Ok... So my Girly Name came through the fact, I'm TG, and I'm of Scandinavian descent... and the family tree has Johanson's going way back...

Plus, the fact I love Norse Mythology, kinda came with being raised with the tales of old.

And the name Jennifer, well let's say, the Doctor's thought I was a Girl whilst still in my mums womb and so my parent's named me Jennifer, Before I was Born, and then I came out as a boy... and got told all this and never really felt like a boy all my life, so here I am now! x

And It's nice to meet you all, your respectfully and with my big Pagan Heart lots of Love Jennifer Johansonxx

That's a nice way of getting your name Jennifer xx

i agree

When I was a lot younger, me and a couple of cross dressing friends came up with girl names for ourselves. Theirs were easy: Julian became Julia and Chris became...well...Chris.

There is no girl equivalent of my name. So I used a name I like the sound of: Debbie, or Deborah (if it's a Sunday). I also like 'Debs', which a few people call me.

One of my favourite books at the time was Number of the Beast by Heinlen. There's a character called Deety, in it, a phonetic version of DT (her initials) and I liked that.

So I chose Taylor, because I like the way the signature works, all swoops and swirls.

A few years ago, my wife, mother and I were discussing names for my up coming child, and I discovered that *I* would have been called Deborah had I been born a girl.

Did I know this subconsciously? I don't know. I certainly don't ever remember being told, and my mum said she'd never told me when I asked if she had. Serendipity? Synchronicity? I like to think it is one more sign that the midwives handed me the wrong body when I was born.

Debbie
This post was edited by Deborah Taylor at September 12, 2012 4:08 PM BST

yes like that one Debbie x

mine is just female version of my name

Back in the early days on the net with a 286 and a modem I discovered CD trans sites, mostly porn. II needed a femme name and rita was short and close to my resl name and easy to remember. It has stuck for over 25 years and I have grown to love it.

This is such a great question. I've read them all and each one is an short individual journey. I work with databases of names of people my own age (which matters in names I think). When I was signing up for a website I needed a name and searched for a random first name and random second name in order to be completely disassociated from my real name (and thus being caught). These were the first 2 appropriate names that came out. I didn't choose but had to rule out Raj Eev for explanatory reasons.
I've grown into my name and I really respect those who have kept or kept true to their birth names. I wish I'd been an Alex or Sam but for the same reasons would probably have chosen a Sarah (or Rachel, or Jane - but not Raj)

<blockquote><strong><a href="/se4/profile/deety">Deborah Taylor</a> said:</strong><br />When I was a lot younger, me and a couple of cross dressing friends came up with girl names for ourselves. Theirs were easy: Julian became Julia and Chris became...well...Chris.

There is no girl equivalent of my name. So I used a name I like the sound of: Debbie, or Deborah (if it's a Sunday). I also like 'Debs', which a few people call me.

One of my favourite books at the time was Number of the Beast by Heinlen. There's a character called Deety, in it, a phonetic version of DT (her initials) and I liked that.

So I chose Taylor, because I like the way the signature works, all swoops and swirls.

A few years ago, my wife, mother and I were discussing names for my up coming child, and I discovered that *I* would have been called Deborah had I been born a girl.

Did I know this subconsciously? I don't know. I certainly don't ever remember being told, and my mum said she'd never told me when I asked if she had. Serendipity? Synchronicity? I like to think it is one more sign that the midwives handed me the wrong body when I was born.

Debbie</blockquote><br />

I'd like a 'Like' button for this. Great story. xxS

Compaired to some of the intresting ways one has gained their fem name mines quite boring really. I took the initials from my first and middle name which is J and D, and spell it Jady. Often people have problems being use to Jade or Jodie so I tell them to think of Jack Daniels and it always works, for some reason most people seem to be able to relate to this. lol xxx
This post was edited by Jady Shaw at September 26, 2012 9:19 PM BST

Well, Linda is a name in spanish that also mean "pretty"... sounds good phoneticly speaking and also girlie. Some men calls "linda" to another women when they try to sounds like "prince charming"... anyway... As someone said in a another reply, i just look at the mirror... all of a sudden i feel like Linda... Linda Saint...

besos!

I chose Emily because:

One of my favourite songs by All About Eve was called 'Like Emily'.
("Oh, to be like Emily. Out of sight, & really free")

Also, I was in Florence many years ago, and I saw scrawled on a wall
'Emily the Strange Rules'. Found later Emily The Strange is a gothic comic
book character, & I liked her style.

Clara Cooper was my grandmother's maiden name. She died in her late 20's
when my father was very young. I adopted it as a sort of homage, & to keep
her spirit alive as she is part of me. She's probably spinning in her grave
right now at the thought,

Also If I had been a girl I would have been called Clare after her.

I love Cinnamon. I use it in so many things. From various foods and drinks, to making my own Cinnamon infused oils and sprays for my body and hair.

I use Cinnamon oil in intimate areas as it heats things up, makes them swell and blush a little, plus it tastes divine.

My skin goes the colour of cinnamon in summer, couple that with my love of all things with cinnamon, my partner calls me his Cinnamon Girl....after the song.

My writers name is also Touch of Cinnamon.

Adele is my real name. I kept it so my friend here would know it was me.

I love the name Elizabeth but didnt want people to shorten it to Liz so I chose Beth, and the Daniels part is because an old teacher used to joke that if I was hers I would be called Daniel Daniels.

it just came to me, it's close to my male name in sound, and exactly the same number of syllables, so it comes out naturally when i say it.

I got my name as its the closest to my boy name and had the thinking that i would respond more when people called me it. So used to it now and its big part of my life.

I guess we all like to be original and iv never met a lonya so grabbed it. Its a polish name btw

I also want to say that this is a great question, and I have enjoyed reading all of your answers. My own answer is that "Nina" reminds me of my favorite jazz singer, Nina Simone.

collette, being the fem of colin. no problem, lol. love collette XXX.

I thought the femme of Colin was Colinda? Or is that something used to drain veg? I was always confused by the two.

Debbie

xxx

the correct spelling for collette is colette. but i have added a extra "L" in the spelling, and colin is a diminitive of Nicholas and colette is the fem. the colinda you are refering to is spelt "Colander" or "Cullender" and is a sieve and not the fem of colin. i hope this clears this up for you, love collette XXX.

Thanks!

:D

Debbie

xxx

no problem girl, love collette XXX.

Hi my name Stephanie Dee the stephanie is the female version of my male name and the dee is my initial of my surname , plus i had a friend when i was young called Dee .But i didn't like the sound of Dee D xx

Great topic! When my children were on the way, I did a fair bit of research into first names and their popularity in different eras. One of the books I read had a list of rare girls names that included the name Quenna, which I loved, and as I didn't have a settled female name at that time, I sort of adopted it for myself. Ottily was a possible name for a second daughter, who turned out to be a son, so rather than waste it.....I added that as an occasional second name! Parker is my mother's family surname, but not my own, but it seems somehow right to use it for my feminine self.
This post was edited by Quenna Parker at April 12, 2013 11:11 PM BST