How did you settle on a name? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 hours ago by Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world to c/mtf

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I recently came to the conclusion that I was definitely supposed to be a woman (yay me). But I've spent the first half of my life trying to suppress that thought, that I hadn't put much thought into what I'd like to be called.

I'm trying to find a name which would suit a relatively butch lesbian with a mischievous personality who was born on terf island to boomer parents in the 80s but also works in Scandinavia. My given name has a female version, but it sounds weird for a Britt.

What made you settle on your names?

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[-] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 9 points 7 hours ago

i went through a ton of baby name sites specifically looking for names popular in a certain time frame (since it gave me a little more euphoria like "that's who i've always been")

in the end, i went with katherine, because i loved katie but i wanted a fuller version, and elizabeth for my middle name because my mum originally had the name bethany if i was afab and i wanted to use it in my name since she was the first person i told :)

[-] nicky7 4 points 5 hours ago

those are my two favorite names! elizabeth has so many nicknames.

[-] ncc21166 3 points 6 hours ago

Hail fellow middle-name-is-Elizabeth-haver!

[-] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 hours ago

hihi <3

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