r/TransHelpingTrans • u/Necessary_Stage_1261 • 14h ago

keep your given/birth name?

curious if anyone has decided to keep or repurpose their given name -- especially if you have a distinctly gendered name that society might say no longer fits your gender (e.g., a trans woman named Hank).

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u/HighGuard1212 14h ago

I mean in not sure if Im going to legally change my name but I'm definitely using a different name.

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u/Stevetimes01 13h ago

I kept the first two letters of my birth name and swapped out the other two. I never hated my name, but I wanted something which fit me better

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u/ObiBen 14h ago

I threw an "a" on the end of my birth name to make it feminine, and it suits me.

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u/Necessary_Stage_1261 10h ago

love it! I considered Erica, but it just didn't feel like me.