Naturally as I transition, I am thinking about what I should name myself.

So far:

Lilly - just like the ring of it.

Stella - really like this one. It means star in latin so thats cool, and I think it suits me.

Sophie - thinking about naming myself after the 1700s/1800s mathematician sophie germain. I’m obsessed with maths so it suits me on that level, but tbh I still like stella more.

Anyway, thats it!

-minty

  • Azura The Spellkissed@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    21 days ago

    I don’t think we can give you constructive feedback without knowing you a lot better. But here’s what I did to figure out mine, and maybe you can extract some ideas.

    I made a list of names I came up with which has a nice ring to them. Not too much pre-filtering, just brain storming. Then searched online for popular names in my generation & region, as well as currently popular baby names (though as you probably know, some names just sound weird or make you stick out of they are strongly associated with a different age). The online name lists helped me to not miss a great opportunity just because I didn’t think of it. As I like mythological names, I added some of those to the list, just like you might add some personal idols. Next I went through the list and crossed off any that I couldn’t really consider claiming for myself (“Luna? Nah I’m too old for that. Stella? Great but feels too pretty for me. Sophie? Mmmaybe, yeah that could work.”)

    Next is some playing around, imagining being called that way or writing/taking about yourself (note: personally, I found the experience of actually having others call me by a new name when I didn’t anticipate it very different from what I imagined). Online tools like the one suggested by @[email protected] can help.