What's the story of your name? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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Just to have some conversation here I'm curious how you chose your name if you've already chosen one and what the story behind it is? And if you haven't chosen your name yet, maybe people are able to help you decide.

As for me it was always pretty clear which name I would choose because a few years before even realising I'm trans much less coming out I asked my mum what name I would have gotten if I was born a girl. She told me that I always successfully hid my genitals on every ultrasound picture (kind of prophetic in hindsight) so my parents had to choose a name for both possibilities. And thus a name was already chosen for me that fit perfectly. 🥰

I'm curious to hear your stories!

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[-] MaxineToTheStars 6 points 5 months ago

I always liked the name Max for a long time. I never knew why really it just kinda stuck out to me. I guess it was the fact it was so gender neutral made it stick out. It didn't really help out that one of my favorite albums, Aris Infinity by KLRX, has a feminine character called Max (played by Alissa Feudo) with one of the most amazing vocal sections. Some of my programming projects were also just called Max until i found a suitable name. After discovering I'm trans many of my close friends asked if I had a preferred name. I never really though about it so I just defaulted to Max although it never really felt right. The name itself really felt like more of a base for something else. After some google searching it turns out that yeah there are many different variants and one that just stuck out immediately was Maxine.

TLDR; I really loved the name Max. Added the -ine to make it special :P

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