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What’s in a name?
Ok Ladies,
Just curious as to how we all embraced our femme names?My SO baptized me….love to hear how everyone else embraced their name! Adding to that….the name SO gave me was one I had thought about also. Love to hear any feedback.
Luv Cynthia xoxoxo 😆 -
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When I started coming out to people (initially online), I called myself Suzanne. However my friends all started calling me Simone (obviously in reference to my male name), and I couldn’t discourage them. So I am stuck with Simone. Not that I mind!
Cheers,
Simone.
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My female name is almost like my male name. I thought it best to keep my initials as my credit card can be used in both modes and I can keep the same nick name(Ant or Anth if you wish to shorten it). Also Anthea is not a common name, and I think it sounds nice.
Well thats it, mostly for practical reasons.
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My name JANE came from a long distant girlfriend 23 years ago. She was the love of my life but it didn’t happen but since then I used the name in parts of passwords etc since i didn’t relate to me in any way as birth dates and names of Pets. Only a part of a passcode ha ha
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Fiona was not the first name I chose. When I lived in London I was Dorothy after my childhood friend in NI. And also the Jane Russell character in ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ – Dorothy Shaw. However my then girlfriend, Linda, who was a cockney girl called me ‘Dorofee’.
When I moved here in the 70s I decided I’d like a Celtic name – that was easy to spell and to pronounce – so I kept Linda’s mispronounced ‘..fee’ and became Fiona.
Alexis was kind of added by accident. When I first started using the net I used ‘Alexis’ because it is similar to one of my birth names and it is a bit androgynous. When I felt comfortable enough to switch to Fiona I had already befriended Laura Coral in Mexico. However she kept calling me Alexis even after I’d switched so I officially added Alexis.
Fiona xx
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Chosing my femme name was quite straight forward.
Muller was my birth father’s name.
Jan is short for Johannes my formal Dutch first name. Jan in Dutch is a male name but in English it is female, suits me.
Unfortunately my wife’s shortened first name is also Jan. So in the circumstances my choice has not made her happy.
But what’s in a name?
Jan Muller
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Hi
Like Cynthia my SO gave me my name – well sort of , there was no baptism , LOL ..
She actually started calling me NEL !! or Nelly . which for outside purposes or on the net ,, I prefered Elle ! lol .That simple PMSL
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my sophie i have it for no reason i like it and its so femme
well im stuck with it now weather i like it or not
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Hi girls,I chose my name after thinking what i’d like to be called for a long time,and Cate was the one I liked the most,as for my middle name louise,it just seemed to go well with my firstname,though spelling cate with a “C”has often caused it to be misspelt in situations where it has to be written down by others,but those that know me better now get it right all the time.it was great to be able to finally go to the banks,registration offices,etc, and have my femme name put on all those various records at long last,it has really helped me to be able to feel that i’ve finally made the change to the person that has always been there inside me all my life,luv Cate.
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Pamela was an ‘auntie’ of mine, Back in the fifties when I was about 12 and she would have been in her 20’s, she would come around to visit mum. She wore those fabulous fifties fashions, circle skirts and full petticoats.
Mum was a dressmaker who worked from home, and wasn’t the only one that was fascinated with the current fashion trends.
I grew up from a young childhood in a house where ladies were always coming around for fittings and alterations.But Pamela is my fondest memory from those days, her latest fashions and the kind attention she always gave me. The name Pamela was a natural choice. it reflects myself, my personality, and feels nice.
Interestingly, although I have crossdressed since a 13 year old, (I’m now 62) it wasn’t until I joined Seahorse, that I had any femme name at all. Almost overnight that made me feel so much better about myself.
Pamela.
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Hello,
I’ve always known (well, since childhooh) that there was a girl part of me, and that her name was Clare. No connection or history whatever.
But I never told anyone, including my first and second wives (or any of the several girlfriends that I loved) until I met and fell head over heels (high ones) with my present SO.
To avoid making the same mistake as the previous two disasters/divorces, and to give her the option of bowing out, I told Robyn well before we decided to marry all the gritty details of my need to dress, my history of hiding and my shame about being “different”.
And I told her that whether or not she was happy about it, Clare would probably be a part of me forever.
Happily, Robyn embraced both Tony and Clare, and she (Clare) is a part (mostly silent) of our marriage and our lives.
Bless you all, Clare
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First time I went to a transgender chatroom – back when Geocities had them – I had to make up a name – I started to go in as “Anonymous” but changed it to “Annie Mouse”. Later I thought that Antoinette was a better long form, but have kept the Annie – as with some others it has the same initial as my male self so mail from on line purchases doesn’t cause a problem.
Annie
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For many years I adopted the femme name of Amanda which I really liked and still do.
As time ticked by and I began to get more serious, I adopted the name Philippa which is the femme version of my male name Philip. The thing that some people get hung up on is the one “l” which is the way my male name is spelt too.
Aslo like everybody else, it makes life so much simpler because the initials match on my credit card etc. Since my brother gave me my middle name when I was first born, I don’t have the hear to change it either so I guess it is Roberta although I think Robyn would have been nicer.
Surname hasn’t changed yet and am undecided about whether there is a need to change it or not. What do others think????
Philippa
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Hi it’s so lovely to hear about how ladies came by their names!
I have past life memory of living as a woman many many years ago and at that time my name started with M, that’s as far as I get with the name so I naturally chose a name starting with M.
I am a musician and music has been such a huge part of my life that Melody was a natural choice for me. it fits me and I love to be Mel.
The Farrell bit just appeared out of thin air (perhaps because I love to sing and play Irish songs) and felt right so I became Melody Farrell.
On the past life note, my current SO was my male lover then, wow spooky hey?! 😯
I wish you all much love, peace and joy
Mel
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Quote:Ok Ladies,
Just curious as to how we all embraced our femme names?My SO baptized me….love to hear how everyone else embraced their name! Adding to that….the name SO gave me was one I had thought about also. Love to hear any feedback.
Luv Cynthia xoxoxo 😆iHi Cynthia,
another great topic!
I chose Sally as I think it is a happy name. It does not remeind me of anyone who is negative, It reminds me of several people who had positive dispositions and good outlooks on life.
It has a soft set of letters and flows easily off the tongue. I think of Sally as being a skirt person with lots of hair rather than a pant suit type with short cropped hair with no makeup. it fits my idea of a feminine lady. which of course, Sally is!
hugs
Sally
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hi girls.
this is my first contribution ,i came by my name after first using something close to my male name of Peter (Peta and Petria) but i settled on a name closer to my nature more softer and feminine Emma ,it also happens to be one of my nieces name.
For more formal use i use Emma-Louise
Love you all Emma
