Submitted by Lucy (6/28/2004)

After realising I was transsexual, I decided that i needed a good name, so i began searching baby name sites. I stumbled upon one name, Amy, and quite liked it.. Was kind of short and sweet. So I used it for about half a year or more. Then when talking to my friend Jason (a FtM) he was running through names, and said the name Lucy! I _LOVED_ the name from the moment he said it, so I took it, and have been using it ever since!

Submitted by Donna (7/23/2004)

I came out to my best friend three days after I finally broke down and came out to myself. I brought it up and we spent probably twenty minutes brainstorming names. I did pretty much the same thing with most of my close friends, and eventually I settled on Donna. Now, though, I'm thinking of changing my mind -- I think Donna's already acquired too many associations I'm not sure I want to keep.

Submitted by Vivian (8/10/2004)

Choosing a name has always been difficult for me. I never related to my boy name and there were few girl names that would go through the self-denial barrier and I could like them "that way" . After looking at a whole bunch of names (and not really falling for any) I had apparently settled in for Natasha and was trying to make myself used to it; then my SO comes up with "Vivian" and I liked it instantly. Since then, everyone's told me the name fits my personality and that I "look like a Vivian" I guess it's always good to ask others! :D

Submitted by Naomi (8/10/2004)

My story's boring... I was Noam originally (my male name) which is actually androgynos (mostly male, but female was gaining FAST) but of course it was male to me (just like my mom's name, which is actually nearly exclusively male, but sounds femme to me since it's my mom's) so I thought and thought. I was 15 at the time and had just come out to a guarded but non-rejecting response, and was quite elated, if a bit frustrated that I couldn't yet start HRT. I had to think of names and, well, Naomi just presented itself to me as a variation of my birth name... I don't think that's why I chose it, but it definitely seemed like me. So, Naomi I am and Naomi I have been, for 5+ years now. Yay!

Submitted by Jordan (9/10/2004)

My birth name was Jeff. My brother's is Jason. And my sister's is Jennifer. And our last name is Johnson. So we were all J.J.'s. Why? I don't know. Mom is a little weird in a cool sort of way sometimes. Anyway, when I started transitioning, as we all do, I needed to find a name and stick with it. And to stay true to the family tradition I wanted a "J" name. So the search began. In the meantime a gg friend of mine who I had confide in years earlier and who has given me great guidance and support, named me Michelle. I liked the name but it wasn't a "J" name. But I decided to go ahead and use it for the time being. As I continued looking for a permanent name I turned to the baby name books and listing on the Internet, etc. Well I stumbled upon a site, that I have since lost track of, that listed the top 20 boy and girl names going back like 20 years. And as I researched the lists I noticed the name Jordan, on the girls list, and I noticed how it had slowly gained in popularit y over the years. Oddly enough it suddenly appeared on the boys lists too. Upon further investigation I found that the name Jordan began to appear on the boys list about the same time that Michael Jordan was hitting the height of his amazing career. So while I can't substantiate it, I believe because of Michael Jordan's popularity, parents of sons began naming their sons Jordan after Michael Jordan. I mean think about it ... he is never referred to as Michael. It's always been MJ or simply Jordan. Anyway, that's my ten cents worth. Despite the name was also gaining popularity on the boys list, I was still intrigued by the name. So I continued to study it and found out that indeed it was originally a girls name, dating back to biblical times. Furthermore I realized that by transitioning I wasn't killing off Jeff completely as I originally thought. But instead I was correcting my body to match my brain and finally allowing my full feminine side out and blending it with the old Jeff. I mean I am who I am. And it's really my ethics and values that make who I am, not my name or what is between my legs. So based on all of that I decided that a non-specific gender name was perfect. And since Jordan was becoming such, I finally selected it forever! Lastly, as a tribute and a thank you to my gg friend who has given me so much help, I took the name she gave me, Michelle, as my middle name. Hence, I proudly introduce myself ... Ms Jordan Michelle Johnson.

Submitted by Susan (9/11/2004)

had started a list of names about a third I had to remove because they were names or relatives. One, which I had to add to the not to use list was Elizabeth my stepdaughter and grandmother, had that name so I discarded it. Emily was another one, which I discarded when I said it out loud in front of the mirror it didn't fit. Debra Bryn Cooper was one I thought about for a while and it went by the wayside. I was going to sign everything D. B. Cooper my old online gaming handle was D_B_COOPER. I had thought it would be cool to have my mail come to D. B. Cooper, who knows I might even get a visit from the FBI. I settled on Susan Ann Roxanne because it fit when I said it out loud in front of the mirror it worked, it also sounds right on my voice mail. My girl name was already taken, I was the oldest of 3 I had a younger brother and my sister, the youngest ended being Lee Ann. My mother told me if I were a girl, I would be named Lee Ann. That name was out because of my rule regarding the use of family names. So Susan Ann Roxanne it is :)

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