Your female name *merged threads*

Annis is a name I found on Behind the Name. I guess I liked it because it's a take-off of one of my middle names.

Who gives us our names? Our parents.
My Father was Patrick, though everyone called him Pat so Tricia seemed right. My Mother was a singer and had the stage name Margaret Dale. So Tricia Dale.

Thank you Lisa, that was lovely.

Love, Jane

ever sincwe i was a kittle kid i had dreams of being the hero and rescuing the damsel in distress named Christine.

20 yrs later I did just that. I met my ex late one night while drivnng around just goofing off when she was in an escape mode from her abusive home life. Her name? Christine.

She was very open and encouraging when i told her about my dressing.

So when I needed a femme name , Christine was a natural. The website computer added the dreamer as there are already other Christines here.

My first chosen name when I started posting here was "Selene.." I chose that name because I loved the character Celine in the movie, "Underworld" (not to mention Kate Beckinsale lol..). But, over time, and partucularly when I started to venture out and meet others, it didn't seem real, i.e. "normal." So I changed my name to Keri, which is a name that I would likely transition to..

Keri is short for Kerridwen, or Cerridwen, the goddess of the Irish lore. I play the online MMORPG Warcraft, and several of the avatars I have rolled,, including my main character, are derived from this name. Hence, the people I play with daily call me 'keri" online already.. so it seemed a good fit. Keri is also more "believable" a name.

But interestingly, I was stumped about names recently. I was registering for the Fantasia Fair and the questionnaire asked for the name I wish to be referred to.. first and last! Wow... never thought about the last name, and frankly I'm not sure that I would want to keep my current one.... Bottom line: take your time, think over lots of names, try them one.. one will eventually come to you that makes you happy.

When I felt the need for a fem name, I searched back through my memory to find the most beautiful women I had known. There were two, and both of them were named Pamela. I'd been calling myself Pamela for years, and wanted to keep the name here, but I figured there would already be some Pamelas around so I added TX for the great state of Texas, where I live.

Nicole Cox was the the name of the Genetic Girl friend that helped me discover my femme side and as a tribute to her, I use her name.

I didn't choose my femme name. It was given to me at birth. Only my real name is spelt Lauri. It is of Finnish descent, and there it is a common mans name.

I really didn't choose my name it just popped into my head one day out of the blue. It just seemed to fit so I ran with it.

Anna

I wanted Catherine or Susan, but those were my sister's and wifes names, so I went back to an earlier time when I grew taller than my dad, so I couldn't be called Little David and the family asked me what I wanted to be called and I selected DJ for David Junior. Well for a femme name I selected a derivative of DJ, ie Dee. ANd then after time I decided that Dee was short for Deanna.

Dee

Im really not sure. It was the name that has always been on my mind the most since I was young so lt felt natural to take it.--wendy

A friend named me...I told her and from then on she started calling me Jennie...I liked it so it stuck.

[SIZE="3"]My soon to be ex-wife picked my name, after all is done I will half to pick a new name. TOO MUCH BITTERNESS to continue on as Dixie:Angry3:[/SIZE]

well i had a aunt ann and i took her name and my first name i thought it just fit me nive so i came up with joann

huggs:love:

The name I picked was the name my mother was going to name me if I would have been born a girl. So I always used it......:)

A collegue at work,shes blonde and gorgeous

Tracy is my real name so I just dropped the y and added the i's:o

My birth name is Charles thought of Charlene. But then Charlena just clicked.

ive always loved the name haley it wasnt the ulternitive name if i was born a girl but i just love the name :)

well if i were borne a female i would have been called jessica anyway i used it for as long as i can remember then i ran across more and more jessica's so i added rains to my name to be different i think it works because it is who i am in the inside and yes i am a gaymale who crossdress but i feel like a woman traped in a males body and some of these days i well get that fixed :love:............... godess jessica rains

wife choose it for me:)

I remember not having given it too much thought at the time but when I attended my first real support group meeting, they asked for my name at the door. I remember getting kind of panickey and they said, no, not your real name, your feminine name. As I sighed with relief, out came Sara. Never really knew anyone with this name before, Sara is simply a name I like. I think it's classy and it has since become an integral part of me, cannot imagine ever changing it.

Mine is somewhat a derivitive of my middle name, and I knew a girl I really thought who was nice by that name. Plus I like the way it sounds. It felt like me.

Cindy was the name of by best female friend in high school. I had a major crush on her but she had a boyfriend and actually ended up marrying him.

For the last name, I just wanted something common and generic - part of my paranoia.

it used to be Joanna — which was a part anagram from Jonathan (the "th" went into an anagrammatic surname)

but I later changed it to Jennifer — which sounds like Jonathan if you say it fast in a mumbly sort of way

:happy:

I asked my mother what she would have named me if I would have been born a girl. She said my name would have been Juanita, so I am Juanita S.(Sandoval)

Jocelyn Renee after my first love and Williams is my actual middle name.

Bailey Christina Thomas

Bailey - name of my former love

Christina - name of my first real crush and good friend

Thomas - Some generic run of the mill name, lol

~Bailey

Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese feminine form my name.

Michael to Michela

Always wished mine was Jennifer don't know why, just grew up liking it, Easton well it sounds good to gather, no rime or reason just fit's me I think. Jenni

Michelle Charlene (Michelly) Because my name is Michael and my middle is Charles, I just wanted to feminize it to mach my dual personality and feelings. It's so much fun being gurly!:love:

I have always loved crows and ravens (My wife and I have a crow,His name is Edgar Allen crow We just call Him Edgar if you don't like crows and ravens You never meet one!!! they are wonderful animals) My fav season is winter and who does not love rain???( well I love rain) OK I know I spell them different,but I am different!! Also I am part native american and I feel Raven Wynter Rayne sounds native american!!!

