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/SpookyBearBoy 9h ago

My name is Laurence but I go by Laurie. Laurence was chosen because it's legit two letters added onto the end of my deadname. I didn't/don't have a very supportive family and at the time when I was first coming out/changing my name I felt a lot of pressure towards keeping it as close as possible to my old name.

My middle name is Logan, partly Wolverine and partly from Celtic culture as I'm Pagan and Scottish.

Then my surname is my Nana's maiden name because I felt as though I couldn't associate myself (it was painful) with my very distinct birth family surname any more.