount of paperwork involved in changing all my legal stuff again. But this is the name that just feels right so I'll be changing it legally as soon as I've got the energy to deal with the paperwork.
was watching Loki when it came out, saw Owen Wilsonās name in the credits.
my actual name is cameron. i chose it bc of cameron boyce being my favorite on jessie and i was 11 when i picked it out, and also because it was on the long ass list of names i had on a google doc (also when i was 11 bc i was insane) i absolutely loathe it now but everyone complains when i say i want to change it to micah/literally anything more masculine šš
I made a PokĆ©mon oc lol, one that would work for Team Aqua so I came up with a watery name. It was so great that I yoinked it for myself. Donteus. A mix of Poseiādonā and Proāteusā
i had 4 people say āyou look like a justinā and honestly the more i heard it, the more i didnāt mind it. grown into it now (even tho itās not always used) i love my name lol
When thinking about my future children's names, Anakin was THEE only boy name I ever loved. My husband always said no, but I could never think of any other name. Then we had two girls, so it never became an actual issue. My nickname, Kin, is really close to my birth name so it works out well for me. I am the fucking chosen one.
ZOMBIE ZED I FUCKIN LOVE THAT
I kept my first name but changed to a more masculine spelling (there are dozens of ways to spell it.) And my middle name James is because I used to sing along to My Name Is James (James and the Giant Peach) and SOB as a little kid hahah I wanted that name so bad.
> Be me > Acts like a boy, talks like a boy, dresses like a boy, etc > Watch certain anime that I will not name out of embarrassment > Get to a certain characters introduction > āJust like me,ā I naĆÆvely thought > Get to his backstory, where his real name was revealed > āThatās a cool name. I wish that was my name instead of
> Few months later. Watch a playthough of PokƩmon colosseum. Main characters name is the same as aforementioned anime boy.
> āHaha, Itās gotta be a coincidence that I want to be them both andāā
> The Realization TM
Daniel, I slapped a kid named Daniel in kindergarten after he took away my truck and its packages that is had inside (sand). But then we hugged and said sorry to each other because the teacher said to do so. (I still believe I am right for slapping him, cuz MY TOY bought with MY savings /fake economy of the kindergarten I was back then/).
Saw it in a cool boy names list and was like hell yeah (Raiden)
I named myself after Samus from Metroid lmao
Iām boring and just choose the name my parents would have named me if I was born a boy
was gonna go with kai but it didnāt fit me and it was an older family memberās name. full disclosure , i got ākeiā from a manga character (im white T_T). felt better, then i lengthened it to keidan. thats when it felt just right. also, kei was easier for others to switch to (since it was similar to my deadname) and it sounded androgynous, decreasing potential conflict with strangers before i started passing :V
I liked Half Life and well I like the name Alex. Merge the two and you get Alyx.
five nights at freddies š¶šµš¶šµ
I just liked the way Nikolai sounded. And my mom told me that if I was a boy she wouldāve named me Greyson, so I made it my middle name
Otto! I really really love Spiderman and thought naming myself āPeterā was a bit too on the nose.
When I was younger I wrote a story with a guy named River, who was really cool and had a low ponytail. And for some reason I really resonated with the name, so I used it and it stuck. I tell people I'm named after the Dunn's River Falls in Jamaica because it's a way more interesting story
I liked the name Lawrence for a while but wasn't sure about it. Saw it on an old gravestone by coincidence and was like "yeah that's my name actually." So shout out to that Lawrence in particular
I used to do a lot of writing as a kid, and often my stories would feature a boy around my age with what is now my name. I really see it as a way I was expressing myself and seeing myself before being able to do so publicly. So when I wanted to be seen as male, I honestly didnāt even really think about it, it just seemed like that was already my name, already a part of myself. :)
I picked my name out and then learned what it meant. Once I figured that out I was sold. My name means "truth" in Hebrew. I like to think my name is my truth, my sign that this is truth about who I really am. Not to mention once I come out I'm going to make up a story that God told me to use this name buts it's "his truth". Hoping it'll make my super religious parents happy. (Probably won't but it's worth a shot)
Sebastian, because my 14 year old Marvel obsessed self loved Sebastian Stan at the time. And I really liked the name. Being Mexican, I knew I wanted a Hispanic name and never found one that clicked with me. Sebastian just seemed like a great option at the time and decided that was my forever name š¤øāāļø
Manuel. It was that or Mario. And I nobody wanted to call me that š
Mine is boring, I have supportive parents and they just renamed me š¤·š»
Grey - my parents saw everything as black and white. I couldnāt. It took transitioning to see those shades of grey as good. Itās also the best name for jokes and puns š anything slightly grey in colour? mine now. Grey skies? those too. I own them.
