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just interested in hearing peoples stories for how y’all have chosen your new names! doesn’t have to be particularly profound or interesting really, i just like hearing about others experiences.

i’m actually planning on changing my own soon socially despite being cis, and just really like hearing how others came to find their names, as well as am curious about if anyone had to go through more than one to find what’s right for them. i figured this would be the best community to talk about the topic even if i’m not trans :)

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[–] Abel@lemmy.nerdcore.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I made a large list of names of my language whose letter started with A (same letter as my old name) and I liked the pronounciation. Then I picked off the names that only very old people used, which were 75% of the list. The remaining list was about eight names. "Abel" was the most common of them.

I noticed afterwards that my parents (if they weren't transphobic cucks) would have liked this name. When I asked them how they picked my name, they said that they wanted it to start with A, be simple to write, beautiful, with a good meaning and not too common. Also, they're christians.

[–] din@fedi196.gay 1 points 1 year ago

I've always had a list of names I liked for several purposes but when I heard the name I chose for myself, I became completely obsessed with it and was sad it wasn't my name. But then I realized there was no reason it couldn't be XD

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