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i really like this :) choosing a name for yourself is a really powerful experience, taking control over the word that is you, but if you’re close to your parents, it’s also really unfortunate that you’re taking that away from them in a sense. i’m close with my mom, and she loooooves the name she chose for me- it has a really special story and meaning behind it to her, so it kind of breaks her heart to know that i don’t love it too.

ooo that’s really cool! and a great story

LOL that’s a power move honestly

wait what 😅 context?

aww :( that’s really too bad, i’m sorry to hear it. even with hal? i can see halley being a bit feminine, but hal reads as neutral or masc to me more.

for what it’s worth, i think halley is cool as fuck, and the origins of why you chose it are super sick.

i love this

for your bottom paragraph, that’s really sweet of you to say. i definitely do hear that a lot of people might hear the name in a song or discover it in a video game or something and just feel… drawn to it in a special way. and not having that experience does make me a bit nervous that what i’ve got chosen atm isn’t really going to work out, but i think that even just having something good enough is far better than my legal name lol, and it’s true that it’ll surely grow on me with time.

and hey, if it doesn’t, i can just start looking again :) it’s not too big of a deal

i appreciate this <3

i like hearing stories from other cis people changing their names too, it’s not super common so it’s nice to have others to relate to :)

picking your middle name based off an important oc is so awesome, and funny because i have a similar experience. only after using max/maxine for little while did i make the connection that my favourite oc is named maxwell 🙈 which was kind of awkward but also really funny to me! guess it just really shows what my favourite names trend toward ;)

aww, that’s so sweet :) getting to have both a connection to a character who is really important to you as well as a more appealing meaning is really nice, i love that you love it!

this is my name! it was made for me!

that’s so nice you still love them, i’m happy for you! a lot of people have special stories or meanings behind why they chose their names, so it’s nice to see someone else who, similarly to me, just had name lists to go through :) and getting to have something you’d already loved for awhile as your middle name is so sweet, i love that middle names get to be unpractical and just fun since they don’t really matter very much.

okay, this is awesome. first name is good sense imo, easy to fit in and not feel out of place with your generation which can be helpful for some. second is nice because taking a character that’s important to you as a namesake must be really special and sweet. third is just fucking cool- the words themselves must be important to you in a unique way, and having it be a “code” of sorts that only you really need to know about it so cool. i love this :)

i agree! if the feminine version of your deadname brings bad memories and feelings, ditch it :) it’s nice that that works for some people, but there’s no reason to feel beholden to it if it’s not for you.

i like maya :) i hope it works for you!

thanks :) i’m a namenerd at heart and have been missing my r-ddit community about the topic, so thought i’d bring some of the conversation here! i love origin stories anyway lol

taking your grandmothers name is so sweet 🥺🥺 it’s like naming a kid after someone important to you, but so much more special because it’s your name. and combining it with a favourite comic character is awesome, i love this origin story :)

i’m learning that now 😅😅 though it makes sense to me honestly

pixel is so cool! that’s really interesting that it morphed into what you use in everyday life- do you have irl friends in your gaming group? i’m just curious how it’d break out of an online space like that’s

i love jasmine! and that’s so cute that sv helped you choose in a way :)

i love the name annabelle 🥺🥺 and your story, very cute!