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What’s in a name?
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Hi there to all on TGR,
Along with “how did it all start with you”, I think another interesting question would be how and where did you come by your femme name??.
I’ll start the ball rolling.
Tho’ like many of us I started dressing at an early age, I did not ever think about or consider having a femme name.
But in the early days of my now failed marriage that all changed. We used to exchange baby sitting nights with some neighbours. One night when it was our turn and the neighbours were going to a ball, the tall blonde, impeccably groomed female half of that couple floated into our house in a full length apricot chiffon number that just blew me away.
Her name was of course ,Catherine. I then shortened it to Caty and from that day on I’ve been Caty. (Tho I’ve often thought I’d be a good “Catholic Girl”, full name Catherine Louise Ryan).
Aside from my childhood fascination with female period wear, I guess that night also started my love affair with long evening gowns.
Anyone else out there care to add their story??
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I don’t really know, there was no pre planning and one day it just came out. I rang a number to go to a CD Party, spoke with the host and they asked me what my name was, I immediately said Helen, I liked it and 15 years later I am still helen.
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Hi,
Easy for me i still retain my first birth name due to my Mother puting her foot down as i was going to have my 3rd & 4th names used first. as would have happened if Bob my father we were seperated, said, so,
noel to noeleena , edward to edwina the other two not changed manfried ,
Von Reuchthos , Loch-head, I could have used no-el or noel’e’ in german.
& im called noel its allso both male & female.
…noeleena…
Moderator
Quote:Noeleena. Actually you had already answered this question on page 4!!!!!!!! -
I would love to have a meaning to my name. For as long as I can remember, whenever I thought about the true me, the name Sarah was always associated with that persona. I’ve often wondered where it came from but the origin has been lost to time. Given that name has been with me since pre-teens it feels amazingly natural, even more so than my male name – I find I light up a little when my partner or friends ask to speak with Sarah, or refer to her in conversation.
Elizabeth came from having to have unique names for websites.
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Hi Girls,
With me it was the feeling of having two people inside of me, when puberty came around, it was a no-brainer that Peta should be the name for that part of me.
Peta.
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Well, It’s a really interesting topic. I can remember going by Tina Louise in the early days because I had a thing about how wonderfull she looked in that 60s sitcom.
I thought If I could aspire to what I considered all woman, I would be well on my way. The name, of course, fell away when I discovered more of who I was and, accepted that there is beauty in all things and people we deal with.
There are girls in this community who I consider amazing in both their support to others and their continual life journey.
I have no Idea how Bridgette Annise came to be . Perhaps she was who I might have been in a previous life or some other intangable explanation. I know I’m very comfortable with the name as a part of my life.
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Many years ago I watched a movie called “To Sir With Love” I fell in love with a girl in that movie called Pamela Dare, so I guess that name stuck with me all these years. I still love the song by the same title too!
Pamela
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I never thought about it years ago. It was only in 2009 when discovering divers community, and joining a TS/TV/CD club. The clubs first question, What do we call you?
I decided to keep my male and female initials the same. I chose Vivian (including the spelling) from the movie, ‘Pretty Woman’. Her protrayed charicter, she protected herself by knowing the environment and playing the part and yet she was vulnerable. I also liked the line she used, in reference to her name “What would you like it to be?”.Vivian, is a male name in Europe and Vivianne is the female name (though there are other varied ways to spell it), but in Aus, USA, and UK its appropriate to spell it as Vivian for a female. 😆
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i just changed the spelling from peter to peta as all my cards have PD
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my name (pronounced mah-yah) is only a syllable different from my birth name. it means ‘illusion’ in sanskrit and is an important concept in hinduism and buddhism. also the name for the tribe in central america – i don’t believe their lack of space on their calendar meant the end of the world or civilisation as we know it, it just meant they needed to make a new calendar. also the local name of a species of sparrow in the philippines.
there are only two women named maya at my workplace (6000+) so it is not very common at all. for friends, family and workmates to transition from my birth name to this was not so difficult, although there are a few who still occasionally slip (mainly family), but it’s quite easy to correct themselves.
friends from various backgrounds have mentioned meeting others named maya – macedonian, israel, middle east, indian (i actually met my friend’s mother in law named maya), french (a girl at our recent new years’ eve fireworks), japanese (short for ‘mayako’). besides myself, have you met someone else named maya?
cheers and happy new year!
