It’s amazing how much our names shape our identities. Some names feel like a perfect fit from the start, while others never quite resonate with us.
However, crossdressers and transgender women have the unique opportunity to choose their own feminine names.
Every great MTF name has a story behind it, and I’d love to hear YOURS.
How did you choose your feminine name?
Please tell us your story in the comments below, and if you can, share a photo too. It’s always lovely to put a face to a name!
Love,
Lucille
I chose Vanessa because I knew of an actress friend of my mother that I got to know and admire. She was very kind to me when I was a child. I will never forget her. So in her honor I chose to adopt her name as my own.
Jenny is kind of a female equivalent of my male birth name…and it just feels right x
Kimberly,because a pretty woman that worked in my mothers office.So sweet and giving me beautiful cleavae shots.Kimberly.
I tried a couple of femme variations of my masculine name such as Joan, Joanne, Joanna, and Joanie, but none really rang true – I didn’t like the “an” or “anne” part. My wife suggested the name of my birth month, and it immediately just felt right – it felt like me!
Before I was born, my mother, hoping for a girl after two boys, had decided on the name Cheryl. After I was born a boy, my dad’s cousin (who was my mom’s best friend) becazme pregnant. My mother told her that if it was a girl, she could take the name Cheryl because she felt that she was never going to have a girl of her own. My cousin Cheryl was born and lived a wonderful life. Tragically, she died suddenly from an unknown heart condition. In honor of her and my mother, I thought it would be fitting and right to take the name for myself. So call me Cheryl Lynn.
I picked mine because I was stuck between Alex, Lauren, and Laura. Then I read a MTF story and really connected to the character whos name was Laura.
Anastasia has alaways been a favorite of mine. The only issue came when my wife found out about me Cross Dressing. We went to therapy and the therapist asked what my female name was. When I said it out loud, in front of my wife, whe was mad and crying. Her father had wanted to name her that when she was born. I did not want to say it because I had known for some time that he wanted that for her name. Made for an awkward few weeks. Irish as a last name is simply my heritage.
With my old name being Nicholas, everyone expected me to use a female equivalent, but as a child I hated being called Nicky and I’m a big fan of the actress Nicola Walker, so didn’t feel right using her name. Versions of Nick just weren’t going to work for me so thought about the end of the name – ‘las’, Lassie was instantly vetoed so I realised I could reverse it – ‘Sal’? Sally? Yeah I liked that and when I found out that it was Hebrew for princess I was sold.
At the time I was unaware of the US nursery rhyme ‘Little Sally Walker’ or the Australian song by Iggy Azalea, but by the time I was made aware of these Sally had been established.
I still get called Nick occasionally, usually in error, but a couple of stubborn acquaintances refuse to use my name, but it doesn’t bother me. All the people important in my life know me as Sally now and I love them all for how wonderful they’ve been since I discovered myself 2 years ago.
Thanks for reading x
A former Mistress gave me the name Stephanie