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my mom: marco

dad: cernunnos of all names

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[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago

I don't know what my parents had planned, but my sister thought she was finally going to get a sister. (Not sure if my parents thought that or if she came up with the theory on her own.) As a result, when I was born a boy, she apparently carried me around the neighborhood telling all the neighbors that I was her new sister Katie.

[-] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 5 months ago

if i was afab i was going to be bethany so when i transitioned i added the middle name elizabeth/beth so my mum can have her choice too :)

[-] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago
[-] tonyn@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 months ago
[-] LegoRobinHood@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago

Does the N stand for notafan?

/jk

[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago

Heather. Always figured if I were trans I might use it. Cis af tho

[-] kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 months ago

Always good to have a backup name!

[-] communism@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

Hey, men can be called Heather if they want.

[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

Sure, but I'm happy with my given name. I guess I meant I might take the other name if I disliked my given name.

[-] RabbitMix@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 months ago

Mine was Heather too, but I ended up being trans so I actually used it.

[-] adb@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago

My sister wanted to call me Cinderella whatever the gender.

[-] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They gave my younger sister a traditionally masculine name, so apparently they were already out of ideas on that score.

[-] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 months ago

A lot of names can be converted. My favorite uncle gave his oldest daughter a pretty name, but he wanted a son to name after himself. They quit after having two girls, and he named his youngest girl after himself, with the name converted to the feminine variety.

[-] thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 months ago

I'm trans and I asked my mom and apparently Stephanie and I am definitely not a Stephanie and I physically felt ill for a second after hearing that. Why Stephanie?? Why mom???

[-] Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 months ago

Emily if I had been a girl, and that wouldn't have been so bad.

Had I been twin boys though... Tharan and Thurlow. WTF??

[-] Freakazoid@lemmings.world 3 points 5 months ago

Probably my sisters name :)

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 months ago

Probably Margaret or a variation thereupon, there's at least two in every generation. That's what I named my daughter.

[-] just_ducky_in_NH@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Fred. I donโ€™t know why.

[-] Stamau123@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They only thought of boy names for me, so nothing on that front, but my dad wanted to name my sister Preston Thor [last name] which is terrible

[-] lukecooperatus@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Gender isn't a binary, so there isn't necessarily an opposite, but an alternative that my parents considered was "Frankie".

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