Your Female Name part 2

[Janet jenkins]

I chose my name because there was a girl in my high school class that was named Janet and she was very beautiful and then it picked up Jenkins along the way not really sure where but it kind of. Flowed (Janet Jenkins) it has actually been very interesting to introduce myself to people as Janet and that they have only known me as her.

[Bryce R]

Bryce is a slight variations of my given name. Always liked the name Breanna though.

[SophieLiz]

I went with Sophie because it's the name my parents would have given me had I been born a girl. I use it mostly for online purposes, when my friends call me it, it feels awkward. Maybe just need to get used to them not calling me Phil.

[Budding49]

My given name is Christopher, so I went to Christina then shortened it to Tina. Interesting thing is though I've just discovered how much I love CDing, I'm almost 50, I picked my female name when I was 23. At the time I was thinking that if I was a girl that would be the name I would want. Now I can finally use it. :-)

[ellbee]

I think it was when I was around in 4th, 5th, 6th grade, there was a really good-looking girl at my school. Long dark straight hair, fair complexion. Intelligent. A bit on the quiet side, but still sociable enough. And she had that special something about her that drew me in.

Alas, she was in love with the school hunk who hit puberty early. I had no chance with her -- or, at least in my mind I didn't.


Her name was Laura, which I feel is a beautiful name for the right girl.

If she only knew that I swiped it from her! :roflmao:

[Katie Anne]

My Mum was assured by the doctor that I would be a girl. Close! They could not fine the boy bits when I was born. My parents gave me the only name they had chosen-Catherine Anne. It was my Granny's name. So I had a double barrelled first name and no middle name. To my Mum-Mary Jane, her sister-Mary Elizabeth, and her best friend-Mary Grace, all thought this a good idea. I ended up developing to personalities, one masculine named Gabriel and one feminine-Catie-Anne. After Gabriel "introduced" me to our parents, my folks asked what name I used-Catherine Anne, what else. My Mum cried and both my folks asked why I had waited 18 years. They said they knew from the time I was little that they had a daughter. My Mum started calling me Caitlin-Catie in Irish. I am so glad they picked that name.

[SophieLiz]

What a lovely story

[CrystalSparrowe]

My name is Christopher. I actually got my femme name from my wife. Talking one night, she just referred to myother half as Crystal. It sounded nice and felt right. So here I am world, Crystal.

[Jane277]

My wife gave me the name Jane because it was close to my real name so that's how I got me fem name

[Irishbecky]

I chose rebecca because it's exclusively femminine ,I dont know of a male alternative ,other than that I just always liked how it sounds

[Detroit Molly]

I went with Molly because of the character Molly Millions from William Gibson's Sprawl Trilogy (Neuromancer, Count Zer0, Mona Lisa Overdrive). I don't really use a surname with it, but on the rare times I do I use one of the surnames Molly used in Gibson's books. I also use Molly/Moll as character names when I play a game like Fallout or Pillars of Eternity where I get to make my own character.

[Marcelo]

My birth name is Mark so I came up with Marcy which is the nickname for my hero character of Marcelo Hunter. The last name of Hunter is the last name of a beautiful woman who I am in love with.

Here is the opening paragraph of my hero biography.

Marcelo Hunter was born in 1968 to Ernest and Carmen Hunter in Longview, TX. In Germany, his father was known as Ernst Jäger but he changed it to Ernest Hunter upon immigrating to the United States in 1967. This was because his father, Günter Jäger, was supposedly a mad genetic scientist under the Nazi rule of Hitler. Carmen, who was from Spain, gave the name Marcelo because it is Spanish for little warrior. (Günter Jäger is German for warrior hunter).

[Dragonfir3zz]

My parents had always said they wanted a girl, Jessica was the name (i like my spelling better, lol), yet to this day, their health and failing memories have not allowed them to tell me what my middlle ame would have been. I want to know sothat not only thru memory and ink, but in name they will always be honored, knowing or not.

Bear in mind my dad is no idiot, i know he has a clue, too many VS bags to the house, but he qould never ask, their are too many other more important things to deal with here.

[susancheerleader]

I took my name Susan from a girl I had such a huge crush on in school. She was also a cheerleader. Soooooo tada! Susancheerleader was born.
However I think I am going to drop the cheerleader part.
Anyone know of a 53 year old cheerleader? I don't. So it's got to go. It doesn't fit my age.

[Ashley Nicole]

Mine was actually fairly simple. When I was born, my parents chose not to know the gender. They picked Ashley Nicole if I was a girl. So later when I became a girl, that's the name I kept.

[lynnstar]

I chose lynnstar as my female name, mainly because i like the name lynn and star because i am a trekkie. Actually. Lynnstar was suppose to be Lynn Star but forgot to space between the two names.

[Shely]

I started with She and the rest just happened to fall in place

[PeggyNell]

That is very cool.

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I chose Peggy Nell Rump. I was trying to find a name that fits me and my korky personality. I am from the county, so I think everything just fell in to place. So for fun if I write my name down it will be Peg N. Rump

[Samantha Lynn]

I chose Samantha after Samantha Fox a British singer and a page 3 sun girl when she was 16. I like large breasts and she has them so I chose her name. Samantha Lynn

[Victoria92116]

I haven't put much thought into it until recently, as I just started really getting fully made up. I have a few ideas in my head but nothing really jumping at me. I think the leader is Ezri, but their are others. Maybe once I have finally looked into the mirror and decided yes, this is girl me, something will stick.

[Ashley090]

Hey! My name actualy came from video game. Creating my charcter for game (female, what a shock :D ) and i was suppose ti pick one of predefined names. And somehow Ashley realy get to me. Later i start using that name o lot on internet and my femme side like it to, so she got herself a name :) Also good thing is that Ashley is actualy unisex name.
And little interesting story I ll add. Once I did those online fun test "What your name say about you". I know they arent serious and i didnt expect anything interesting from it. So I put in my femme name and I was very surprised with result. It was like reading about myself and exactly describe me as person. Almost made me to cry from sudden happines how it fit me. Coincidence? Nah, more like destiny I would say ;)

[Stockings-A-Plenty]

I have three that are up for debate. Luz, Lucy and Inese (Greek) are the ones that other people recommended. Probably going to throw some other names into the pot.

[natalie9414]

On a whim recently I chose Natalie to be my female name. I took it after a girl I was absolutely crazy over in school. She was the perfect everything in my eyes but we grew up and grew apart as well. I still love the name though, hence why I chose it. <3 Natalie

[Army Aimee]

While I'm still pretty new to this, I originally went with Jenna. I named myself after a awesome girl I used to work with.

I recently changed to Aimee for good. I decided to change after finding out that had I been born GG that would have been my name.

[missymegg]

i've been meggan since forever. but i've contemplated changing my name to something more similar to my guy name.
kinda feel that meggan makes me more anonymous and i'm getting tired of being hidden. since my guy name is david, dayna or simply dee sounds more... real.

[April Showers]

My mum used to tell me that when she brought me home from the Hospital on the bus ( this was Scotland in the 50,s no one we knew owned a car) She had to walk the 2 blocks from the bus stop to the house in one of the worst April showers she had ever been caught in. I always thought it an appropriate name to use seeing as I was brought out into the world during said showers. By the way my mother,now 84 bought me my first wig (over 40 years ago) and was the first person I ever told. She has a photo of me taken the first time I ever went out dressed and used to ask people who came over to the house if they would like to see a picture of her other daughter....I love my mum.

[Kendra Sue]

My name is Kendra...female for Ken

[transfeminate]

I went with the female version of my own name. Seems more natural somehow

[Keriala]

Keri is a pretty close approximation of my boy name. I chose Melissa for a middle name for no reason, other than I liked the way they sounded together.

[Arriel]

I always thought that Arriel was a pretty name since I first saw The Little Mermaid. Plus with my real name starting with A it seems to fit me well.