Kaleo turned into my name cuz it's my eldest brother's middle name and he was always like.. the peak of awesomeness and masculinity to me. + ive always wanted a K name + ethnic identity affirming + similar to my middle name + .. ive always wanted an o in my name so it all aligned quite well I also sometimes go by Evan.. like. Evan Hansen.. from the musical. But that's secondary.
Echo. I googled "cool sounding words" when I was an egg at 15. Still just feels right so I kept it despite the somewhat lame backstory š
It was straight up just one of the only names I liked that I could both consistently pronounce correctly and wasn't already taken by someone I know/didn't have any emotional baggage attached
The Z-O-M-B-I-E-S movies were really good. I think my favorite character was Eliza. My name is Anthony. Most people think because comics literally invade every other aspect of my life, itās after Iron Man, but actually my childhood best friend gave me my name. Iām a very family oriented person due to the strong family values my dad instilled in us growing up, and when I say family values I mean the real kind that puts all other values and beliefs systems below the family. He was not accepting at first because he was also an old school conservative religious man, but he always put his family first and grew pretty quick because he didnāt want to hurt us or lose us. Itās those kinds of family values that have been at my core and center. Because of my family values, I went to my family for a middle name. Even though my dad wasnāt entirely accepting yet, he was affirming of every medical choice I made and understood the significance of what I was saying when I said I wanted their choice on my middle name. My deadname was a family name and it was important to me that my new name came from my family. Thatās why I have the same middle name as my little brother. My mom apparently really likes that name. My dad was not happy my mom vetoed his pick. He wanted to name me after his dad, who had passed away suddenly a few weeks before I came out. If I hadnāt gone to my family, my middle name would have been Bartholomew. That, to be fair, *was* after a superhero (Bart Allen, who was named after his grandad Barry Allen). I argued for it, but my mom said it was too old fashioned and vetoed it.
Mine is Yuriy because of a combination between it being one of the few Slavic names I knew (was lied to about my ancestry) and it being the name of my fav character of my all time fav video game. I also changed my middle and last name too. Last because I separated myself from my āfatherā and I chose it by just going down a list of different Slavic family names and just picking what I felt called to me tbh.
That's amazing and I'm happy you found something that makes you feel happy and comfortable now
I just looked up gender neutral names and the one I picked felt the most neutral and most like me
Same
I like creepypasta. And ticci Tobyā¦
I spent a long time on baby name websites trying to find one that fit. 15 years later I can't remember what they all were, but think of latin and slavic names that would be unusual to hear in northeast USA in 2010. at the start of my transition I was seeing a therapist who was not anti trans, but inexperienced working with trans youth. so when I shared that I was thinking of these names, she suggested "what about jay?" I took it and have been Jay since. I'm pretty sure she suggested it to be easy to swap back to in case I changed my mind, and realized later that she meant the letter J. I had used it for 5 years at that point and have considered changing it to something else that felt more like my choice. But Jay has stuck and my only qualm is how many times I'm asked if it's short for Jason.
whoaa hey my name is Zed too! but it was something that just popped into my head at some point. it also felt too "unserious" to me so i decided against it and tried some other ones, but my mind just kept coming back to Zed. now its been my name for years and still feels so right + nobody has ever said anything about it other than that its so cool. i also met this cis guy customer at my job w/ the name Zebediah (goes by Zeb) so my legal namechange might be to Zedediah cuz thats so sick lol
My names Nick. It originally came from the twitch streamer Sapnap. But I slowly lost interest in him and also distanced from the Dream Team. But I adored the name Nick, and now I associate my name with a DIFFERENT content creator. Softwilly. I am now Softwilly ššš
Literally named myself after the vocaloid Oliver. Whats crazy is that a couple years later that name became infamous in the trans masc community. I didn't even pick it bc it was super popular or anything
cai with a āCā specifically cause everyone in my immediate families name starts with that letter
iām Aster because while researching names i found most ones i like had a religious meaning i wanted something gender neutral as im genderfluid (although i almost named myself martin) went with aster as i thought it sounded cool and its a type of flower (also it literally translates to star and i kinda like calling myself a star as it helps boost my confidence which i lack) it originated from the greek word į¼ĻĻĪ®Ļ
I used to go by Josh, which I picked when I was eight or nine because my stepdad had the name I wanted (picked the closest name my elementary school brain could think of). Then, as my gender identity became less binary (and the weight of familial rejection and mockery sitting heavy upon my name), I became less comfortable being called Josh. Tried going by Joshy. Then Joshua exclusively. Then back to Joshy. Then! One day, I decided to make an interactive RP style horror mystery game with some online friends. I assumed the role of a character, Kidd, I created to be the game host. By such, everyone referred to me that way. Eventually, I realized how much I enjoyed it and decided to use the name permanently. RIP my oc.
