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For me Its quite simple. My brain decided it. Literally. The days I found out I'm trans, my brain would do this weird thing, where I could think about completely different stuff and suddenly my now chosen name would "fly" into my mental Field of View, like an asteroid in star wars or so. I told that name a close friend and 4 weeks later when we went to the club together I told him, that I will stick with it, because I didnt had a better idea (and it was the only name I really felt comfortable with).

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[–] will_steal_your_username@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I just kept asking people if I may have their names and they kept giving them to me

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 2 points 6 months ago

Username checks out

[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I dont get it

[–] Nikko882@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It's a character from Attack on Titan. Iirc the character is called Sasha and she gets shouted at for eating a potato during a military drill. Her response is to offer the drill sergeant part of the potato. (Been a while since I watched AoT)

[–] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah that's it lol, I like feeding people.

It's not really the reason, but she was at least part of what drew me to it, and it's really funny tbh

[–] enemyofsun@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I was thinking about Satan on my walk and figured that "Lucy" is short for "Lucifer", and then was like "Lucy actually sounds pretty nice..."

I returned home and told about it with my friend (also trans) and she was like "wow so cool!!!!!" so I went with it. That's it :3

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 2 points 6 months ago

And I just thought of random names until I found one I liked. lol

[–] ChaosCatWitch@feddit.online 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I got it from a fantasy name generator, from its demon category.

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 2 points 5 months ago

That's probably one of the most metal things imaginable.

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I asked chatgpt

[–] dr_Greycie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago

I went by Grey for a long time and just added 3 letters.

[–] haileyscommit@kbin.earth 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I had actually agonized over a new male name before, and eventually I settled on Hal... and it didn't take long before the idea of a Hailey appeared... I couldn't shake the name so it ended up sticking to an idea of an idealized partner. So when I found out I'm trans, it was only natural to pick Hailey.

Now, there are multiple equally valid (and a few invalid) ways to spell it so that was just kinda vibes

[–] haileyscommit@kbin.earth 1 points 4 months ago

(the really sucky part now is, I now have three names for myself, the only place I'm currently going by Hailey is here... and I never finished rolling out Hal, so it's kinda breaking my brain that now I want to kinda clean all that up. Domain names, usernames, display names... school is the only IRL place I managed to go by Hal, everyone else knows me by my birthname... I'm holding back on tangenting on the logistics of social name changing & of course coming out.....)

[–] sonic_veemo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I downloaded mine from a silly pink hedgie :3

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 1 points 6 months ago

You wouldn't download a name

[–] mxcory@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago

I stole mine from a Greek goddess. It is only part of her name though. This goddess also was known by Kori, so it actually seems like a perfect choice. (My chosen name isn't currently in my display name.)

[–] OldEggNewTricks@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago

I was chatting about names with my wife and she suggested it. Tried it out, it fit, and now I'm legally stuck with it :3

[–] v3r4@lemmy.org 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My brother was using it to refer to me as a similar feminine name to my old name and I really liked it

[–] phr@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

i have no strong opinions on names. most probably i'll buy an -e and put it at the end. :)

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 1 points 6 months ago

My "furname" was because I wanted something soft and creature-ish. My IRL chosen name (Petrichor/Petroglyph/Petra) was because again, I wanted something kinda creature-ish but could be shortened to something feminine.

I'm kinda jealous of a friend of mine tho. Her chosen name (Coral) is literally 10/10 and kinda fits her perfectly >.>

[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 months ago

It’s a name that I saw online a handful of times and always thought was incredibly cool. Then came across it again recently trying to pick a name, while I was looking through related names, and it immediately became a top candidate. And it also works well in both German and English which is also something I wanted.

[–] ElfBean@fedia.io 1 points 6 months ago

For a while when I was a kid I wondered what my name would be if I chose it myself and that was the only one that felt like it fit. Totally forgot about it until after my egg shattered and realized that it's gender-neutral and I really like the cutesy nickname/diminutive forms

[–] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

i didn pick my name......,,,,.,,,,..,.,.,. nt yet.., ;(

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That doesn't have to be something you need to be sad about Smorty! Look at it this way, you've got a world of opportunity ahead of you for what you can pick! It's such an exciting and fun time figuring out what name suits you best, what feels most comfy! That's !!!! super exciting !!!!!

[–] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago

yisyis, i didn say iss a bad thg, im jus - rlli thinkin bout it n - eh - i guess i will be maria. cuz yea - eh, feels gud... but is sadly christian name so thad makes me sad.... bt alsuu conveys a sense of.... ~purity~ which i like.,,.,

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I'm not sure I qualify for this (relevant username) but I do have two names I think about using if I ever crack my shell. One is just a name I always liked and one is part of an online pseudonym I used a long time (and that I still use sometimes) that has a totally different backstory, can be used kinda androgynously but is mostly used by women with one noticeable exception.

And no one is stopping anyone from choosing more than one name.

[–] TranaCosmica@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 6 months ago

I used it since I was 13 on IRC ""catfishing"", well it was not catfishing actually, it was me expressing how I wanted to live, but I didn't realised at that time. Then, I came out at 27 and remembered those days and rescued the name.