[carisa]

I kind of made up my first name out of parts of my real name. I am totally into High Heels so my femme last name became Talon, which means heel in spanish :)

[Barbaramoi]

TBH I wanted a name that had no relation to any part of my - or my wife's - life; didn't want any subliminal connections to other aquaintances that we have. I also needed to find one that I would find sympathetic (not sounding like a cheap tramp). After a fair bit of consideration I finally decided on Barbara. The name seems to fit me somehow... even my wife knows it (and pulls my leg a bit about it). But it suits me - it's a useable name in both the English and the German speaking world (we're in Switzerland)

[mycdmichelle]

One of my favorite song was My Michelle from Guns and Roses, and simply put that's where I came to like it. Puma is a young Cougar so that's where that is from haha

[VivienneH]

My female name is simply one of my favourite female names! Xx.

[Gracie Mae]

Grace was my first wife's name. She grew up on a farm in the country, a typical country gal with a great ass. Because she was built like a brick shithouse and flaunted it when around us, my final wife hated her. She took to calling her "Gracie Mae", what she considered to be a derogatory name. When I first began dressing, I used a more typical fem name, but Gracie Mae stuck with me and I soon adopted it. Its been the a great conversation starter for almost 30 years now.

[Lorileah]

Not sure why you would want to be built like any house :confused: but please tone it down on your next posts. It comes off as really misogynistic and male centric

[kathy chelan]

I chose the name "Kathy" because of the girl by that name who was in my life for a few years who I really cared about, but never really made it with her. Probably a good deal of that was because she lived about one hundred miles from me in southern New Mexico.
We would always see each other at music festival days at the university I attended and at the All-State Music Clinics in Albuquerque in the Spring. When we met I was in about my second or third year of college and she was a h.s. junior. The four-piece garage band I was in played a dance at the teen center in her town and these 4 girls decided one would write fan letters to each of us. I had not even met her that night but we struck up a pen-pal relationship because we had so many things in common. Our friendship only went so far, because I think she got pregnant and could not tell me at the last All-state dance I took her to. The following year on band-tour the university band played at her school and she met me there and after lunch in the cafeteria she drove me to her home to say high to her mom again and there was a baby also.s It wasw a very short visit as I had to get back. We lost touch after that and I always regretted that I didn't follow up with her more. she was a sweetheart, a real honey.

[firststepnow_whynot]

my name is anuprita. its an indian name that is somewhat unique. meaning of the name means "return of love". more than the meaning, i took it from a dear friend back when i was growing up. and now it has stuck to me (in my own mind) as my name.

[katie_barns]

I posted this once before but its been years. So here it is again.

Katherine was my Great-Aunt. My mother was her favorite niece. Apparently I was her favorite Great-Nephew. The feelings she had for my mother filtered down to me. I am not sure why, but sometimes I think my mother talked to her about my; lets call them special needs. Like most of us I use to get into my mothers closet when I young. I love trying on her shoes and other garments. Yes, she caught me a number of times. I remember the first time she chewed me out real bad. I was so scared she would tell Dad. She caught me again a few months later. This time she did get on me but it was a more tender speech, maybe trying to understand why I was doing it. Up until my mothers death we never really talked about me being Transgender or anything like that; but her comments over the years lead me to believe she knew about my internal conflict and knew more than she ever disclosed to me.

When ever Aunt Katherine would visit she would always spend time with me. Of course she would see the other 3 boys in my family but never really spent time with them. Sometimes when her and mother were in the kitchen talking she would have me come in to sit with them and have cake or pastries. Thinking back now it seems strange but if I was a young girl it would have been perfectly normal. I believe that Aunt Katherine knew more about me than I did.

Katherine was years ahead of her time. In the days when women took care of the house and let the man be the foremost figure in the house hold; Katherine was in a completely different category. She was strong willed, and wasn’t afraid to speak her mind. She irritated my father. Mother knew when to hold her peace around dad, but not Katherine. Katherine was married but her husband died when I was very young and I don’t remember him. Mother always referred to him as a good man. Katherine never had any children so my brothers and I were more of her adopted family. Of all the Aunts/Uncles and Great Aunts/Uncles in my life, Katherine was the one I truly loved. She always treated me in a way that just made me feel good. Whether that was because she treated me more like a little girl than a little boy, I don’t really know. I do remember her telling me a number of times; “What a pretty little girl you would have made”. An NO, she didn’t pinch my check.

I spend years dressing in private and referring to myself by a number of different names. When I finally decided to take my Cross-Dressing public, and venture out of the house dressed, I chose a final name that fit the internal women I wanted to represent. Katherine Ann Barns.

[SamanthaDarling120]

My name is Samantha. Its my ex girlfriends name but I chose it before I was with her before i truly admitted to myself that i was a crossdresser

[Samm]

Nothing Earth shattering here. I didn't want to just make something up at random, so I use the letters of my initials (in no particular order). And an extra "m" for a touch of femininity. My last name is a play on my real first name, though.

[Stephanie47]

There are many girls named Stephanie on this site so I had to add something at the end of the name to get it posted. So, Stephanie47 is comprised of my birth year, 1947. I was the second son born after World War II. My parents or at least my mother thought the perfect family would be an older brother and a younger sister. Well, the sperm worked fine for the first born, who was named after my grandfather. My older brother's middle name is Stephen to honor my grandmother whose name was Stefi. I don't know what my mother was thinking. Then I came along, but, I was suppose to be a girl. Sperm did not come through the second time. What to name a second son? How about Stephen, which like I said was also my older brother's middle name. I swear my mother was not slugging down shots when she came up with this. I had heard too many times when really really young that I was suppose to be a girl. Fast forward and guess what happened. Duh! Another kid eleven years later. What sex? Why a girl. What to name her? How about Stephanie? So we now have three offspring with Stephen or Stephanie in their names. No prize for originality.

So when I enrolled on this forum I thought. Heck, I was born before my younger sister, and, I was suppose to be her. So I selected Stephanie. At the time I had been estranged from my sister. Since then we have gotten back together. Maybe I would have chosen a different name. Later than that I found out my grandmother's middle name was Elisabeth. Had I know at the time I enrolled on this site would I have chosen Elisabeth? No, that's the name my wife chose for our daughter. That would be just too creepy.

[IleneD]

Interesting.
The S.O. asked (when we had The Talk) if I had a name for my feminine identity; that woman that lives inside me. I told her "No. My name is (male name)." I've always gone by that male name and, frankly, never gave it a thought that my femme side had its own name, identity and life She was, and is, a part of Me. So, I don't live by another name when I live dressed..... though the thought is becoming more appealing.

When I joined the Forum, I had to have a screen name. I borrowed something from Mom, of course. I like the ring of Ilene. Kind of an old fashioned name with a bit of elegance to it. It's an honor. When I'm dressed, I am a dead ringer for her.

[Shellycd12]

Shelly just fits for me. I started out with Michelle but my friends shortened to to Elle which I wasnt crazy about and then a friend said that the name name Shelly fits me. It did. I loved it and now everyone calls me by the name that just fits me. Shelly

[Karyn Marie]

I chose my name based on the first letters of my first and middle name. I thought and thought about it for a long time. I thought of Kathy, Kerry, Keri, ECT, but they just did not feel right. I had alsways really liked the names Karen and Marie. As I sat on it and contemplated the name, I really liked the look of it being spelled with a "Y" and not an "E". It was at that time Karyn Marie came to life. I recently came out to my wife, at which time she asked if I had a girls name. I said I did, and she asked what it was. I told her and she said she really liked the name and felt it was so pretty. She even asked if she could call me Karyn whether I was dressed or not. Of course, I was ecstatic and said YES!! :cheer:

[Katrina red nails]

My real name begins with a K so wanted my CD name to do so too. I used to work with a girl called Katrina who wore very high heels and pencil skirts so I chose to copy her name. She used to bite her nails badly though and I love to paint mine red so put the two together. She obviously had no idea what i was into.

[Becky Blue]

Rebecca is a name i always loved and when I saw myself as a girl for the first time properly I just knew that is what my name is

Also I liked the fact that it shortened to Becky & Bec both of which I really love too. In addition I have no relatives or friends called Rebecca and it could not be further away from my male name. The name also fits in really well with my heritage and is very feminine - ticks all my boxes

[Futurist]

First of all, I would like to point out that, in spite of the fact that I very frequently cross-dream, I generally tend not to want to use a female name when I will be cross-dressing (in short, while the idea of being/becoming a woman actually extremely strongly appeals to me, actually living as a female/woman would unfortunately cause me to become dysphoric; indeed, my brain is unfortunately simply not wired in a way which causes me to identify as female :( ).