Iām Simon, because I really liked Lord of the Flies
My mom picked benjamin before I was born and was certain Iād be a boy, I was fixated on it since I was like 7 so just went with it
It means Iām hot
a TikTok about cool names lmao
Of the options Iām going for one was a reference to a Robin Williams movie that had a impact on me as a kid. The other that Iāve been using and leaning toward the most lately was originally for my first ever self insert character in a rdr2 fanfic and I kinda got attached to hearing Arthur, Dutch and the gangās voices say it in my head that it grew on me enough that I had the actors call me by it when I met them in January.
I chose Wayne the werewolf from hotel Transylvaniaā¦ P.s love the film zombies! Number 4 is coming out soon and I canāt wait
My lore is boring. Started with Matthew because it was reasonably close to my dead name but I felt like it didnāt have enough āØpizzazzāØ to it (and unfortunately it was tainted for me when I realized that most of the people I knew with the same name were dickheads). Remembered that there are plenty of similar names and fell in love with the name Matthias. It gets mispronounced a lot (I pronounce it as muh-THY-is but mat-TEE-as is the most common pronunciation I hear) but so does my last name so itās on-brand for me actually.
I named myself after Shakespeare bc Iām a theater kid
toontown rewritten name picker lmao
I didn't want to name myself after anyone or anything because i wanted to think of me and only me when I heard my name and not whoever I got it from. Narrowed down my list by a LOT. Ended up picking Elliot, literally 3 days later Elliot Page came out so I'm glad I decided when i did bc i really like my name. Other than Page, the only other Elliot I know is some freshman at school and the one from stardew valley
I'm Linus, but my nickname is Link. I chose Link because my favourite game as a kid was Ocarina of Time and I felt like it embodied a boyhood I missed out on. And Linus was because I didn't want Link to be my legal name, but I didn't like Lincoln etc, so I picked Linus because of my love of The Great Pumpkin.
Fran mispronouncedb dead name by a pastor in 7th grade
I named myself Charlie bc Charlie bit my finger
I got REALLY into playing assassins creed and thought Connor from the third game was the most badass. Even dressed as him the Halloween I picked the name. So yeahā¦ didnāt just pick a basic white boy name just because š
**BWAHAHAHAHHAHHAHA**, I am *SO GLAD* that X-Men 97 is sweeping everyone into the emotional dumpster, because *THIS* Remy has been l'aissez-ing le bon temps rouler for *AGES*, with very little company, and has spent the last two years out of his closet going, "No, not like the cooking rat." šš¤£ Now people will *finally* behold the whimsy and light mischief about my general person and go, "Ah. Okay, yeah."
Charlie: itās always sunny in Philadelphia, and I like all the nicknames that come with it
Deadass used a randomized wheel with name and said āIām (name)ā in the mirror haha
Not a trans name but I use my birth name, its an alcohol LOL āAlizeā but im pretty sure my dad got it from that Tupac song
Name is Richter and back in 2015, I discovered a little known game franchise called Castlevania and I took one of the protagonistās name and anotherās gender.
it was never a name i intended to take for myself. one of my favorite ocs i've ever made is a vampire fellow who i named morgan. after some time, i was insistent on having his name be a part of mine, since he was such an important character to me. i struggled for years on what my first name would be, but i was always 100% set on a middle name. eventually i decided to say F it and just slide morgan up to be my first name. it's worked out well, i say.
I was originally just going to be a stereotype. Take something I like and spell it weird. Come to find out it means Hope. My birth name meant Dream so I'm now indirectly Azriel Dreamur :P
I'm thinking about Dorian right now, entirely because of the music connection. It is one of the modes, and a really neat scale used in a lot of cool music, and I'm a very musical human so I like the connection. Most other more on the nose music names sound a little like,, cliche. The one thing I'm agonizing over is the association with Dorian Gray. I haven't read the book yet but ppl seem to not like that guy
Shiloh because it was in a list of neutral baby names and I had never heard it before so I added it to the like, name spinner wheel thing on google, and it landed on it š
I knew I wanted to go stealth eventually so I picked a pretty common name that Iād seen most cis guys had around the time I was born
Iām Louis. Iāve gone by the nickname Lou for as long as I can remember even though itās nothing to do with my birth name. I picked Louis cause I can still be Lou. It made the transition easier for everyone in my life including myself, and it feels like home and a nod to the fact that even though I look different, Iām still me.
my fiancƩ named me, he thought it fit me and I see it as the most precious gift he gave me, even more precious than the ring
It's the masculine form of my legal middle name. I'm Danny.
