I chose Tamsin just because my male name is Thomas, and that is one of the female forms of it.
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I chose Tamsin just because my male name is Thomas, and that is one of the female forms of it.
Bob is kind of a strange name for a woman......and Bobbie has a sort of bimbo-esque quality to it.
gingerli (from fet)
ME....I kept picking names to call myself, but then I would run across some GG, someone I knew or someone famous, and I couldn't call myself that, usually because the legitimate owner had qualities that I could never hope to match...or...didn't want to match, either.
And, because I'm huge (tall AND heavy), my pitiful attempts at femininity (during the Halloween season only!) were a reproof to the image that I dreamed of conveying.
I could have chosen Mary, since ALL five of my sisters bear the name....Yeah, they're Catholic.....and it's close to my own cognomen, but I never felt like a Mary! Sooooooo, being as I approach the behavior gingerly, I became.....Ginger Leigh, which is appropriate since
#1) Ginger is short for Virginia (nuff said about that) and #2) Ginger is used as a nickname for folks with red hair, which I had some of, about 2 lifetimes ago. But, one day, while attempting to access a site that I had previously registered on, and, of course, conveniently forgot my password, the site wouldn't let me use the name Ginger Leigh, because of a previous user (ME!), so I amended it to gingerli.
I choose mine to have the same initials as my real name. So I used to refer to myself as Nicola Janet D….
I picked mine because it was given to me by a CD I met online and chatted with her for a while.. She's my inspiration to.. :)
Humph. Havent decided on my name :sad:
*feels sorry for onesself*
Lol
Guess if I had to pick, either Mikella (my own reasons :battingeyelashes:) or Catherine (the name I was gonna be if I was a girl)
My name if I was to be born a girl would have been Cassiopeia. I used to use that name for my early CD years but have now taken the name of Jasmine. The story behind that name is kinda funny. My name on my e-mail is just Jas, and all the spam mail calls me Jasmine so I took the name:battingeyelashes:
my name is patrick by birth, but in grade school they used to tease me and called me "patricia" it hurt a lot but at the same time i new who i realy was inside. 43 years later and still dealing with"us":straightface:
Although I have dressed for a long time, I never felt the need to have a femine name. But I have always liked the name Heather and I started using it and its kinda sticking. I think it sounds sexy, sultry, fem. But thats just me...:)
Heather
I have tossed around several names over the years. First there was Samantha, then there was Katherine, then a combination of the two. Then came along Abigail, and Trinity.
A little while back I had thought about Brianna for awhile, my mom would have named me that if I had been born a girl.
Finally I looked at my birth name and thought why not use my initials and pick something that fits to those. Hence how I came up with Gabrielle Willow, my initials are GWT.
I chose Melissa just because I love that name for some reason. :)
Kayleigh-Marie. It's just a lovely sounding name. Bit like Kelly-Marie, or Katie-Marie.... just seems to roll of the tounge nicely. :D
When I first put on a wig, it reminded me a little of singer and guitarist Lita Ford, whom I love btw, but then I also saw an almost carbon copy of my sister, so Lita Kelley it was, although my wife wanted to call me Roselle.
Klaire came from my time in Second Life. I needed a name and I love the name Claire and found the surname Larnia which had a nice Asian sound to it. But Claire Larnia and Clare Larnia where taken, so I tried to spell Claire with a K and it was accepted by Second Life and hence Klaire Larnia came into life.
I now view this as the other half of my Gemini personality and Klaire walks with me everyday helping guide my actions.
In my case Elizabeth chose the name and I loved from the moment she first mentioned it. It actually means the pure one. It was like my essence became pure.:violin:
My name "Mattie" is also based on my boy name "Matt". I chose it not because it was necessarily at the top of my list, but because so many of my closest friends and my family (and wife too) already call me Mattie. I know they do it affectionately, so I have positive feelings about the name.
If I were to ever transition and legally change my name though I think I'd probably change it to Madeliene, which I like much better as a legal name than "Mattie" or my boy name. And I was excited just today when I realized that Mattie can be a short form of Madeliene as well.
I was cheering inside when I saw that, I thought only Maddie (which I like a lot too) was the short form.
Anyway - there's the story.
Mine is
Rozy
I simly like it and feels fem and sexy when I call myself that name
Misty Dawn is my name.
Misty was given to me by a former GF, when I was wondering about my CD. I have just changed the y to an i, because I liked it better that way.