However, if I had to choose a female name, I would certainly choose Danielle; indeed, it is the female version of my actual first name and I certainly like the way that it both looks and sounds! :)

[Eve_cd]

My femme name is Eve. I didn't always have one, but spending the better part of my life fielding: "nice to meet you Adam, where's Eve?" made it an easy choice. Plus it's fun to laugh on the inside knowing she's not far, lol.

[Stockings-A-Plenty]

I know I posted on here a long time ago but I have officially one up with a name. The name is Angelica. I like Angelica because "Angel" applies to me. Sweet, kind, innocent, and caring sums up my personality .

[Jessica_Maree]

I couldn't decide between the 2 names so I used both 😊 they both have a love for high heels like me so it made sense.

[Marina rey]

hello all im so glad to be here thank you so much
i picked my name out that i could relate to that made me feel free marina rey coleman

[Jessie_bee]

Hello girls. My female name is of course Jessie (with the i) it feels natural to my feminine side and its what i like and suits me

[Maria Darkspace]

I guess I suffer from multiple personalities. I have two very distinct female personas. Maria is a 36C, likes mid length dresses and capris, flat sandals and 3 to 4 inch heels. Then there's Jenny. She's a 36D, loves mini skirts and very short, tight, dresses, 5 to 6 inch heels-no platforms. She also never wears a bra. She tends to come out whenever alcohol is involved.

[Briannax20]

I decided on a name that was the female version of my own have, Brianna

[Pollypvc]

My name Polly was given to me by a mistress and as I have a passion for pvc she added it to the end so I am pollypvc

[Deidre]

looked for one I really liked

[ShirleyN]

hi there ladies. For me, i went through numerous femme names before i came to my current one. I don't know why I chose Shirley; I just like the sound of the name and for me as a CD, it just seemed to fit the bill so to speak!

[Steeltownfella]

I am new to this my real name is Edwin so Edwina would work but I dont like. As I have support from my wife I think I will ask her what she wants to call me. Any thoughts on that

[Lucy23]

To be honest, Lucy was an afterthought. As I said in my introduction, I have never developed a female persona; after spending some time reading the threads and forum I just went with the flow and thought up of Lucy just because I use the male name Lucius on other forums and networks I frequent. And it sounded nice :)

[silknrachel]

I went with Rachel only because when my mom was pregnant with me she was sure I was a girl and had decided on the name Rachel. I don't know if it fits me or if I actually like it. I have been going as Rachel in forums etc., but only for a pseudonym. Not until my wife recently asked me if I had a female name did I actually question what it would be.

[DIANEF]

I am new to this my real name is Edwin so Edwina would work but I dont like. As I have support from my wife I think I will ask her what she wants to call me. Any thoughts on that

Steeltownfella = Stella!

[Steeltownfella]

Steeltownfella = Stella! wow that is awesome. Is it weird it made me feel fuzzy. I will use that on here. Tnx so much. 💓

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Stella will be my new name.

[DIANEF]

My pleasure, glad you like it!!

[SusieSmith]

My mom would have called me Susie. I think she wanted a girl. :)

[erinthecd]

I've always preferred the female version of my name, Erin was an easy pick. It also works out nice as it's just a natural extension of my feminine self.

[Bailey_in_Mansfield]

Hmm. Bailey is the name of a girl I had a crush on for a long time, and I imagined that if I'd been born a girl, I would have wanted to look like her. So I went with that for awhile, including when I signed up here.

If I HAD been born a girl, my parents would have named me Amanda, and I do have the middle name too but I'm feeling like maintaining my privacy on that. Anyway, I've occasionally used that name when ordering femme products online and stuff.

The name I go by lately is also one I'd prefer to keep to myself (because this one is very public), but basically: I took this name from one of my characters in World of Warcraft. I like the way this character's personality has turned out in RP. She's a lot like me, and a lot like how I think I would be if I'd been born a girl. And amusingly, that character also took her name from a girl I'd had a crush on for a long time. :P

[MichelleGray502]

Michelle would off been my name if I was been born a girl. And it feels right as well.

[Territx]

I have had "my name" since day 1 -- not sure if that is good or not. It was given to/suggested by the woman that helped me with my dressing interest. She picked it because I reminded her of a very famous person with the name. Anyway, she had a service that supported cross-dressers and worked with me to shop for a very basic wardrobe. In retrospect, the outfit and wig were "very, very, very basic and inexpensive", but I was happy to finally indulge that part of my personality and also, to know someone that did not judge me. While the basics are all gone now, the name continues.

[JustJoni]

My femme name is simply a play on my male name. My wife suggested it after we tried a couple of other variations on the same theme.

I wish my parents could remember what they might have named me if I had been a girl. I'm named for my father, but even that was simply because they couldn't agree on what to name me. Alas they can't even remember what names they both originally chose.

[ElleStreet]

I only joined a little while ago, I was flicking through this site (I hadn't read all that much of it at that point) when I decided I wanted to make an account. For some reason I thought that rather than peoples usernames here being indicative of their chosen female name, a lot of usernames were just puns based off of female names instead. I had just finished watching an episode of a TV show where they go to a bar called L-Street so that was the first thing that popped into my head and I put it down.

next thing I know, everyone in that 1st thread I posted was calling me Elle so I was like 'well, I guess that's my name now'.

As far as unexpected names go, it couldve been a lot worse.

[Rachel73]

I was born a boy so i got the name Richard but i always loved Rachel

[SassyGirl]

My female name is o e I have always imagined it would have been, Lydia Jean Truheart, and I love it all the more.

[Norma Sotamayor]

I am Norma. I just love that name as it is a very fem name. I just wish I could look as fem as my name.

[Michelle.J]

I found out that Michelle would have been my name if I had been born a girl.

[Michelle Cheli]

Some of us chose the female version of our male name, others were influenced by people in their lives. Me, the former....in a way. I always liked the name Michael and sometimes wish that had been my name. So Michael became Michelle!

[elle_2000]

elle....French for she....thought it was fitting

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Michelle is a very pretty name and so are you Michelle

[Chanel-hilton]

Chanel Hilton 👑

[JanetWilson]

Janet! My Grandmother's name.

[robbieatbest]

At first I thought it good to use names of Goddesses and for a while it was Diana. When I came more out I thought it confusing for others and so went with just putting the bie onto Rob

[abby054]

Abby is my nickname as a guy. It comes from the Mel Brooks movie, Young Frankenstein.

[tundragirl85]

Growing up I had the privilege of knowing two young women named Megan. One I knew when I was in high school and the other when I was in college. I had serious crushes on both of them but I never had the confidence to ask either one of them out. I am sure it was all for the best. Both of these women were beautiful and were two of the kindest, outgoing and confident women I have ever known. Even though they were way out of my league they always found a way to make this nerdy guy feel special. When I was thinking of a name to call myself, I wanted to select a name that held some meaning to me. The name Megan reminded me of these two women and if I was going to be a woman, I would hope that I could be like them.

[Christina D]

Christina is just the feminized form of my middle name (Christopher). As for the "D," I was supposed to be named David after my grandfather who died when my mother was about 9, but my father had other plans. Anyway, if I ever give a full name, I go by Christina David.

[RaquelAtwell]

Coming from a Mexican family, we loved watching Telenovelas on week nights. One character that popped out to me was named Raquel. Really liked how Raquel sounded, so I decided to take that as my name.

As for Atwell, I took that from the actress Hailey Atwell. Such a beauty, and a great taste in fashion.

[ElvenPrincess]

As my old male name didn't have a feminine counterpart, I had to work out on a new one.

And so, Anna was the perfect name for me.
It is very beautiful and starts with the same letter of my old male name.