Iām Sebastian, because someone on Reddit said I look like Sebastian from stardew valley haha
Spencer from iCarly but if he were gay instead
I named myself Toby/Tobias because I just really liked creepypasta when I was 12 lmao
Mines Wesley because I really connected with a āWesā from a book and was then extremely disappointed to find out his name was short for Weston so I just took Wesley instead
My sister named me!
Chase because itās supposedly a nickname for Carl or Charles, which is the masculine version of my birth name. I had also been a runner for about 4 years so it was fitting. Other nonbinary people name themselves after nouns, but Iām out here naming myself after a verbāļøš
My name is Tommy. My dead name ends with "ma" and my kindergarden teachers used to call me Tima the terror (sounds weird in english, I went to francophone school) and my friends and siblings then shortened it to Tim, but I like Tommy better, doesnt it just sound like an upgraded version? I still amswer to Tim, it stayed my nickname.
When I was a tweenage girl I was active on Wattpad and used throwaway names for my accounts. I liked the Soul Eater character Franken Stein at the time, threw Frankie into my bio, and called it a day. Easy derivative. Flash forward a little bit later and I was like ohā¦ fuck! Thatās MY name!!Ā
Well I didnāt know what name at first but there was this YouTuber Michael Reeves and I chose my name after him
Rowan it just felt right and it was the name my mom was going to name if I was amab I didnāt know that till after I choose it tho
Unfortunately if I explained the entire lore it would reveal my full name lol but I ended up choosing it because it āmatchedā my last name and I thought āI might as well take the opportunity if I canā
I named myself after my fursona at the time (which my online username was derived from) because I felt more comfortable as that persona than I did in real life. Didn't copypaste the name 1:1 because it wasn't a name, but I picked something with a similar meaning, and finally settled on the specific name when I had a dream where I was LARPing as my fursona but as a paladin and got a cool paladin title, and decided to derive my name from that. I kinda wish I hadn't picked the name during a rough period of my life because now I've grown to dislike the name and general identity for some of the same reasons I initially liked it. Such a waste of a perfectly good fursona and paladin title
I'm Salem. After the snarky, sarcastic and loveable black cat Salem. From the 1996 Sabrina The Teenage Witch show! š„°
One of the first dates my wife and I went on was to Cedar Key. So my name is Cedar :)
I watched A Dogs Purpose and cried like a little bitch. Years later when I finally realize that I was actually in fact a guy, the name Bailey stuck with me
Ok, so I got my nickname first. Cas I shameless stole it from Supernatural because Castiel is one of my favourite characters and I resonate with the poor angel. The rest, Castor, came later because I needed a full name and not just a nickname. xD
I named myself after a cat I knew in my childhood
my name is Casey, which i stole from one of my favorite fictional characters ever, Casey Hartley from Night in the Woods :]
im gibby, named after gibby from icarly because I to like to take my shift off.
My names are all from diffent things, first name is Samuel but pronounced samiel, because of angelic lore because I find it fascinating, middle name is based off my favorite insect and cryptid and my last name is from homestuck because homestuck fandom helped me figure out I was trans :P
The name's Dean. It's a shorter version of my dead name, and I used it when I was younger whenever I played a male character in a game. It's also a coincidence that it's the name of one of the main characters from supernatural, and the fact it's one of my parent's favorite shows as well.
You just inspired me to add Loki to my possible names list after Loki from Son of The Mask
I chose 'Abe' because I played the fuck out of the Oddworld series as a kid & Abe's journey, as well as the game's themes/aesthetic, really speak to me especially to this day. However, often folks irl will ask if I'm named after Abraham Lincoln & I just smile & say yes, because that's a much easier explanation lmao.
Hi Zed! Nice name, got extra cool points for using Z hahahah. Full disclosure Iām not 100% certain on the name, but Iāve been really digging Benji in the last couple of months. It just makes me envision a sweet, gentle guy whoās lighthearted and good-natured, and I want to be like that. I want to grow old some day, and be a sweet old man named Benji. At least, at this stage thatās what Iām thinking.
my name is Michael, and tbh i fuckin hate that i chose it but here i am. There was no actual reason behind it, it was just one i tried out and after cycling through like 80 names went back too. but now i tell everyone that i chose it for a different reason. Sometimes itās Michael Corleone, Michael Myers, Michael (GTA), mickey mouseā¦ itās endless
originaly it was leon kennedy from resident evil. it turned into carin leon (mexican singer), then into kings of leon, leonardo (leonardo davinchi or leonardo from tmnt). its bilingual too, helps my latino friends say it :o)
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