Took names that is native and also gender-neutral but not ‘sticking’ out, while also being very meaningful. Very difficult to do with my language, but I’m glad I succeeded with it.

I liked when Codsworth from Fallout 4 called me by it. I had liked the idea of a lot of names before, but it was the first one that really clicked. When that robot first called me Assface, I knew it would be my name.

When I was an egg, I identified quite well with the term tomboy, and when I watched a TV show there were two characters with the same name that were pretty tomboyish. And the name fitted my requirements and I liked it. So it’s my name now.

My grandfather had a name that was historically gender neutral but is now more commonly feminine. He used to be bullied for it as a kid and went by a nickname. He passed away before I transitioned. I wear it with pride in his memory.

I read the numbers trilogy by rachel ward probably around 15 years ago and one character gives birth to a girl and names her Mia and I locked onto it for if I ever had a daughter. Eventually, my wife and I decided we didn’t want kids, so my hope to use the name disappeared. When I realized I was trans, I thought maybe I didn’t lock onto it for a daughter like I had thought, but for myself. First time my wife called me Mia, I turned into a goddamn puddle, so I knew it was my name. Ironically, now we want to have a baby, and Mia is suddenly off the table.

It’s from Hamlet 2

I thought about things that are meaningful to me and picked names that represent those things to me.

I got a couple different names that I’ve chosen for myself.

One is a woman who left everything she knew to find a better life for herself.

One was chosen to be similar to pronounce to my deadname but different enough to be a clear break. I followed patterns my mom used in naming all her kids, somewhat in hope that she would accept the real me.

One was chosen keep my middle initial the same to avoid having my username in a bunch of places be dysphoric and as a way of saying to my dad I hoped he’d still be proud of me some day.

And one was chosen by 18 year old me one day when I was starting to build my online presence. It was truly the first name I gave myself, even though I didn’t know I was doing that at the time. Turns out that’s the name I prefer to go by the most. Not sure how I got it in one.

I briefly had used a name when I was experimenting as a teenager, and decades later when I finally figured it out and transitioned, I decided to honor that girl by using the name she picked.

I haven’t. There’s some baggage with my (unfortunately masculine) given name than I’m not ready to let go of and I don’t have any name I actually want.

Sometimes I change the spelling to be feminine (albeit a rare name compared to the masc form) and more similar to my mom’s name (who my name was picked to rhyme with). It’s a spelling I used as my character name in a Pokemon game when I chose a girl character like a decade before my egg cracked and my friend thought it was an uhh interesting choice (expressed by friendly teasing).

Hildegard von Bingen was the most talented and accomplished woman I learned about in my history classes at school. I like her name so I took it!

My first name rhymes with my deadname lol. It’s been in my head for most of my life.

I got more creative with my middle name, and it’s a reference to two inspiring video game characters who share a name in Resident Evil 2 and Final Fantasy XIII.

I found out that my great great grandmother had a name that starts with the first letter of my deadname, and it felt right to me! I thought about the girl name that my parents would have used, but I just don’t feel like it suits me

First I wanted to keep my initials partly for convenience, but also they’re part of the name I use for publishing music.

My first name I initially thought about from someone who was a bit of an unfulfilled teenage love as well as someone I respected quite a lot. Though I also just like the name a lot. And shortening it creates a very non-binary name that is rare but is masculine in some cultures and feminine in others. That is the one I mostly actually use.

Middle name first I though of due to a favorite singer, but also happens to mean something that is something I considered extremely beautiful.

I don’t think there’s any name I’d think, “that’s me,” about. Maybe partly because I dont think in words really. I consider it a label and way of communicating and so it just needed to be one I liked hearing. I normally probably wouldn’t think I would choose such an ordinary first name, either, but it just fell into place, has emotional connection, if not exactly intense, and fits my gender which is agender with feminine presentation.

For me it was literally that about 2-3 days after my egg cracking this name floated around my mind randomly and I stuck with it.