To the trans guys/girls, out of curiosity, how many times have you changed your name before settling for one you felt was right? I've been going by Alex ever since I came out but wanting to be rid of the misconstrued gender neutrality of it, I'm seriously considering Nathan instead. Have you done something similar?
I've juggled possible names, but never quite settled on one. I'd say, as many times as you like or want, really, because it is your name. Or will be.
I only changed my name once. I was lucky, I found a name that worked for me and other thought fit me really well.
Well, I picked one, but I'm starting to dislike it, so I might go with something else... Jay, Niket/Nikhil ("Nick"), and Rohit are all monikers I'm considering I really like Nathan. It's a great name - short for Nathaniel, if you wanna get all colonial-New-England?
I didn't settle on a name for a very long time. I spent most of the time finding names that felt intrinsically right, made sense with my birthname/personality and plus, I didn't want to change my mind later on. So, I'm lucky I guess that I've only changed it once.
Max was the first name I changed to and I've gone by it since. There's always the possibility I'll still have a change of mindset in the future, but the past couple years I've really liked it and have had no doubts about it. It's completely different from my birth name, but as soon as I thought of it I knew it fit me and it just felt like the right one.