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My femme name came about as a result of my becoming engaged in the world of the internet. About ten years ago, during a very dark period in my life, my spirits had reached a very low ebb and I had decided that my life had no worth; that I was a freak, a ‘sicko’ who was both disgusting and revolting. One night, consumed by a combination of self-loathing and self-pity, and fuelled by a copious amount of alcohol, I connected to the internet, logged on to a search engine and typed in cross dressing. I’m not completely sure what answers I wanted, perhaps I just wanted to know if there were others like me beyond the very limited examples I’d read about in sensationalist press articles. One of the references that came up though had the word ‘chatroom’ in it so that is the link I clicked on.
Before I knew it I was at a log in screen that called for me to provide a screen name. Until that point I had never thought of myself in female terms. I had always considered that I was just a man in women’s clothes but at that screen I was stumped. Certainly I didn’t want to type in my own name and I felt another man’s name would be inappropriate, yet I had no idea what female name to give myself. I also saw that I needed to provide an email address and there was no way I wanted to risk compromise of my usual home email address. In the short term I panicked, closed the chat site and had a think about what to do.
My limited experience to that time told me that I could create a hotmail account using false details so I did just that. The next task was to come up with a name but surprisingly that turned out to be quite easy. Years earlier, as a young 18 year old, I’d seen the James Bond movie Live and Let Die in which the main female lead was played by the 22 year old actress Jane Seymour. The actress had borrowed her name from the third wife of England’s King Henry VIII. That Jane Seymour had been Henry’s favourite because she had borne him a son so the actress Jane Seymour became another Henry’s favourite. My infatuation with the actress led me to find out as much as I could about her. Ironically, one of the first bits of research I did using the internet was finding out more about Jane Seymour. She appealed to me not only for her beauty but for her strength of character and for her work with people with disabilities. I thus decided that my femme side would be a stronger character than the pathetic male host I’d come to despise. For simplicity, and to avoid any suggestion that I was trying to impersonate the still-living actress I abbreviated the name. From that day I became JaneS.
I have come a long way since those days and I credit friends I met on line with saving me and thus allowing me the time to come to accept who I am. I’d like to think I’m worthy of the name I’ve chosen.
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My femme name Lyndal is an adaption of my male name Lionel, both sound similar, and I find it easy to remember when in femme mode, besides I have always liked the name Lyndal, I get called Lyn and Lynnie as well.
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My name came to me in a dream. It was the name of a girlfriend I should have had but was too shy to say hellow.
Also it has the same first letter.
Vicki
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Sinndy !!!!!! This is going to sound really crass but, I like many others were put on the spot when asked to provide a name for a website. Mine wasn’t for a Transgender site as other girls have mentioned here but for a dating site.
I thought maybe this was the only place to find people like me.
I have cross dressed all my life but really never had a persona as such until 2 years ago ‘ I just dressed in secret’ So yes I was stumped with this question and went away despondent.Not really having been involved or associated before in our really wonderful community which I have now since found, I was guided by the weird names found on those dating sites, which all seemed to be based around drag queen type names “oh woe is me’
I wanted something catchy and yet feminine….. boy you should have heard some of the names I made up YUK. 😳
I gave up for awhile (which meant I still hadn’t joined that site) when one day I was watching the news on TV and the woman stated…… there will be fine weather for Sydney City I thought that’s got a nice ring to it and joked to myself ‘Sydney’ ……City of Sin or Sin City 💡I toyed with that ‘still thinking those horrible names on the website BUT that was my mind set at that time and felt Cindy or Sindy was a nice feminine name and City was very fluent with it.
So Miss Sinndy City was born. I added the extra ‘n’ so it was a bit different….. people have since commented that it is quite unique which I think is cool. Also not realizing it at the time but there were 4 letters in there that made up my male name… Danny.I have since thought about changing my name as many girls have done but to be honest I have become quite attached. Maybe later the last name will be changed as I continue my real journey into womanhood.
So there is my little story all stemming from truly ugly beginnings but a seed has to be sown before blossoming i think.Love to all
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I don’t really have that much so say except that I straight out took the female version of my name. At least if someone calls out to me in either mode they should get my attention.
And I think Dannii Minogue is uber cool.
