Short version, I wanna change my names (first and middle two) sometime this year to something more audibly enby. I have a bunch of stuff I think sounds neat, but is that all it needs?

Like it feels fake at some level, or like an affectation. I don’t know what names resonate with me or if they’re even supposed to. I feel like this is a common experience so maybe I could get some advice?

I do want names that stand out, but also ones that don’t make me sound full of myself, but…also need something that resonates with me and I’m so confused and lost i-spil-my-jice

  • WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]
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    1 month ago

    So far my only inkling of an alternative name is just a feminized version of my name I used in Pokemon long ago.

    I don’t think a name needs to be that important personally. I personally fond of not using a name though (granted I’ve only done that once with someone I saw regularly - never was a problem, but we didn’t have any outside connections whom I would need some sort of convenient identifier for).

    • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]@hexbear.net
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      1 month ago

      I don’t think a name needs to be that important personally.

      Honestly agree. It’s good to have some attachment to a name, but the significance of the name can be pretty bare-bones and the attachment can come over time.

      we didn’t have any outside connections whom I would need some sort of convenient identifier for

      This is how I’d predict that would go:

      Month 1: “Yeah, this was just some thing I went to last month with… You know, the one without a name, that person. So anyways, they were…”

      Month 2: “So, the one without a name was here the other day…”

      Month 3: [writing in a notebook] “Gift ideas for T.O.W.A.N.”

      Month 4: [texting] “but i don’t think towan would like that…”

      Month 5: “Hey have you seen Towan around?”