And as I work on international environments, it works great as in almost every country of the world my name is pronounced easily and pretty much the same way. :)

[Julie MA]

Tonight my wife was ordering dinner on the phone and said the woman's name out loud. Jokingly, and to keep my recent coming out as CD light and playful, I said "oh, I thought you were calling me Erica". My wife replied, a little sarcastically, "I thought you were Julie". I said you don't like that name? She said it's just not how you want to think about your husband. I said it's just another part of who I am. The coming out continues. Slow but steady progress. Julie

[MirandaCD]

I chose this name because of a girl I met online years ago. She even sent me her own panties. She left a huge impression on me, so this is my tribute to her.

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I found out that Michelle would have been my name if I had been born a girl.

Mine was going to be Iolanthe

[StephanieM]

Not much originality to my choice, I feminized my birth name, Stephen, however my feminine side comes from within my masculine body so Stephanie fits.

[CrystalMatthews0426]

I honestly don't remember why I chose the name Crystal, there is no female counterpart for my birth name, I may have subconsciously chosen it because it's the closest name possible (my parents named me Craig) so the Cr is at least the same. My chosen last name, Matthews is my middle name. My mom always joked that she chose middle names for my brother and I because they would be easy to use as a last name if we ever wanted a stage name if we became famous and didn't want to sound so Jewish. Ironically, my first "girlfriend" (I use quotations because it was 4th grade so it's not like we had an actual relationship) was named Crystal. Not sure if that somehow influenced anything.

[Redjezika]

I chose Jezika because it's a play on my male name, sexy and exotic just like Jezika when she's out and about.

[Steph54]

My wife knows and calls me Stevie all the time. In fact a lot of our friends who have no idea I'm a CD call me Stevie. However I've used Pamela and Susan but have now settled on Steph.

[Janine cd]

Many years ago, after deciding that my female persona should have a real identity, I chose the name of a very dear friend of mine. She was very supportive of my feminine desires.

[mona lisa]

Initially a female friend of mine who used to practice her makeup skills on me called me "Mona Lisa" as a nickname years ago (circa 2005-2007). Between that and imagining my female side as akin to Marissa Tomei's character in My Cousin Vinny (Mona Lisa Vito), and thats the source in a nutshell.

[Samantha Sometimes]

I hadn't thought about it until I had to come up with my name for this site! Samantha is so beautiful to me so fem. it just came to me and now I absolutely love it!

[MeredithG]

My male name starts with M, and Meredith is a pretty name. I have a nice and attractive female friend in my Pilates class by the same name, which helps :)

[Mtempel]

I chose Michelle because I so admired a woman at work with such class and style with a touch of sexiness and flirtatiousness. She had a radiant smile and a really cute behind too ; ) I knew that's exactly the type of woman I wanted to be. As for my last name Tempel, I took that from my first avatar in Secondlife - a highly addicting online game that lets you be whoever you want in a virtual reality world.

[Kayla W]

Hi newbie here
I would have been called Megan if I was born a girl but my gf knows about my dressing an that's her sisters name so she came up with Jodie as my male name is joel but she soon was put off the idea when she realised I had an old Gf called Jodie so after some discussion we agreed on Kayla and I love it :) x

[IamTara]

My female name is Tara. It was the first name to pop into my head that shared the same first initial as my boy name. It also happens to have the same number of letters, so that is cool. I haven't decided if I am going to go the distance and come up with a last name. If I was born a girl, I would have been named Katie Lynn, but that is too close to Caitlin Jenner for me. Perhaps Tara Lynn would be a good name.

[pantyhoselvr kendra]

My wife had the idea of adding dra to ken and you have Kendra. I loved it, in drab she calls me Kenny and dressed she calls me Kendra

[Sashauk]

Sasha is derived from my first name. It is a name that started out long ago as a male name but these days it is more often associated with the female gender than male. It is in fact quite useful as I can order stuff on-line and if I don't use a title no one is any the wiser.

Some years ago I joined another forum (music related) and initially everyone on there thought I was a female. :)

[Trudy4ever]

I picked my name from the first girl i had a crush on :)

[justnikki]

My wife gave me my name.

[johndeere7238]

Newbie here..hello everyone my name is gina

[Daysleeper17]

I love that name too
I'm thinking of using it for this site. If it's ok

[Wallaone]

I'm back after a four year absence. I go by Paula.

[Petra013]

From Peter to Petra. I dunno, seems a bit lazy, but it's not common. New to all of this and not sure of my level of commitment. Baby steps are still steps I suppose.

[Swimtran]

I've been at this for decades, but I've never settled on a proper feminine name. Is that weird?

[Julie MA]

Swimtran, I don't think that's weird. I do think some of us, including me, think of our femme sides as someone different from the male person we present as most of the time. And those two sides are different, driven by all the things in our psychology and society that make being trans or a CDer so difficult at times. In the end I like having a separate name. I went to a CD store to shop, in guy mode. The owner asked about my dressing and my femme name. Then she called me Julie several times. I almost teared up having that side of me being acknowledged and accepted, while not being dressed as a woman. It even feels special just typing my name to every post on this forum. I recommend giving it some thought and try it. Julie

[Swimtran]

I've tried a couple of different names at different times, but nothing has stuck. It always feels artificial somehow. Maybe it's because I never chose my male name, and if I get to choose my own feminine name, since it's not given to me, it's not so firmly attached? I had a dream years ago where a name (Angélique) came to me, but after a while the excitement wore off. Turns out a relative has it as a middle name, and uses it sometimes on social media, and I felt a bit icky about using it further.

[Leslie Mary S]

I see your avatar and I think you have chosen well.
I see you, too feel, the same, every lady has to have a string of pearls.
Did you know that real pearls need to be worn or handled at least once a week?

[Gabriella111]

Swimtran, perhaps try a name that has some meaning that is relevant to you.

For example, Gabriella is not my name. I wanted something that was clearly feminine and had some meaning. I am unconditionally accepting and loving of my CD boyfriend, so sort of his angel. I'm not religious anymore, but appreciate the concept of angels, which are genderless but masculine, thus all the male names. And it seemed sort of appropriate that I would take on a masculine figure and feminize it... you know, considering. So that's where I went. I particularly like Gabriel, as he brought messages of hope (for those who believe in the Bible). And that's how Gabriella was born.

[Aunt Kelly]

Swimtran, sounds like maybe you want to pick something, but are casting about for how to choose. If that's the case, Gabriella's advice to choose something with meaning, is sage.

I took a name many years ago, more or less at random. It never felt quite right. No meaning. Eventually, I decided to consider all of the strong women I have known. Some historical figures, some acquaintances, just brainstorming. Thinking of who my feminine self would most admire. The list got pretty short at that point. I knew I wasn't looking to be any of those women, not even to be like any of them, really. Just something that suited me. I threw in a little ethnic bias (turns out I've got a fair bit of Irish blood in me), and it came pretty quickly after that.

In the end, a name is just a name, so no, not having one is not any weirder than having one just to have one.

[Kristīne89]

Cristina...i love the name, think its sexy...;)

[EnvyxD]

I chose my name Sarah! Because it's the girls name who was my first crush and I truly envy all those with the name as well as the life the original Sarah has lived and is living I'm jealous of the name and the person I guess is what I'm trying to say

[KarinaRae]

I've gone with Karina Ava Rae :)

[LeannS]

I have always loved Leann found it in a baby names book long time ago Tried to get my kids to name girls Leann but they didn't like it so fine I will use it to the best of my abilities.

[mbmeen12]

My ex wife and I were sitting at the table and goggled a nice Irish gurls name.

In Irish, the name Kara means - sweet melody. 272421

[Tama]

Mine is a spin from my given name, and a decent brand of drums as well..( I might be a musician too..)

[Tina Bell]

If I was born a girl I would have been named Barbara Ann. When I was young that was my femme name. When I came out to my wife she called me "Tina Marie" because I reminded her of an old friend so I changed my femme name. Later a drag troupe saw me and wanted me to perform so I came up with Tina Bell, a takeoff of tinkerbell. I actually worked out a couple numbers but chicked out.

[Cdkym]

Kym was given to me by a GF that suggested that I dress up and go out with her for a Halloween party. It was her ex roommates name and thats whose clothes I was wearing and it stuck. I have always like the name Kim but I really liked the twist of using the Y.