Princess, I added, because I think it was cute (although for my age, might be a little too cute), but it's still adorable to me. :battingeyelashes:
I have started using my femme name even when in drab mode. I get a few questions but most don't even bother to question me about the name. When I called up one of my utility companies to have my name changed, they wanted to know if I still wanted to be called by Mr. I said no, and to use the salutation Ms instead. They didn't have a problem with this at all and made the change on my account. Money talks I guess!
Sandie
Very good topic title "Kimberly Marie"; my story is quite similar to yours as my mother was hoping for a daughter to be named Roberta for her 2nd and last child. Only baby gifts she wanted were for a girl baby and I'm sure my love of silky satiny femme things is the result of her putting me in all those lovely satin baby outfits she received as I've seen in most of my baby photos. When I discovered my feminine love in the 4th grade and wearing my mom's silky things around the house after school I never understood my need. After high school I put it all away as I entered the USAF for 4 years, met and married my wife of 49 years now. We have a wonderful marriage and 3 grown and married children. None of my children know of "Berta". My wife does but absolutely hates the idea! I once again discovered my femme side in my 40's while traveling quite a bit overnights for business. Some years ago in the old and so very wonderful MSN Crossdresser chat rooms, no longer available, I found many wonderful people who helped me so very much understand my situation and how I could never ever change my strong femme needs! Because a "user name" was needed to participate in that chat room and all the other wonderful CD sites I've discovered I decided to honor my Mom's wish and use the Berta part of Roberta in her honor as my femme name.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kimberly Marie
I am Connie because Connie is strong and she is sexy. I like the sound of the name --- YEA CONNIE!!
HUGS!!
my friend, and her mother actually, who actually got me enough confidance to start dressing fully helped me choose my name.
The name itself is influnced by my love of japanese culture, the occult, and zombies. Fuhai, Meaning to corrupt, or rot bepending of the context, and Mitsuki, whichwasadded by the friends other andto kind of induct me into the family a bit more since I have beenafamily friend for a long while, meaning beautiful moon.
so the name "fuhai Mitsuki" itself means beautifully corrupt moon.
least thats what I was told anyway. I just love the sound of the name itself however.
I was brought out in a pink blanket when I was delivered, and my father said "and there comes Jennifer"...and then the nurse told him they were just out of blue blankets! So, I would have been Jennifer if I had really been a girl. I picked my mother's middle name "Lynn" because she has always been my role model and best friend; not to mention that I thought it was beautiful and was a perfect fit!
Emma.
I wanted something not at all like my male name and I know a few girls with this name who I'd like to emulate.
I never used a female name when in drag because the nickname people gave me is not male nor female: "Baba". It's like a puppy/cat name, not a human name, so it could work both ways.
Also, I never felt another person, nor different from the "normal" self, when crossderssing. That's why I never changed my voice pitch, too.
I always thought about crossdressing as a different way to behave, dress and make up and never pretended to be a girl.
In my eyes, all men should be allowed to dress, make up and act like girls just because all above behaviours are just cultural and not really tied to gender.
My mother was going to name me Jessie, or jessica, if I would have been born a female.
I started out as Jennifer, because I felt I needed a femme name to join various groups. One day the name Andrea Lynn came into my mind and I knew that I was her. Andrea
I picked Drew for my fem name because I am a painter, and it is a name someone could call me when I wasn't dressed. If I wasn't dressed and someone was chatting with me in public they could call me Drew and it wouldn't raise any eyebrows. If they called me Michele it may. I am comfortable with the name.....Drew
well obviously i picked hayley hehe...
i kinda picked the name because i have always liked the name, how it sounds etc...but also because two of the most beautiful girls i know, and beautiful in differing ways, are both called hayley...and i thought if i could be anything like them, looks, femininity, kind, etc, then i would be doing ok...and the name is a start i guess...
well...im from india..and so preferred an indian name ..Neha Priya (means a beautiful woman ) ..and also this is one of my cousins name who knws me very well,,i always prefer to be her
i got mine from the first girl i was with who accepted my crossdressing. she came up with my name. shannon
It makes me think of a hot, girl next door type.
I got mine b/c my middle name is Ashley! Mom wanted it to be my first name but dad stepped in and ruined it for me!
I see that there are 52 pages of responses and I haven't begun to read them, but that's how I picked mine. "Linda", that is. The last name ..................... it's a family name but they sounded good together.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kimberly Marie
Joelle was such a pretty French name. There also was a cute French woman I knew with this name.
