Do you Love your name?

I Chose my new name in a flash, it was random yet in someway thoughtful! I'll never look back as no matter what I'm "Stacy"

Do you so love your name or may you wish to alter it so it sits better?

I had my heart set on “Prudence”, but it was already taken.

So I ended up with this name. I think it suits me.

My male name is Chris and when I was bullied as a kid they said, Crissy is a sissy. I hated it then but love it now.

Linda is the name of the first girl I had a crush on. (surprisingly I never dreamed of wearing her clothes)

Woodworth is a compilation of Natalie Wood and Woolworth (yes, the store)

I added "Elaine" because I wanted a middle name and felt it sings.

So yes, that is my name!

I originally was using Debra Ann, Debbie to my friends. When my wife started to get involved with my dressing she told me "you don't look like a Debbie, you look like a Jill". So from that day forward I've gone by Jill, I added Faith as a middle name so I'm Jillian faith, Jill to my wife and friends. To answer your question yes I love the name Jill because the most important women in my life named me.

Cynthia was not my first Fem name, years ago when I first started on the internet I used Anastasia, which after a while I grew to dislike as I had picked it in haste. I cannot remember where I heard the name Cynthia but I started using it over 15 years ago and I really do love it.

Over that time I have also added the middle name Nicole, I like how is sounds.

Cynthia

Stacy,
I didn't have a femme name before I joined the forum, I typed in Teresa and was very surprised it was accepted , I'm so happy for the coincidence as it's derived from my male name . Now I'm finding paperwork and name changes are proving easier . I'll possibly use the shortened Terri version for most of the time , I've already changed to this name at my GP's surgery and my blood donation name . It also will make it easier for my mail address as the initials can remain the same .

I'm one happy bunny with my name !

I do like my en femme name. When I went to college, my class mate/friend wore the most beautiful clothes, and I really admired her outfits. So I picked my en femme name after her because I was enamored with how she picked her outfits and she really rocked the clothes she wore.

Sherrii is the name my girlfriend sort of picked. The spelling is because other spellings were taken. But I like it. Sherrii

Yes, D for the size of my breast forms and bra for what they go in. Deebra, also like the nickname Dee.

Oh Chrissy! that resonates so much with me! I was called Stevie for as long as I can remember. I'm a Steve obviously, yet that doesn't sit well!

I'm who I am!

XXX Stacy!

Deebra, now that's cute. Love it! Sherrii

I Should have mentioned if not obvious

I'm a Candy Darling adorer!

I used to hate my name when I was growing up
everyone used to call me things like Sindy or Sandra
I don't know if that was part of the reason I got into crossdressing
maybe some sort of psychological damage
Now I quite like my name
My name is Sandy so I never had to think up a name and no one ever had to give me one

My name suits me as I get the shortened version whether male or female.

Very convenient.

I love my name.
Over the decades I had used a few different names, but when I decided to come out to my wife I thought long and hard about how I wanted to be known.

I was suppose to be a girl. My mother's deal family was husband and wife and son and daughter. My brother was born first. I was suppose to be the daughter. Blame it on my dad's sperm, not me. My brother was named after my grandpa. I was suppose to be named after my grandmother, So I got the masculine name of my grandmother. How novel. Twelve years later my parents did have a daughter and named her Stephanie. When choosing the name for this site I was estranged from my sister due to family issues with our mother. Now, since mom is dead in her grave (Thank God!) my sister and I have reconciled. I figured at the time I was suppose to have first dibs on Stephanie. However, I was suppose to have that name in the first place. I really could not think of a different name at the time. I still think about it.

I'm just not that fond of Dave. I'll stick with Sarah as a preferred alternative. :o

Not really. I'm stuck with it.

I picked it when I signed up here.

A few years ago I asked a friend about changing my name. She said " Sweety you can call yourself anything you want but I will always call you Jean"

Now I'm use to it. To all my friends I'm just Jean.

The Gale in my name refers to windy weather. I am me regardless of how I am dressed. No-one knows me as Gale in my real world.

Elizabeth is a name I always liked and thought was pretty, so yes, I suppose I do live my name.

I love Periwinkle! It's the name one of my characters uses when he dresses up.

Call me anything but, "Late for dinner"!

I dressed at home in a vacuum for 10 years. Never had a name. But, when I went online I needed a female name.:battingeyelashes:

i could have been "Sherry 39763". But, didn't want a number, just a name. So, I picked our high school class prez and his girlfriend. Robert and Sherry. There were others with that same name so I added "Doc". And, there is still only one "Docrobbysherry", that I'm aware of!:devil:

Shawn Michelle is a variation of my male name. I wouldn’t say I love it, but it’s easy to manage. I may change it later, but it’s good for now.

My "official" femme name is Eimear (E-mer, like e-mail) but somehow it changed to Eemz over time. I talk to myself when I'm late for things and "for God's sake Eemz, get your .... together!!" seems to work better :)

I'm sort of at a crossroads though now that I'm out. My male name is one of those that can also be a woman depending how you spell it and I am wondering if I should just do that, since the two are not separate anyway - I'm always Eemz regardless of what I'm wearing. So Jean I know what you mean - my long-term friends would much prefer <male name> since I'm still me...


Doc - "Sherry 39763" has a certain ring to it LOL

Periwinkle - I love your name. It's perfect

Of course! Rebecca is an adaptation of my male name and it rolls off the tongue. Plus it's adaptible. Can be regal casual even bitchy depending on the situation.