Karyn was the name of a friends mom. When I was about 15 I would go over to his house after school. She was a nurse. Now this was back in the late 70's when nurses still wore a white uniform and not scrubs. She was divorced. Anyhoooo, I would go over and she would be getting ready for work. She worked the afternoon shift. She made absolutley no bone about walking around in her white full slip. You could see her panties through her slip. She definately was not bashful. I was crossdressing at that age. Very interested in what she wore. Long story short, I went over one day and my friend was not home, his grandma picked him up for the evening. She invited me in, we talked as she was getting ready. We had done this before. As she was in the bathroom "putting on her face" as she called it, I was in the kitchen and through the doorway into the laundry room I saw her "things" in the laundry basket. Well.......curiosity came over me and I went to take a look. There in the basket was a very pretty white full slip. I picked it up and was holding it up and seeing what it would look like on me when she walked in on me.:o:o
She told me I would look cute in it and if I ever wanted to try it on to let her know. Well I never did :doh: If I could go back in time knowing what I know now......I would have taken her up on it in a split second. So, I guess as a tribute to her in some wierd way, I took her name.

I was thinking about 'Kay'......first letter of my male name but decided on the name of an ex (without the d66) that I really liked.......the name not the ex.
Still looking for a middle & last name though

Kelly comes from the first girl I remember having a crush on.

When I signed up for my first femme email account I had to come up with a name. I had an aunt Joanne and I always thought if I were female I'd look just like her. She wasn't specially attractive but she always looked nice and well put together, just as I envisioned my femme self. Plus my name is Joe so Joanne just fit. The last name Curl is my mother's maiden name and I always thought is was so perfect for a lady. My middle name, Marie< is part of the name my mom would have named me had I been a girl- Janine Marie. Maybe I should be Janine-

Joanne Marie Curl

I have a band Synth is in the band name.I also fell in love with a girl fcrom a distane once and i was so happy for her i lost touch with her and still remember her amazing smile.

I always just thought the name Rose was pretty.

- Rose

I have used the name Amazon Alice, then chose Lucille Tall, then Lucille Tallady. At six foot six, no wonder! I may change it again! Love variety.

All through my teenage years my nickname was Pearl, so it was just natural for now.
Pretty Pearl

My real name is Dan and my fake husbun name is Carl Hyatt so it is Danielle Hyatt.

Your Friend
Danielle:D

Mine's Tina Z, because I'm T_ _ in AZ.

We have a friend who is into the alternative life style and goes by the name Miss V. One day in the car my wife and I started talking about a name for me. My male name begins with D, so the wife said Miss D. Then it went to Misty.

I have always liked the way that Patricia feels on the tongue and i wanted a regular name. Patricia A. Johnson but call me PeeJay.

A lot of cute names, My first was Sharon. I thought of using Pam because I was once in love with a Pam. But I chose Robin because while female enough, it is also acceptable as a male name. I could use it while in drab or not full dress and have to worry if I was passing.

This is a great topic!

Had I come out a GG I would have been called Katlyn however I chose Maxine due to one of my best friends. Very supportive and it's fun to think that part of her is with me.

M

Raven Wynter Rayne was not the first name I used, after I told My wife about My femme side (I did not have a femme name yet) I orderd a catalog from Victoria's Secret and was asked for a name for some reason linda came to mind, and because I still was not shure how My wife would feel I thought I should make it look like a mistake so I added Hammel to it as We hand people living next door with that last name

I chose my name because it is a lovely word that has a deeper meaning. I came upon it from the study of alternative sexuality. In researching ejaculatory control for spiritual purposes, I came across the work of Alice Bunker Stockham (1833-1912). Male ejaculatory control has been a part of tantric prctice for centuries, but Stockham was one of the first people to introduce the idea in the West.

"Karezza is controlled non-seminal intercourse. The word Karezza (pronounced Ka-ret-za) is from the Italian and means a caress. Alice B. Stockham, M.D., was the first one who applied it as the distinctive name of the art and method of sexual relations without orgasmal conclusion."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Bunker_Stockham
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karezza
http://www.luckymojo.com/tkstockhamkarezza.html

I started this thread yesterday, but it was one of those lost in the upgrade (and before I'd had a chance to read all the replies). If the admin team will allow, I'd like to re-start the thread.

So, how did you choose your femme name? Is it just a feminisation of your male name? Is it the name of someone you admire? (actress, singer, friend, etc). Did someone choose it for you? ("you look like a 'Mary' when you are dressed"). Have you changed your name over the years as you've grown and found the original name is no longer appropriate? Do you just go by a first name or do you have a first name - surname combination?

So own up girls, why DO you want to be known as "Hattie Penelope Airhead the Third"?

For myself, there has always been a Sarah, Sarah-Ann or Hannah on my mothers side of the family back to the early 1700s (with the exception of the last generation which has more modern names). So choosing Sarah felt 'right' and that I was continuing my female ancestors trait of naming one of their daughters after themselves.

I've been 'Sarah' since I was 9 and 'Sarah Ann Martin' since I was 18.

I'm not sure what this says about the choice of name but my wife thinks it suits me perfectly and that I couldn't be any other name. Just as well, really!


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Sarah

Sarah,
My name is the Hawaiian equivilant of my real first name. The strange thing is it is also my youngest daughters name, just a little different spelling. Sarah is a very pretty name and it's good to hear from you. Huggs across the pond. Keli