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I just chose a female name close to my real name.

Every girl name I ever came up with was taken by someone I new as a natural born female so i associated that name with them and that always felt weird so I found the name Julianne and the only association was Julianne Hugh the dancer and I thought if I could look like someone when I dressed it would be amazing to be that beautiful so L kept the name and think I am that beautiful to ME so it fits .

It does suit you Julianne-at least how you come across here in chats and posts and replies etc. ! You can almost HEAR you smiling as you type! 🙂

I have been calling myself Rachel for over 25 years.  It has a very special meaning to me and is very dear to my heart.

First of all, as it is a little bit like my given name in that it starts with the same letter, it kind of gives me a small advantage or two when I am out en-femme.  One thing I can do because of this is that I can get extra bank cards with just my first initial and last name on them so when I use one while I am presenting as a female it won't  get me outed because it has my full male name on it.  (Pretty clever, eh?  I read about this from an article I found on Google.  FYI I chose the name Rachel long before I knew of this.  I think this trick could still work even if your male and female names don't start with the same letter.  Try it out and let me know how it goes.)

Second, the name Rachel comes from a Hebrew word that means "a ewe" or female sheep.  I have understood that a ewe is very good at caring for and protecting her little lambs.  Because of the kind, sensitive, tenderhearted, gentle, caring, nurturing person that I am, and the fact that I have been a care giver for many years, it seemed to fit.

Thirdly, a beautiful woman name Rachel is at the center of one of the most romantic love stories in history.  It says in the book of Genesis in the Old Testament that a man named Jacob traveled many miles to a far away country so that he could find a woman that belonged to his religion to marry.  When he got there, a lovely young lady gave water to him, his traveling companions, and all there animals.  After a little investigating, he found out she was the daughter of a distant relative that had move there many years before.  When they first met, Jacob and Rachel fell in love.  He then decide ask her father for her hand in marriage.  He told Jacob he had to serve in his house for seven years as a dowry for her.  So he agreed worked for his future father-in-law.  When the seven years were up, there was a grand wedding.  Only when he lifted the veil to see the face of his beautiful new bride, he saw it was actually Rachel's older sister, Leah, standing next to him!  He had been tricked!  Turns out, it was the local custom to marry the oldest daughter off first and no one bothered to tell him.  (That's so not fair!)  So poor Jacob had to work another seven years so that he could finally marry his beloved Rachel.  What a wonderful day that must have been when the two love birds could finally be married.  They loved each other dearly.  What a sweet, romantic story!  (Heavy sigh!)  I still get teary eyed when I think of what my name means and this beautiful little piece of history that goes with it.  I love the name Rachel and am so glad I chose it because it is so beautiful and so totally me!

Beautiful Rachel! As are you!. Love the name! And fyi I have an authorized user credit card for Cynthia-filled out the request on a whim once and now it is helpful!

Thanks so much, Cynthia!  You are so sweet!

thank you Cynthia I do try to be cheerful each day . I truly believe we should always be thankful for what we have . because our worst days are way better than somebodies best days .

My given name is Christopher hence Christina. Was teased as a boy by being called Christina because I was(and am) a bit effeminate but I was never angry and in denial just embarrassed. I fully accept her now as a part of who I am and not just a daydream.

My male name is robert but i always liked the name robin for my female name. But i guess i liked it so much that i married a woman named robin. So now i am robbie.

Good for you Robin! Don't let OTHERS define who you are . THat is your right and privilege to do! So glad to have you here. Thanks for sharing!

I chose JoJo because my real name is Joe. My wife has suffered several strokes so I chose JoJo in case she'd forget where we were and call me JoJo by mistake. That way there will be a lot less explaining to do. All I would have to say is that's the pet name she calls me when we're alone. I'm not ashamed to be JoJo or of my crossdressing, it's just that most of my friends and family are not very accepting things of this nature. Since I have no desire to dress full time,it all works out just fine.Thanks, JoJo.

Well my name JessicaLynn was given to me by 2 very good female friends way back in 1986.  the name was taken from their names , Jessie Anne, and Marie Lynn. These 2 darli g woman kept my secret, until I was ready to let everyone know.

JessicaLynn

a dear friend gave me my name

I wanted a name that no one I knew personally shared. I know plenty of "Whitneys" and "Kelly's," so I wanted to be unique and come up with a name that was "original" to me in my personal life. Kelci came to mind and I thought it was cute, so that very night I set up an email account with Kelci as a first name of the email address and here I am now 14-15 months later a more confident Kelci.

Hi Girls,

I just joined Crossdresser Heaven this evening. My male name is Ron, so Rhonda or Veronica might have been obvious choices. But I chose Sheila, because it starts with SHE. I love being referred to as SHE and HER, like most of you girls. It's so nice to be treated as a woman when out crossdressed. The first time I went shopping at Macy's en femme with another crossdresser, we got separated in the ladies department. I asked the salesgirl who was helping me if she saw my girlfriend. That associate asked another salesgirl by saying (referring to me) ... "SHE is looking for HER girlfriend". I ADORED that.

Isn't it just the most wonderful thing to be a crossdresser, and to dress, makeup, act, and be treated as a girl! We are SO FORTUNATE!

Love,

Sheila.