How i picked my famale name...
Ive seen the name Tamara used quite a bit around here, it seems, ..... but I picked my name 'Tamara Marie' because that is the name of the first girlfriend i ever had.....honestly, i still love her, and taking her name, is my way of showing it....if only she still loved me.
Chosen for me (sort of ;-)
My femme name is my legal given name: Kimberley.
En homme I tend to go by Kim, and en femme I will use either Kim or Kimberley. So, at least for my femme life, Kimberley was a fortunate name. I did pick my middle and last names though. Anne because I like its meaning, and it's a little like my given middle name. Then my last name, well, it's not mine directly... ;-)
Kimberley has been interesting as a homme name; it's given me some grief... though it did get me invited to sorority rush (ah, if I was only brave enough to go! ;-).
It's a little bit of checken and egg on what affect my name has had on my life and crossdressing (what effects it's had). It doesn't matter; I am who I am. A (wo)man named Kimberley. :)
The girl I always wanted to be
I chose my name from a girl I knew in school who was everything I wanted to be - pretty, sexy, feminine and curvy. ;)