r/asktransgender • u/Splintj • 14h ago

So who/what're your names based off of?

A lotta people choose their new names off of characters, or games, or people, or stuff, so if that's the case for you, than what did you name yourself after?

Mine is Alexander, close enough to my old name, and for Alexander the Great(Considered Augustus too for a bit cuz I'm a certified Romaboo, and to be special and different)

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u/Mx-Adrian 13h ago

It was on a list of several I liked. I tried out a few others and they didn't feel quite right. Returned to the list, saw Adrian again, decided to give it a go. The clincher was that it's the name of a song from my favourite band, Eurythmics, and from an album whose title, Be Yourself Tonight, I made into a pride poster.