Your name is an important part of your feminine identity.
Some names feel sweet and innocent, others are classic and elegant, and some carry an exotic or mysterious vibe.
As a crossdresser or trans woman, you have the unique privilege of choosing your own female name—a name that truly reflects who you are.
For many of you, there’s a special story behind your chosen name.
So, I’d love to know: What’s the meaning behind your feminine name?
Share your name and the story of how you chose it in the comments below.
I can’t wait to hear your story!
Love,
Lucille
I know the contest has been over for several years, but I just ran into this question. It is a good one and led me to engage in some reflections. My full TG name is Sylvia Ellen Schmidt.
First of all, I’ve just plain always liked “Sylvia” for its sound. Furthermore, the name means “Woman of the Forest,” and I enjoy the mystical implication of beinsg a child of nature.
A number of significant women in my life have “Ellen” for their middle names, and so it seemed natural to me to show my solidarity with them by adopting their middle name a well.
In the part of the world where I spent my childhood, “Schmidt” is a rather common surname. I chose it to express the fact that Sylvia comes from a rather ordinary background, and, whatever she may be today, is due to her struggles, which manifest themselves in a humble and sensitive personality as well as a not entirely flawless moral compass.
Hugs and a peck on your cheeks to all my girlfriends,
Sylvia
I chose my name because I adored Princess Diana and also because I loved the show Wonder Woman from the 70’s. Her alter ego was called Diana Prince. I just spelled my name a bit differently. The middle name is a different spelling of my real middle name.
My name is very simple, to explain. I chose Whitney, to honor my late favorite singer Whitney Houston, even though we are both of a different race. Lyn I just chose, because it is nice and catchy and Roberts, is the plural version of my actual first name. Blessings, Whitney L. Roberts
my name comes from a daughter from my mothers brother at my brothers funeral she came over to me and i could not remember her name she was the youngest and i was so imbarrassed it had been a long time since i last saw her so not to forget her name in the future that why i call my self vicky
My name is a combination of the first and last names of my parents. That’s so. In the early sixties, when they found out what I did, a little boy who dress up female, they were very angry at me. In that time travesty was still forbidden by law. I was 12 years old and I dindnt understood nothing. I did nothing wrong anyway, I thought. But I discovered that only more than 40 years later.
Both are now deceased, but my name is a kind of tribute to them, my mother and father, who were afraid to what I did.
(Sorry because of my lame English.)
My female name is a combination of two things. First, and this may seem odd, my first girlfriend’s name was Julie. Second, my first name is actually Mary. My mother was a devote Catholic and named all of her children Mary. Together julie marie has a nice ring to it.
When I was a little child Laura worked at our household. She was a Hungarian immigrant from Transylvania, a very attractive, typical Secule beauty and the most important: she very liked me and I adored her. Maybe she was my first love.
It is understandable: if my daughter had be born, the name was Laura naturally.
Later, when I transformed frequently, a questionnaire asked me: “What is your female name?” My female name? I didn’t think about it but I slamed the answer without thinking: Laura.
Since then it became second nature, now I’m Laura really when I live as woman.
I opened YouTube side in this name: Laura Szalay. I’m more happy, pleasantly when this computer programe or the people calls me: Laura.
I very love my new female name. Today that means the symbol of my female self, my “anima”. It’s me, too.
The first person I told that I wanted to be a girl was my best friend Trista. We were in seventh grade and I was so scared about what she might say. She hugged me and said it was okay. She asked me what name I would chose if I could become a girl but I didn’t know. She thought Krista would be fun so that our names would rhyme. I liked it and it stuck. McKay came from a character on Dexter named Hannah McKay…I just thought she was so pretty and I liked the last name.