My boy name is Tony and it was so easy to just change the last letter. Now I love it and use it as much as possible.
My wife would be cloth shopping, she would see a skirt or a pair of shoes and
ask me if i wanted it. I told her i didnt feel comfortable that she would ask me out loud. The next time we were shopping she asked me if Maria would like this skirt, i didnt know what she was talking about. Then i caught on and thats how i got my name. She said i look like a Maria when iam dressed.
I have already mentioned this before, but I chose my name from a real estate agent I had once upon a time and she was just a very wonderful and extremely understanding person. She even let us stay at her private residence while she was out of town during our waiting period. She went the extra mile and was a very lovely wonderful person. I love you Jeannie. Thanks for all you did.
Jeannie
Although my user name doesn't reflect it my name is Tiffany Lynn. Chosen from the names of 2 beautiful women I know
My name 'Delenn' is from space serial ,,Babylon 5,,. She is woman from other planet who changed her body (like butterfly) to earth woman for love and to keep peace in the universe:) I love her strong and lovely caracter, so I picked this name to be happy girl - woman - lady:daydreaming:
Um mine's Domino, named after the bounty hunter Domino Harvey (the real one, there was a movie about her). She was the first women in the US to get the Bounty Hunter of the year award and was also a kick ass girl. She ODed while the movie was in production. She was said to have strong ties to the gay community (she really did) and fought any reports saying so
My mom was going to name me Susan if I'd been born a girl (she was close--but not close enough!) I knew too many Susans in grade school for that one to work for me. A GG girlfriend that used to dress me and have me serve her (in many many ways) called me Evette, but I never felt that was me. A later girl friend asked me to name several names I liked. I gave her a list of two dozen, and she picked Heather from it. I was thrilled, as I love that name and it is actually more me than my male birth name.
I jult like the name, and it had no real-life associations for me.
Crystal, the easiest way to feminize my name.
"Amanda", for two reasons. I've always thought it was pretty, and it means "deserving to be loved."
Ok I picked the name because it was the first thing that came to my mind when I looked in the mirror when fully dressed for the first time. I also like it because the name reminds of someone I had a crush on in grade school. Now i know I wish I could have been her. Anyway it appears the name I have chosen is the same as my wifes' former husbands ex wife. She is asking me to change it to Jaycee. I am not sure where she came up with the name however changing ti will cause a rash of changes to my email accounts and identities as far as others know me. I can't really complain about the request for the change since my wife has been a total supporter of my dressing and journey to figure out where all of this will lead me. She has taken me out twice in the past couple of months and even once stopped the car in a parking lot asked me to get out and took some pictures of me. We have explored a great number of things together and went shopping once for girl clothes together. She wears the same size as me so I figure she has a little interest in it there. We share each others clothes. So what advice can any of you give me? Should I change the name since I am not especially attached to it....... Thanks for your replies
Sharee (Jaycee)
I choose my name as Beth Ann, because Elizabeth Taylor and I are about the same age.
Hey, Delenn:
All my daughters love Delenn best on B5! I'm a G'Kar fan on that series, but I love Delenn, too, and by extension, you.
Me? My heroes have always been Kara-s: Kara Zor-El (Supergirl), Kara Thrace (Battlestar Galactica) and Kara Goucher--the US olympic women's distance runner. Strange how life works, isn't it?
Oh, and my old, old GF named me Heather from a list I chose for her to consider--she chose the one I wanted most, and we put Evette to sleep --Evette was my first GF's name for her Heather Maid, but she didn't know me enough to know that "Evette" was not who I was. I still love her, though and wish her all the best in the world!
Mine has changed over time. When one persona has been taken as far as I want to go, I start a new one with a new name.
:hugs:Thank you Heather! G'Kar is fun, I love him too!Quote:
Originally Posted by Heather Zor-El
i semi officially chose a name for my femme self today. i have gone out before but never really with any purpose or interaction. today i went out dressed first the first time to the consignment shop i started shopping at recently. when i made my purchase they asked for a name so i said Eva. she asked do you have a last name? so i had to think about it, so i am now Evalynn James in 2 shop computers =-) i bought some earings(clip on hoops) a jacket, and at the second shop i got some foundation that actually matches my complextion. too bad i have to wait a whole month to go out again. it was such a rewarding experience.