So, I now identify as transgender and I've told my best friend. Were gunna come up with a new name for me. She's mentioned a couple but I don't really think I like them, I'm thinking about Liam? I just had a gut instinct when I saw it that it was the right name for me. I was just wandering like how do you know if it's the right name? Because it's gunna be with me for the rest of my life and I know I can change it again as it's the early stages and that. But is right to just go with a gut feeling? Any stories on how you picked your name would also be nice to hear Just to say, my parents are unaware of any of this, I'm gunna go to see a professional first and get some proper advice before coming out to them
Gut feelings might work, you can let it sit a while and see how you like it. Have your friend call you different names too and see how they 'feel'. I used to play an online game for years. I had always liked the name Kelsey, kind of also a gut thing like you mention. So I used that as my name online, people called me that for more than a year before I even came out in real life. I started feeling weird when people called me my birth name before I had even came out lol. So by the time I came out it felt really normal to me, maybe there is a better name out there but Kelsey has grown on me and that is just who I am. However after I came out I told my dad he can pick my new name, if he would like. He declined the offer though, that may be another idea though?
I went with Alex for a while because that's what I liked, but when someone called me it, and when I imagined someone calling me that offline, it felt weird. That's how I knew Alex wasn't for me, but I haven't found a name either. I know it's pretty hard, so good luck!
If you have a gut feeling I would recommend trying it out to see how you like it. That's how it went for me, the very first name that came to mind was the one I chose
Ok well thanks I wrote down a list of all the ones I liked and crossed them off and got left with about 10.. And Liam just really is standing out for me. I think I'm gunna ask her to start calling me it and I'm also gunna get my hair cut short soon (providing my parents agree :/ ) and then I should start feeling a lot more comfortable. I'll just try it out and see how it feels thanks everyone