[Indecent proposal]

Rebecca, In my 30s I was having a relationship with a stunning gurl and just took a passionate interest in the pink fog.With the help from her I was on my way to my fem side,I tell her to this day "I'll always LOVE YOU" she gave me the name.

[Emma1]

I'm new to cross-dressing, and so far I'm going my Emma, since it's the name that my parents would have given me if I were female. I like the name, and I think it sounds like the name of a classy, sophisticated woman.

[mandi77]

Haven't decided yet on a name but, for now it is Mandi. Short for Amanda which is close to my real name. I have thought about keeping the A, going for Audrey, Amiee, Amy, Ariana, Angie, to name a few.

[Stacy Darling]

I had two close friends which placed an ie on the end of my male name. I secretly loved it, but that was 20yrs back ( I think they new before I did). I probably wanted MY name to have nothing to do with anything related to my past or present. I'd never met a Stacy, the name just grabbed me and said this is you.

I'll be Stacy forever now !!!

And I'm Loving it.

[Diane Taylor]

I chose my name simply because I like the names.

[Erica1148]

I'd toyed around with names, but nothing serious until I'd started reading this thread. I chose Erica because of I soap opera my mom would watch before she took me to afternoon Kindergarten. She was a main character, married to a character who shared my given name. She's the type of woman that I wanted be like, beautiful, glamorous, sexy!

[Swimtran]

OK, I've been mulling this over for the last few weeks. I thought about a few dozen names, all of which have different levels of meaning. Former girlfriends' names, crushes I had, strong women in my life, in general, classic names, pretty names I've always liked, names I could have been given if I had been a girl...

It still felt random. I came up with some good ones, but none of them felt like they had anything to do with me. But I kept thinking about it. Something was bothering me about this.

Finally, I had a powerful epiphany (as you do) while driving to work. I'm half-French-Canadian, and my parents gave me a good idea for naming my children: choose a name that works for both sides of your kid's background, to give a connection to both parents. In my case, something French that works in English, too. I'd been pondering this for my feminine name all along, but the name Marguerite came to me. That wasn't it, either, but I thought in English it would be spelled Margaret, which also wasn't it. But if you translate it to English, the French word "marguerite" becomes:

DAISY!

All of a sudden, all of the feminine tendencies I'd had all my life coalesced into a coherent sense of taste and style. The name Daisy triggered this new way of perceiving my femininity as something whole within me, rather than a random set of occasional impulses I would act on then forget. I perceived that my femininity goes deep into my soul, and I've been suppressing it all these years, even as I've indulged it here and there with adventures in bathing suits and lingerie. The fact that I hadn't discovered my feminine name was a symptom of just how tightly I held it back, as recently as my previous post.

So now, I'm proud and happy to declare that I am Daisy. I'm updating my online presence accordingly.

[GeorgiaD]

For many years I called myself Sian but most people spelled it incorrectly and so after watching TV one day I saw a character called Georgia and it just hit me like a hammer; That's my name! And so from then onwards I have called myself Georgia xxx I love it.

[Geena Gee]

Oh, my name was so easy. My initials are GEE, so when "en femme" I become Geena, or GEE N/A.

[sometimes brooke]

For me, I've always been attracted to the fluidity and changeable nature of water. It also has a very feminine aspect to it, which I am in harmony with.

I feel that coming to know myself and understand who I am and why I am the way I am has been a journey that has taken me far from where I started to where I am now, with many surprising twists and turns along the way. There have been times where I felt like a tranquil pool, content to be where I was, and others where I felt I was rushing far too fast in uncertain circumstances for my comfort.

I don't have all the answers, and I don't even understand the questions, but I'm enjoying just finding my way as I make my journey downstream.

I feel that I'm small and insignificant in the larger scheme of things, and I'm fine with that. I don't want to be anything of importance, I'm content in being a small, quiet little brook, as peaceful and as feminine as possible.

So it was easy for me to be Brooke, since I always have been her.

[Scarlett398]

This was really an easy one for me. Like I noted in my title of my reply - the name selection was a no brainer. My last name is O'Hara so Scarlett was simply a perfect fit! And I always liked the name. It just sounds cute and sexy at the same time which are a couple of adjectives I attempt to incorporate every time I dress as Scarlett!

[Nic J]

Hi everyone, i use Nic simply because it's a female version of my given name.
Strangely, although i am still in the closet, a few of my friends have been spelling it this way for years. Maybe they sussed my feminine side long before i discovered it.... :)

[Steph65]

Well I just used a short form of my real name Steven I just go by Steph or Stephanie. Makes it easier and seems ok to me. Not exactly what I wanted but it works for now.

[ConnieLove]

When I started trying on feminine clothes around 11 or 12,a new family moved in next to us,and there was this young lady,about 16,17 who was the most Beautiful girl I had
ever seen,she was perfect.Her name was Connie.though they moved away after a year,i always remembered her.So when I took a name,there was no other name but Connie.

[Aliciacd4life]

I have used many first names in the past!
Then in the late '90's after my Daddy died I took his name Alex by changing Alex to ' AL ' then added ' I C I A ' and you get Alicia :-)

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Hi everyone, i use Nic simply because it's a female version of my given name.
Strangely, although i am still in the closet, a few of my friends have been spelling it this way for years. Maybe they sussed my feminine side long before i discovered it.... :)

I think you're onto something Nic!

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I chose my name Sarah! Because it's the girls name who was my first crush and I truly envy all those with the name as well as the life the original Sarah has lived and is living I'm jealous of the name and the person I guess is what I'm trying to say


I got my fem last name from a '80's movie called Heathers ! Call center " Hello Alicia Heathers speaking how may I direct your call?"

[Karu]

I found it difficult to decide my en femme name. I went with Karu as it's one my wife's favorite Anime characters, "Karula". I like how different it is, like how different I feel when I dress up. 😊

[williamthegreat]

Do you ever pick names of girls you know in rl?

[Adita Kali]

I'm a Star Wars fan, particularly of the mandalorians. In mando'a adika refers to a child of either gender. Felt fitting that I would take a name that was based on something with duality. Btw mandalorians don't care if you are man, woman, gay, straight, trans or not. They have no separate terms for son/daughter, mother/father.

[Wen4cd]

I have a problem with names. I've had so many female names it's really just a joke. 'Wen' is just one random name I picked when I joined this site 13 years ago. I've got many others. At least six I can count offhand that I am addressed by in different circles. I wonder why this is that no name ever satisfies me or signifies my personality?

[Spiritfox]

Spiritfox (spirit for short) is a nickname I've used for a long time, but I got a recommendation from one of the members here is to use Foxie. I like it, but Ill probably change it eventually

[Pattie]

My male name is Patrick, but all my ID only has Pat on it so it goes well at all places I have show my ID. My twin sisters name is Patricia she goes by patty.

[2BArianwen]

For me, choosing was really difficult because every name brought a face to mind and I wanted my identity to be solely mine. I've always liked the celtic name Arianwen and I don't know anybody by that name, and I like the shortened version of Rian. Another name I really like is Moya, but I know 2 of those.

Rian

[susancheerleader]

I chose my name "Susan" because I like that name. And the first girl I had a crush on was Susan. The "Cheerleader" part. Susan was also a cheerleader.

[SometimesKairi]

I think I am going to go with Kairi.

It's not very common, means melody or ocean. Both flow and ebb, one with the control of the owner, one without.
Kinda makes sense to me. I am a man hence the control but often like to look like a woman, hence without.

Plus I think it's a pretty name

[Gendersoul16]

I chose Erin, Celtic Goddess of Power and Intelligence. I have Irish heritage and I just like the name. Sort of genderfluid like I am. ;-)

[Petra-CD]

For years my female name was Veronica or Victoria, I couldn't really decide. The first time I dressed up for therapy, also the first time I went in public, my therapist greeted me with, "Hi Petra!" and it stuck. I love the name Petra Victoria.

[Francene Lola Dupree]

I chose Francene because I was obsessed with Frank the Rabbit from Donnie Darko when I was first starting to develop a fem persona. I spelt it oddly by mistake the first time but stuck with it because it's different, and I like different.

My middle name Lola was to reflect my live of historic racing cars, and Lola made some of the prettiest.