I considered finding a female name that started with the same initial as my male name, but didn't come up with anything that I liked.
I then found Grace by changing a few letters in my male name.
It reminded me of Gracie Allen (George Burns's wife for those of you who are too young to remember).
I always liked her wit, so Gracie it is.
The more I think about it, the more I like it.
-Gracie

I do love my name (Michelle that is; not Biancabellelover).

Michelle is loosely based on my male name, which doesn’t really have a direct female equivalent.

Michelle

My fem self sort of resembles a certain woman I admire, and the first three letters of our names are the same---so I went with Marina.

Yes I love my name, I was supposed to have been a girl and Kimberly Jean is the name my mother picked out for me.

I was looking for a female name that had no obvious male equivalent, but would still be a reasonably close variation of my legal name. My given middle name is "Dane," so I just added the "i."

My femme middle name is Victora (not "Victoria"), which is a tribute to my two grandfathers, whose first names were Victor and Ora. A few people know this and call me "Vicky," but I use Diane more often and whenever I have to sign something.

- Diane

Mine is just the feminized version of my male name, so it feels natural.

Westin is from a prepubescent heartthrob who leaned through an open front door in an opened robe to reveal her beautiful generous attributes.
Carla is just a nod to Charles. I do love both of my male and female names.

Yeah I do love my name is preferable to some of my earlier efforts.I get a wee warm feeling when I hear my name being called out.When thinking of what to call myself I wanted something feminine and imo classy which couldn't be shortened especially to male sounding.Funnily enough a lot of my friends call me Soph now. And I actually quite like it now

Sophie

Well Roberta is and feminine of Robert my given name and (speaking of labels...) back when I joined this forum it was common courtesy to add the cd, ts, gg, designation suffix to your nickname on all the other forums so I used the same here.

I chose my name after carefully considering about three or four different choices. I will never change it.

Another Diane here. I have had that name since 1989 (previously it was Julie) I felt it was a little more in keeping with my style, plus I knew a Diane and was very fond of her. It is nothing like my male name.

It's kind of funny how I picked Lynnstar for my female name. When I started on this site, I had been looking at Western outlaws on the internet and noticed a female outlaw named Bell Star. Well a short time later I got on this site and wanted to pick a new name that srtuck me as wild. Guess what. Bell star came to mind. I didn't want a outlaws name, but I did like the name. So i changed the first name from Bell to Lynn,. I chose Lynn star. That's how I became Lynnstar.

Whenever we were in stores and my wife would ask if I wanted something fem, I felt uncomfortable. I wasn't even thinking of injuring a fem name. One day she asked if Maria would like an item, I asked her where she got Maria from. She said she didn't know it just flowed out. It wasn't my name of choice but because my wife picked it, I kept it.

I named myself after Rachel, Jennifer Anniston’s character on friends.
I orginally did like Mariah (yes the Singer) but I’m happy as Rachel.

I was going to go with Ellie until I found that there were quite a few Ellies already. Trying to be different I recalled a dutch girl named Ineke I once had a crush on. I found only one Ineke online, a California perfume business. So Ineke it has been. I thought you had to have a last name so I picked Vashon out of convenience (it's an island in the Puget Sound area).

Ineke (EE-nuh-kuh)

Asew was a name I made to use for video game characters as letters from a girl I liked at the time. To me it was girly, but not obviously girly in case anyone I knew saw it. I hate Brianna (fem version of my name) due to name calling as a child. I recently heard the nickname Brina (anagram of Brian) for Sabrina, and thought about switching to Sabrina, but decided to stick with Asew since it better fits my non-binary-ness.

The name came from a children's book that I used to read to my daughter when she was young. The name of the book was Jillian Jigs, and I changed it to Gillian Gigs as my given name begins with a G, so a J got changed to a G. I always liked the name Jillian/Gillian...whatever.

I love my name, I chose it myself :) I love the fact that I can be formal Rebecca, relaxed Becky or friendly Bec. Also there were no Rebeccas close to me when I chose it back in 2005. It has no connections to my boy name, which to me was another plus. As for Blue well thats a long story.

The name I use here is the feminized version of the male name that I would have chosen for myself, Alexander. I always thought Alex was a cool name. So, Lexi, Alexa, Alexandra, I'll answer to any of those.

And because the guy who molested me, butchered my real name. I'd be quite happy to never hear it again.

Yes and have fun with it. Often, on the golf course I have been heard shouting "Alice, you ignorant ****" A take off from the Honeymooners and Saturday Night live. Usually when I blow a shot

Oh! So Nice to see so many responses!

When I went to Stacy my life changed.

I changed my name on this site once already. My name was Dee but there were several other Dees and deedees at that time so I wanted to change it to something completely different. It's hard for people to get my name (Ressie) when I introduce myself so I tell them it rhymes with Jessie. I don't love it, but I don't see any point of changing it again. Dee is still my nickname with some people.

I don't feel a sense of a female persona for myself but i did consider Sammi for use while shopping with my wife, as in "That's something Sammi might wear". (She called me Sammy when we were dating) I mentioned it to the bride and got a definite "NO". I settled on Bea_ as the phonetic of one of my initials. I like the simplicity. Also, when i was registering to the site, i tried to go with just "B" but it was too short. Even 'Bea" is too short so I added the underscore at the end. If I'd thought it through more it would be "B___" (three underscores).

Roxanne. Yes, I AM Roxanne! I adore my name. Every month the members of my Support Group call me by Roxanne. Hell, I don't even know that I have a male name! Roxanne is the female lead in the play Cyrano de Bergerac. I fell in love with that character years ago, and "became" her.

Roxanne Lanyon