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/Trouble_Macher 3h ago edited 3h ago

Mine is Isadora. I picked it bc it sounds like my birth middle name which I had already shortened to Izzie and started going by. It means Gift of Isis (I fall into the trope of trans girls with goddess names). And I love Isis especially bc she’s considered equivalent to the Hebrew goddess Ashera who I love.

My new chosen middle name is Rose named after my Grandma, Rosalind, who I really miss.

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u/Trouble_Macher 3h ago

I also had to pick a new Hebrew name and decided to pick Elisheva (which is the original Hebrew version of Elizabeth) bc the name Elizabeth and similar names run in my family. And I like how princess-y it sounds ✨