My last name Dupree is the surname of a californian rapper, which was the obvious choice for a white boy from the countryside...

...thus, Francene Lola Dupree xXx

[Rachelle70]

Hi,

I picked the name of a girl I knew in the past, I liked the name. Not sure if using the name of someone from the past is a good idea or not??

Rachelle

[Girlina]

That sounds fine. I have just joined and I'm Girlina

[Lacey86]

I thought Lacey was a soft feminine name. I originally wanted Tiffany but that did not last. (Wife had an aversion to it)
I've tried kaylie as well but my online account at the time went to Lacey so I've decided to stay that way to keep up a continuity. Had my parents had a girl I'd just have ended up with my sister's name so that didn't quite sit right.
Also Lacey is a description for some of the underwear I'm so akin to wearing in secret.

[KPhenil]

In Japanese animation there are not a lot of dark-skinned strong female types. However, there was one that really stood out that I really liked watching. She was tall, curvy, confident and physically strong. So using her name just seem to fit. :)

[DMichele]

My name is the female version of my middle name, while my given first name is more commonly used for boys, but it is also a girls name.

[Caroline Varg]

Wow, this is a difficult topic. I know that I will be quite serious about by TV/TS journey, so my female name must really be right before I decide. Meanwhile, I need to pick an online name for joining forums. Carolina is the Swedish version of Caroline, and is a name that is somewhat similar to my male name. Thus a temporary placeholder. I really look forward to the day when my true femme name "arrives" upon me.

[Sherilyn Cassidy]

I am a big fan of Marilyn Monroe and have been for many years. I just love the sound of the name Marilyn and thought "oh yeah that's going to be my femme name". But it's not. I don't ever recall hearing the name Sherilyn. It just came to me so easy like everything has since embracing this awesome femme identity. It just rolled off the edge off my mind and I loved the way it rolled off my tongue. It's a perfect fit. It has absolutely nothing to do with my given name. It's all brand new just like Sherilyn is. And I gave myself a new last name as well. Cassidy. I can't tell you where it came from either but I love my new name Sherilyn Cassidy and I love being her One day will I make it my legal name. My daughter thinks it's a perfect fit and now will only refer to me as Sherilyn. Everyone else that knows about my changing life now calls me Sherilyn and I wouldn't have it any other way!!

[Princess zelia prime]

At first I just named myself Zelia. Just a name I came up with and I love it. Shortly after that I decided to become a princess so i was Princess Zelia and all bowed before me. After being a princess was not enough I needed more so i joined the Decepticons and sought to kill Rodimus Prime and strip the Matrix of Leader ship from him. I succeeded and became a prime. I swore allegiance to Megatron and the Decepticons to wage war on the autobots as Princess Zelia Prime. Through out my journey I still needed more power so i followed the path of the ninja and ended up becoming the 8th Hokage. So my full name is Princess Zelia Prime the 8th Hokage. But you can just call me zelia for short :D

[Lydianne]

Hi Zelia,

Pleased to see you've started posting.

"Shortly after that I decided to become a princess so i was Princess Zelia and all bowed before me."

Wow! So that's how the system works?!?? And here's me striving and breaking my neck :rolleyes:. All this time!.. OK, so if I appoint myself queen... :thinking:.


"After being a princess was not enough I needed more so i joined the Decepticons and sought to kill Rodimus Prime and strip the Matrix of Leader ship from him."

No problem. Yikes, he was ugly anyway :yucky:. What was he?... Some sort of van? He looked good as Hot Rod, though. Wait, we're talking about the real transformers here, right? I.e. the 80s' TFs? :thumbsup:. Should have taken out Ultra Magnus, too. Horrible Autobot. Terrible leader :thumbsdn:. Optimus Prime forever! :notworthy: .

Allying with Megatron is actually understandable. His ruthlessness granted him some great lines :shades:. He lost the charisma as Galvatron, though :thumbsdn:. Whoops, spoiler alert! :) .

# ♫You've got the touch,

♫you've got the power!

ps. Oh, [-]"Lydianne"[/-] "Queen Lydianne" . . that was chosen randomly :D .

[Stacey G]

Stacey (as it now is) started as Stacie. Now it's become Stacie Marie Bell. I have a thing for the name Stacie for a girl and the rest is for my wonderful mother, R.I.P.

[Shaunda]

I chose something that was close to my birth name. I know over time I will most likely adjust it some. I will always always identify to my birth name in certain ways. It just doesn't completely describe me. As my journey continues I feel I am adding more and completing myself.
Shaunda/Shauna

[JennyLiz]

I needed a handle for a online 3d community, after a few attempts JennyLiz, came out and was accepted. Over the last year I have gotten to a point where I realized that not only was it a good fit for me but I also like it. I then took it a step further and lengthened it to Jennifer Lizabeth, Keeping the short form of JennyLiz. On the plus side Its also the initials for my legal name as well.

Now I can shop online, have the packages sent to my job and no one on either end knows.

[Sami Brown]

My first name is the name of one of my daughter's high school friends. She has a wonderful personality and is quite smart, so the name reminds me of someone I strive to emulate. I also like the sound of the name.

Sami

[JeanDoe]

I never thought of a female name at the beginning, but my wife (who not only accepts my CDing, but encourages it, that's another story), suggested I take one. We discussed quite a bit and we settled for Ophélie, which is a nice and very feminine name in French which happens to be my mother tongue. Well... Not much about it, but I love that name and it stayed...

[ginapoodle]

Well, Gina, of course. Has a letter count matching my male name and other matches

Gina is often an Italian given name. And I had DNA done and yes I am 20% Italian ancestry. We lived over seas and encountered Italian culture many times. The style and uniqueness of Italy is remarkable. I even ride an Italian motorcycle. Gina Lolabridgida comes to mind, and many gifted Italian artists. Love everything Italian.

So there you go. Veloce!

[rebbeccafem]

i found my name after looking at myself all enfemme and rebbecca kept ringing in my mind

[Amy559]

I used a couple names in the past; Jessica, Britney, and Christy. But not too long ago somehow baby names came up during a family discussion and my mom told me if I'd been born a girl my name would've been Amy! Oh if she only knew hehehe!

[stephanie2000]

Like Amy posted in this thread I have tried other names...Susie stuck for a while, but ultimately I found myself in Stephanie and now can't imagine being anyone other than Stephanie.

[MaidMarguerite]

I did not get to choose my name, my girlfriend selected it for me (unconfirmed but likely from a One Tree Hill valentine's day episode). I never really pictured myself as a Marguerite, but as they say if the shoe fits.

[Kyle20]

My mother though she was having a girl and she loved the name Kyle. She had a friend in school with same name. When i came out i was a boy and she never changed the on the birth certificate. I asked if she knew i was going to be a boy what would have been my name. Alexander after a teacher she had a crush on.

[AileenCD]

Aileen is a little variation of the name of a woman I'm very close to, and is a GG mentor. Our physical chemistry is very strong...when we are together, even just on line, it sometimes seems like we have just one, very womanly, body together. I had another name, the name of a cute girl that I would love to be like, but one night Eileen and I came up with "little Aileen", an expression of her own womanhood.

[Shannon michelle]

This was easy as I embraced the name my brothers teased me with as a child. my Wife even guessed it right away.

[Darla]

Well - Darla for two reasons. One: I used to want to get the Victoria's Secret catalogue when I was growing up (as much to envy and want to be the women as to train my male gaze on them). So I invented my alter ego signing up as Darla rather than my real name. Funny how that was prescient to who I like to call myself.

And then there was the lucky accident that Darla was one of my favorite Buffy characters later in life. Badass vampire chick. That felt like it cemented it right then and there.

And so I'm me!

[tvhelena]

Mine came about one night on chat when I realised everyone had a name except me. It was also the name of a girl I dated once who was pretty and I always admired how she looked. I've always thought that what I've tried to achieve when I'm feminine was to look like her.

[MissEllie]

I've not really got any reason as to why I chose Ellie apart from the fact that I love the name and think its super cute. No real story behind it I'm afraid.

[Paigeturner71]

I thought of my name a while back when I was thinking of writing a humorous take on a mystery novel. After I rediscovered myself I decided to use the name for my alter ego.

