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2025-05-13 19:17 UTC

open question to my #trans fedizens, if it's not too personal: how did you choose your name? like, is it a name you'd always loved? is it a twist on your deadname? does it "just speak to you?" was it referenced in Mambo No. 5? did you choose it or did someone you love help?

Replies (2)

  • @ics@tau-ceti.space 2025-05-13 19:45

    @peachfiend@mastodon.sdf.org My first name has a really nice meaning ("help") and is, technically, gender-neutral, but it is used for men in Turkey, so I decided I'd like to add a second first name, which should also be, technically, gender-neutral, but mostly used for women. Since I always believed that I came from the stars*, I wanted something that depicts that. And one day, out of the blue, Celeste came into my mind, I wasn't even thinking about a name, and it just felt absolutely right. Now I am "Help Heavenly", or "heavenly help", ... 🥹🥰 *: aren't we all? After all what are we else than just stardust?

    Open ##1966540

  • @xorlou@lgbtqia.space 2026-05-04 18:13

    @peachfiend@mastodon.sdf.org Phonetically similar to my deadname (which doesn't really have a feminine variant), I picked it out a list of 100 most common names in the decade I was born. I'm not 100% sure I will keep it but I haven't found anything else I like more yet.

    Open ##1968850