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
All of my life I have preferred the simple quiet country life. My original given name was Robert, however, just about every one that knew me called me by my nick which was Bobby. I have never disliked this so I changed the “y”to an I and I just added an “a” to my right name, Roberta. For a middle I put nicks with the Bobbi until I found one I liked the sound of. Thus the nick of “Bobbi Jo”!was born. The “Jo” comes from the name of Jolene.
I would like to add a little side note to this story. I had to appear in the Judge’s chambers the day my name was legally changed. I remember the judge asking just before he signed the order, “Are you sure this is the name you want for the rest of your life?” I replied, “yes your honor!” His reply was very simply put “So be it, Roberta”
Cool story about the judge. Plus I too prefer the country life.
I was calling myself Sabrina my daughter’s name is Zabrina. My mother freaked about this. So I had read Clan of the Cave Bear liked the name Ayla but when I filled out the name change petition I typed Alya submitted to court I gave the wrong name in my legal name change
when I was trying to decide on a feminine name I looked at my family history,my interests and the style of dress I loved.Firstly my originated from a true born Romany family(on my grandmothers side),I adore the goth and steampunk style, naturally I wanted a name to fit in with these, after a lot of thought I couldn’t find a name that seemed to encompass all of the above.
I picked up a well read book opened it and there it was leaping out at me everything I wished for was there.
And the written work was (sorry didn’t I say) it was Edgar Allan Poe’s beautiful piece ” THE RAVEN “.
Cool name. There is a GREAT hole in the wall place with Awesome food in Baltimore that is Edgar Allan Poe themed named after one of his poems. It’s called the Annebel Lee Tavern.
I was riding home one day when I finally accepted my femme self existed. Angela was the first name that came to me, it made me feel feminine and it stuck. i chose Sureheart as a surname as I was sure in my heart that Angela is a part of me.
I took the first three letters from my male name and the rest by scrats. Marika sound very femine and sexy…
I wanted to keep my same initials. I chose Cheryl as my feminine first name because it is similar to my male name but reflected my inner woman, I have chosen Denise as my new middle name basically by going through girl names starting with D until I found something that I felt sounded good with Cheryl.
I wanted something different, yet feminine and mysterious. I didn’t want a common name. Years ago I tried names such as ‘Misha’ (not really me), ‘Michelle’ (too common, yet it stuck with the people around me at the time), and then I used ‘Colleen’ (it was the name of the pretty, quiet, reserved girl next door that I liked but never dated or got close to). Some years ago I went through a very traumatic event in which I lost everything, so I ditched that name too. It was then I chose this name I use now. I looked up foreign female names online, and I wanted something easy and unique that started with the letter ‘M’. The last name (Berwyck) I wanted different too, foreign yet easy to pronounce.
I wanted something different, yet feminine and mysterious. I didn’t want a common name. Years ago I tried names such as ‘Misha’ (not really me), ‘Michelle’ (too common, yet it stuck with the people around me at the time), and then I used ‘Colleen’ (it was the name of the pretty, quiet, reserved girl next door that I liked but never dated or got close to). Some years ago I went through a very traumatic event in which I lost everything, so I ditched that name too. It was then I chose this name I use now. I looked up foreign female names online, and I wanted something easy and unique that started with the letter ‘M’. The last name (Berwyck) I wanted different too, foreign yet easy to pronounce.