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[elita]

I chose Elita after my favourite brand of day wear panties. Since this was the first CD/TG forum that I joined back in 2006, I have used the name on many more sites.

My girlfriend doesn't like it though and calls me Mari...

By the way, what happened to Your female name Part 1?

[GeorgiaD]

I used Sian for a while but people had trouble spelling, or pronouncing it! So I changed to Georgia, a name I loved from the TV show Ally McBeal.

[Paigeturner71]

Good song lyric quote Elita. It's perfect!

[Lindajane]

My first wife of 17 years once told me that if shtf she would use Linda as an alias. Many years after her passing when i finally got real with my feminine side, the question came up and it was Linda,
Funny, I dont really care for the name that much, Something, someone inside me gets a happy charge when i am called linda. Its nice.
Jane, well, it just seemed to fit and i do love the band janes addiction.
"Jane says, have you seen my wig around? I feel naked without it"

This is not just an addiction, i cant even tell you,
Peace Ladies...
Lindajane

[Iris Tse]

I myself had a difficult time with a finding a name I felt comfortable with, so I asked a few TG friends what their thoughts were. They made a few suggestions which were interesting, some of which I definitely could not relate to. Iris was the one suggestion and so I figured I could tried it out for awhile, figuring I could always change it if needed. Well it's been 8 months now and I feel I've grown into being Iris. Kinda like naming a baby. A name will grow on you and become part of your being. At first, the funniest part is when your forget to react when people are calling aloud your name.

[Whinlatter]

I toyed with a few before settling on Stacey. I won't bore you all with the details but it works nicely on a number of levels when considering my femme identity alongside my full male name.

As I settled on it and looked at myself dressed and called myself by name then there was a very satisfied feeling in my gut, I just knew it was right.

S :)

[silkiehosewearer]

That's actually a good question and a lot of good answers. I choose Tessa..i don't know why either. Just did, but one of my female co workers daughter is named Tessa..so maybe that is why I chose the name but who knows. And like most been dressing for awhile with out a fem name. So when asked that's wut pooed in my head. Well I hope u all have a lovely day.xoxo

[Kendra Sue]

I chose Kendra Sue because my male name is Ken. And I am a boy named Sue

[Gwyneth]

I was actually having a PM conversation with KatieV when all of a sudden she started talking to Gwyneth. I though she had mistakenly sent something to me meant for Gwyneth. Turns out she thought I should be Gwyneth. So now I am. Doesn't seem like it, but that was one of those baby steps. I love the name.

Thanks Katie!

[jack-ie]

My ex was on board and actively encouraged my dressing. At first, just panties, bra, etc. She still called me Jack but when She decided we should go full Fem and full time when at home, it just naturally became Jackie. She also often referred to me using feminine pronouns which was sometimes embarrassing.

[Brie84]

Brianna is a feminine version of my real name, Brian.
I shortened the Brianna to Brie to make it simple. :)

[jenny555]

My female name is jenny as I now hatre being calling by my male name John.

[Ariana225]

I'm only two months out and never considered a name. I choose Roberta for the simple fact my middle name is Robert. I'm sure I'll change it and I can't use it IRL because my wife's sperm donor has the same name.

[RobertaFrancesca]

An ex gf gave me my female name which is the female version of my name Robert. I added the female of my middle name as well so... Roberta Francesca. <3

[alice clair]

HI I just changed my female name to Alice Clair from Michelle. Michelle is a derivative of my real name but my wife and I like Alice Clair better.

[yuri]

My female name is just a derivation of my real name. Easy to remember :)

[Shelly Lynn]

I have just always loved the name Shelly, I really like how when you write Shelly it flows so wonderful from my pen.

[Stephanie Nicole]

Stephanie Nicole. I didn't want to have a name similar to anyone in my family ( I have a really large primarily female family who don't know about me) and I always did like Stephanie so when I chose it it felt like it was me.

[priyasweet]

Mine is Priya :) I think its a cute short name

[Crystal 42]

My first femme name was totally different to my current one and while I used it for years in many ways it never felt completely like me. Once I finally accepted myself I knew I needed a new name because the old one had too much baggage attached. My birth name is Chris so Crystal seems like a very natural female variation to me and it just seems right. :)

[Molly J]

I quite like the pretty girls and names on the forum. Molly was a really nice RA for the dorm my ex-girl friend lived in. I always liked the name and admired Molly the RA but I'm not completely sold it's right for me. Right now, I'm not sure what I am. CD, non-binary, gender fluid, androgynous? The journey towards discovery continues. I just know that I need to express myself in more feminine ways and finding a female name that suits me better is low on the totem pole for now. So Molly works for now. My name was supposed to be Robin if I had won the xx lottery at birth. My male name doesn't translate to a female name. I do like the names Emily, Diane, Michaela, and many others. Female names tend to be more poetic with more rhythm. Am I right?

[Chancey289]

It took a long time to come up with a name for my female side, but I figured it out.

Sabrina.

I don't know why exactly, it just came to me and felt right. Can't explain it better than that. No elaborate origin story or anything. Sorry :P

[Nora TBD]

I've gone by a few different names over the years. I've used the name Alison for nearly 15 years and only recently switched to Nora. (I actually still use the name Alison in some places just for consistency sake) When I switched to Nora it symbolized being out. Alison cross dressed in secrecy while Nora was going out there..... I'm a member of a support group that isn't about gender issues, although they do have Gay chapters. I've attended some Gay meetings as Nora, which was a bold and rewarding move for me.

[Kayliedaskope]

I originally started with Michelle, as I liked the name, but I was also intrigued by others whose full names said something when said all together, like Misty Eyez or Ima BadGirl. So I became Kaylie Daskope (kaleidoscope), which to me is something ever-changing, but always unique and beautiful.

[pinklilly211]

Well,,, I guess I should put my 2 cents in here, I've been through a few different names in the past 40 some years. I had finally settled on Elizabeth, or Lilly for short. And have gone by Pinklilly for years. But one weekend at my best Gurlfriends place She came up with Lillith Palozza! Like Lala Palozza, I LIKED IT! It is me!! Wild and crazzzzy! and still Lilly! So Lillith Palozza It's been for almost a year now!!!

[Robyn n TN]

It is so interesting learning how we came up with our names. It's not like our birth names, which we didn't have any input into, but it allows us to express who we are now. I chose Robyn because it is a pretty common name but the spelling is somewhat unique like I am.

[Lynn Sealy]

It's a riff on my given name.

[alesha]

I've switched between so many names. The that has stuck for a while now is Alesha. I've never liked the name Alicia but then I met a girl who spelled it Alesha and just fell in love with that name, so here we are.

[Roslynsimm17]

Roslyn came about a spin off my birth name, people thought I had Ross when I didn't. So the birth of Roslyn Ann came about, and needed one a name for here I had saying different names but none sounded like me until now.

[GinaSkirt]

When someone was silly or the situation funny we'd say now Gina.

[Paige Winslow]

Brilliant! Every time you say your name you can think, "am XY!", and smile to yourself. That smile will show through, and people will love you. Great Idea., Bye, Paige

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Wow, great story. I'm so happy that you got such a meaningful name. However, the pain of that moment with your mother walking in the room? Priceless. My heart rate went up just reading your post., Bye

[Keichan]

I stole this name from an actress that I admire (Keiko).

[Cherylgyno]

Shelly. As a kid my Mom told me to pick a girls name, I chose Danielle.
When my wife saw me fully dressed the first time she told me that I sucked at applying makeup and that Danielle didn't fit me. We looked in a baby names book and came up with Cheryl. I am Cheryl Anne Swanson.

[T Gram]

How about Robbie, Roberta225? I knew a beautiful sweet girl in high school named Robbie ...just a thought...

[Ariana225]

Thanks for the suggestion! But to me it doesn't sound feminine enough. Plus it's the same problem with my wife's sperm donar having too similar of a name. The best thing about our girl name is we can change it so easily. I have thought about charlotte but haven't made a final decision ��

[Gwyneth]

Robin! Or Robyn for more femininity.

[CrossKimmy]

I just recently was thinking of a name change to something more feminine and sexy, but I can't change it now because I have a lot of things tied to it. But I like my cute name.

