Hey ladies, im sure the majority of you have had this problem with fem names before but it is still one to get your thinking cap's on over.
Here goes.. I have toyed around with various name ideas on many occasions with lots of possible contenders ie Grace (was my Gt. Grandma's name), Hope, Faith, Ruby and Ivy (all Victorian style) then it was onto more modern and unique ones such as Kiraley for example, yet now im on with my mtf transition and dress full time the dead poll name change thing is imminent although more serious and certainly more final. I have found that when i have suggested Kiraley to family and friends many have said if i intend to pass well in hope of not standing out i should try a name thats a little more common rather than something out of the ordinary. At that point a close friend made the suggestion Hannah-Leigh which i do like but even more so if i was to drop the H's so it obviously becomes Anna-Leigh, which to me sounds like its derived from Analise.
And so once again im undecided as the new name has to feel suited to me and has to be something i am happy to be addressed by for the rest of my life, so any help or suggestions on what works from you ladies would be so greatly appreciated
When its all sorted out and finalised i intend to use my new full real name as my profile name as the surname Guest is really just my mothers maiden name but while making friends here i no longer want you all to know me by some kind of alter-ego name i want it to be my own (with a little help from yourselves that is)

Well thanks for taking the time to read this post and again any help or suggestions would be so greatly appreciated!!
xx

well i know i like Anna-Leigh

Thanks Rebecca, im really liking it too, i think its cute and i feel its something i could get used to going by fulltime. so now im sure on it i will be starting to slowly change everything over to that name

I didnt think choosing a name would be so problematic until the past few months. Initially i was just going to drop my surname, while retaining Alexand(ra)er from my grandad, starr from my mums christian name, and leaving it at that, but then i thought, well, ill be forever asked if im a beetles fan, i like em, but not that much, but i really dont want to retain my surname at all, always hated it, as much as my old first name.

Alexandra Starr does stand out, and i thought about it sounding like a porn stars name, but it is something which concerns me very little.

As for the surname, i could pick roberts, my old first name, to please family, dad mostly, but as stated, i hate it, dont own it, go away.

I may as well have typed "i dont know" instead of all that =o)
This post was edited by Deleted Member at March 3, 2012 12:44 AM GMT

Name change is one thing I haven't thought about really as unfortunately for me I don't think I would be brave enough to go for srs even though I feel I am all wrong though when I think about it I would deffo keep Rebecca though when I chose ramone I never thought of the band whe I keep being asked if I'm any relation lol (which in not) but I think I would keep it real I look bad enough when dressed wouldn't want to stand out even more lol

Its amazing how much i didnt realise just what exactly is entailed when i chose to transition despite having had my heart set on it for so long.
I suppose all of these complications are just one set after another of traffic lights on our journey of life.
Thanks for posting ladies xx

i do like anna leigh but i like the sound of leanne or leanna i think any of them would suit you

big hugs xxx

Thanks amymichelle, leanna is certainly one i had never concidered i love it but unfortunately i feel it would be confusing as i already seem to know too many leanne's lol whom are friends, family and work mates
awesome suggestion though hunny thanks xxx

At the end of all this any name you choose has to be one that your happy with, we all choose our female identies from names we like or girls we admire, my femme name is nothing like my male identity and even that ive changed from what it was originally, its your life so choose what makes you happy xx

thanks fiona your so very true and after i this im happy with Anna-Leigh. it originated from a suggestion by one of my closest friends yet its simple and original as i dont think ive ever heard the two names used together before xx

I feel that you have to respond to your new name rather than learning to do that. My Mum used to call me Joe after a distant uncle I reminded her of. So if anyone calls Jo I will look up at least. But I don't like these short names and decided on Josephine. I can tell people to shorten it and find I respond to Jo or Jose without thinking which in the end is what you did to your given name.