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The story of how I got my name was both interesting and mundane.
I played a videogame named Stardew Valley and created a female character there. I don't really think about it much when choosing her name, I just wanted a plant-related feminine name so I chose Jasmine.
Many weeks later, my egg cracked and I randomly chose Jasmine as my new name. Later that day, I realized that the name was the same as my Stardew character.
i love jasmine! and that’s so cute that sv helped you choose in a way :)
That's cool that the name was already on your mind. Like you were already sorting your identity on the inside before you even realized it.
It's not so much already on my mind.
I didn't spend too much effort when choosing the name while Playing Stardew; it was the first name that clicked, and never in a million year I'd think to use that name for myself.
But I oversimplified it. Truth is, I also had quite a few other names on my mind when choosing my name specifically, Jasmine's one of them. It took me a week before I settled on Jasmine and even more weeks before I was fully confident it's the right name.
Changing your name is a big decision. No shame in work-shopping it. I still have a list of 10 names I wanted to pick for myself for various reason. I even tried one out for a few weeks, but said nah.