I chose Kimberly because it's a play off my male name. The last name is Cross because I am a Crossdresser and thought it was a cute play on words. The name Kimberly Cross could be a news anchor or attorney that's a superheroine at night.

[Littlebee]

Hi...this will be my first post....and I am sorry for any misspelling or grammar error, because I am Brazilian and English is my second language :o

I choose Flavia because it is a feminine way of my name...and I love it. The Littlebee is my nickname...not sure exactly why i pick, but i remember I was playing IMVU and used that name....

well, im glad to be here, and look forward to chat with you all

[nSterling]

hey all.. new to group. glad to be here. = Kelsie Lynn
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[Fiona123]

Kelsie Lynn is a lovely name!

[April T]

In memory of my first girlfriend who let me wear her panties!

[KrissyCD]

I always liked the name Krissy. I feel it sounds girly and seemed to always stick with it. I didn't even really start using it till couple of years ago but want to stay with it. Feel it fits me.

[Norah_joy]

If you're lucky enough to have a little girl living inside of you, that little girl will whisper your name. Worked for me

[Kayliedaskope]

Hi...this will be my first post....and I am sorry for any misspelling or grammar error, because I am Brazilian and English is my second language :o

I choose Flavia because it is a feminine way of my name...and I love it. The Littlebee is my nickname...not sure exactly why i pick, but i remember I was playing IMVU and used that name....

well, im glad to be here, and look forward to chat with you all

Hi, LittleBee, from another IMVU persona! I go by Kayliedaskope01 over there. (My original kayliedaskope profile might still be active, but I rarely use it.) Been on IMVU for six years straight - pretty addicting, isn't it?

[Andishose]

If you're lucky enough to have a little girl living inside of you, that little girl will whisper your name. Worked for me and she did so for me! Love my name, cute and fun.

[MsDyann]

Hello everyone,
Dyann is a slight change from my male name, Danny.

[RachelCD4]

No special meaning in my chosen name; just always liked the name Rachel for some reason.

[Lisa Roberts]

One day I was cleaning the kitchen and doing laundry, my wife said, "thanks, Honey". For some reason I softly replied "don't thank me, it was Lisa! ". So Lisa I am. Robert is a given name.

[Sandra_Dodds]

I was born in the days when parents never knew the gender of the baby and so they were prepared with a name for either outcome. Sandra was to be my name if I had been born a girl and so it seemed appropriate to embrace the girl I was meant to be.

[halljennifer]

The basis of choosing Jennifer, was very much due to watching Friends in the 90's. I was absolutely head over high heels for Jennifer Anniston. Cute skirts, heels and hose, I very much dreamt of being her. Not to mention the power she posses which is ultra hot! So Jennifer is it. Hall is not my actual last name but it does begin with an H, so at least my initials match.
😘 Jennifer

[Susan Smokes]

I have no special meaning, I just like the name Susan.

[EmilyByNight]

Emily is just a name that I always loved for the sense of innocence that it conveys to me.

[BrendaCox]

Hi all, Brenda here. I'm brand new at this. I just joined and bought my first nylons and lingerie last week. I'm looking for all the advice I can get. I picked the name Brenda in honor of two hot girls way back in high school.

[Zoe72]

I chose Zoe after a beautiful greek girl at high school, loved the name and if i ever had a baby girl always wanted to use the name Zoe.

[PushupBraBro]

Hi all,
I’m new here and am unsure how I feel about choosing a female name. I don’t get to dress very often and wouldn’t want to live as a woman. It’s just something I do occasionally, and when I am dressed, I do the same stuff I normally do. Should I pick a name even if I don’t feel like I have another person to name?

[Ginni]

I choose Ginni because I think it sounds feminine and sexy.

[alexaxx]

I’m going with Alexa for now because I came up with one quickly during a pink fog episode, but have been thinking more about it, and think that Maddie might be in the running for a more permanent choice. My real name is Matt, but a lot of my friends call my Matty, plus, I love the name Madeline and Madison, which Maddie is nickname for both

[Ronnica]

Ronnica was a beautiful girl in school. I always liked her.

[Faith Noel]

Hi everone, I was trying to use a female version of my male name Glenn. I tried Glennda,Glenna ect. Nothing realy sounded right to me. One time as I was driving home from a group meeting for CD,TS, I had Faith Hill on the radio.(when she was popular) I thought thats it! Also I knew a gg named Faith, she always had nice makeup and hair.

[Deborah2B]

I wanted a name that had the same initials as my real name. I did this in case I needed to sign or initial something with that feminine name. I also figured that with the same initials it would make it easier to remember. I was always partial to the name Deborah regardless of the initial thing. I don't remember where I came up with the Marie part but it sounded good together in my mind.

[Morgan lace]

Hi New to the forum.

I grew up in the 80s watching Morgan Fairchild and thinking how beautiful she was.
As I started dressing I first wore a wig that was my mothers, based on Morgans hair.
I added lace as its something I find sexy.

[Leah Love]

I actually just changed my name to Leah Love from Ginger Cross...I chose Leah because I absolutely love that name. I chose Love because Olivia Love was the first trans porn star I remember seeing.

Honestly, it was a pretty difficult thing letting go of Ginger, but her time had come to an end and it’s time for Leah to shine!

[Danieltread86]

Since my male name is daniel. I have always said my fem name would just be Danielle

[Szianna]

Hi all,

I'm new here. And i have a 'full' female CD name: Szianna Taszadar. :) I'm curious about the community here.

[Linda P.]

Linda was the name of a next door neighbor, daughter of my mother's best friend. I remember her beautiful party dresses that my mother who was a seamstress, would do alterations for and so would have them hanging up in the house. I had not given any thought to crossdressing at that age, but still there was something about those dresses that fascinated me.

[Lindaa]

Hi I am the youngest of six boys and i remember my mother telling me that after five boys they had picked out the name Linda for me before birth. This was back when you didnt know untill birth, what the sex of the child would be. (turns out thats not as easy as they thought it was). So when it came time for me to choose my name i picked the name i would have been given. Moms gone now so she dosnt know but she did get the Linda she wanted. Just took awhile for her to show up.

[racheldresses]

I don't have a story, Rachel just seemed to fit me. Took me absolutely ages to make up my mind though. And then one day...like a light bulb moment. It just seemed to work.

[PushupBraBro]

I have chosen the name Paulina! Female version of my male name

[Hollibelle]

I do not really have a female name or persona really. My name does not have a feminine version. I gave myself rules such as the name I chose for the forum could not include the name of a relative or somone we know.

Hollibelle is a play a on anime character I was quite found pf which stemed from a bad translation from Japanese. I also used the name for MMORPG characters so the spelling got even further away from the source. And since I am from the south it is kind of like Holli Belle.

[Jemma-crossing]

I haven't bee n able to pick one. I'd appreciate any suggestions of what you imagine my name is based on my profile and images. Thanks loves.

[colourmannn]

donna misteriosa, Italian for mystery woman, will be my online name for now. I'll decide on a proper femme name when the woman within is revealed after my transformation.

[Charlotte7]

Charlotte seems to fit. To my mind it coneys a girlish sophistication, and allows me to dream of a life that can never be mine. But what happy dreams they are :):):)

[Rayleen]

My female name Rayleen has been in my mind since the beginning of my CD adventure, it put me in a feminine frame of mind .
A sweet, softer girly expression which I picture in my mind.

[Lovely Allyson]

I chose Allyson because there was this gorgeous girl named Aliso in my kindergarten. She was the prettiest thing I had ever seen, and these years later she still strikes me as the epitome of (nonsexual) female beauty.

[Claire_ORFL]

I have always liked the name Claire. I went through a list of names with my wife after a bottle of wine and we both felt this was a good fit for me. I had a great aunt that was named Claire, so it's even a family name.

[Suzanne Blake]

At an early age I always wished I had been born a girl, and for some reason Suzanne was the name that came to mind. So that's the name I went with.

[ChubbyLeahCD]

I’ve had different ones: Lucia, Maria...all names of women I thought were gorgeous growing up BUT I chose Leah because it’s pretty and very similar to my male name.