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Not as daunting as the title sounds.
I get to sit in a room all by myself for 4 hours so I started thinking…how did you decide on your “other” name.
For myself, needing a name to log on here I quickly had to think of something…my middle name is William, so I thought Anagram(ish) and came up with Wilma….I did consider Wilomena but thought better of it.
So that’s my story, how did you christen yourself?
Hugs
Wilma x
I just changed the last letter of my birth name from ‘w’ to ‘a’.
I really like ‘Andrea’. It’s quite girly for me….. Plus I had a bit of a crush on a biological girl in college called Andrea.
Hello Wilma…
( Loving your pic …yabba dabba doo)
My actual name IS Grace!!
Do you remember a Johnny Cash song called ” a boy named Sue “??. Well my mum loved it….. and my dad loved the actress Grace Kelly, so they called me Grace, just to see how i would cope with life!!!?
Well, that’s got THAT rubbish out of the way….
To be honest, i have used grace for so long, I cannot remember just where it came from …but it’s always been grace and it always will…I love it
Smiles, grace x
Hi Wilma,
– accidently in my case, or rather I didn’t put much serious thought into it. There was one obvious and a slightly uncommon name to choose, a female variation of my male name, which I’d have been happy with, except that it was the same name as one of my nieces, so that didn’t feel quite right.
Marti xxx
For myself knew my parents would call me Donna instead of Don so went with my girl name
Donna
Always loved the name Bianca since I saw the actress Bianca Kajlich, and I joined this site one drunken post divorce night with the Hunger Games on TV. I’m Katniss’ better looking big sister🤣.
❤️B
ps is it old fashioned and sexist to use the term actress nowadays? More and more hearing women called actors. Another step towards equality?
I wish I could say I put a little thought into it, but I heard the name Samara and thought it was pretty, haha!
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Michael to Michelle… easy.. and a nickname of Chelle used by my girlfriends.
Hi.
for me it was Star Trek the next generation I had a little on Natasha Yah.LOL! Good one – now if only I’d plucked up the nerve to claim “Seven of Nine” as a name 😉
Marti xxx
Sorry, just me being silly
Seven was hot to and her costume well don’t get me started 🥵
I’ve been using this name online for about 10 years now (maybe more!), as I’ve been a fan and admirer of the actress Chloë Sevigny. Of course, that little diaeresis is often difficult to use, so while I used to paste and copy a lot to get it, I don’t do that much any more, and btw, it’s not on her birth certificate either!
I’ve always enjoyed watching and following actors who are their own people, not following the norms, going for the role, not the gross receipts, living and doing what they feel is best for them, which, of course, includes mistakes at times. It makes them, to me anyway, more real. I’ve just been fascinated by her performances in movies like Boys Don’t Cry, Last Days of Disco, the HBO series Big Love, American Psycho, Shattered Glass, those slightly off the wall, more or less independent films that don’t get as much publicity, but delve into people’s inner motivations and thoughts.
But, that’s me.
Good question, Wilma!
When I started cross-dressing back in 2018, my original femme name was “Joy” because I felt so much joy in cross-dressing, but when the Christmas holiday season came around, I saw the word “Joy” everywhere! I frankly got sick and tired of it. So then I discovered that “Revel” means intense enjoyment, and I changed my femme name on June 11, 2019. I have never regretted it, and I LOVE it. Revel has brought so much enjoyment in my life, and when I crossdress, I always do REVEL!
Revel, but despite the hype(TM), don’t forget to joy. What’s the fun in having your cake if you can’t eat it too?
I like your choice, the name sounds like the heroine in an adventure story, and I think that’s cool.
Bridgette
It’s a pun on a nickname of my male name. It’s a reminder that I’m a boy. Al-is-son. The most common spelling, Allison reads closer to All-is-son. The spelling Alisson is very rare, and more commonly a surname. So I chose to share the “s” and come up with Alison.
My surname is the street I grew up on.
Simple really, just added a letter A to the end of my real Christian name, and then randomly picked a name of an English town from a map (bedford) which is approximately_150 miles from where I actually live,
Bedford is only 16 miles from me 🛏🚙
I’ve always liked the name Kimberly, kind of a sweet name. My surname? I was looking for an email address for Kimberly & there was a bee flying around the room & I thought, that’ll do.
Wiiiiiil-maaaa
Sorry, I love the Flintstones 😁. For myself, I wanted to keep my name similar since I was still me, and also in honor of my musical idol/fantasy as well, I changed the”n” to an “i”. Actually my last name is also a matter of having changed just one letter… and a nod to my love of beer, lol.
Stevie (wish it was Nicks) Steiner 😊
Small world. My girl name is based on my middle boy name, Charles. Charlene just didn’t do it for me and feminized “Charly” variants were to … Pat, IYKWIM.
As I have a little Scandinavian in me, I was tempted to adopt a girl name like Ingrid, Astrid, or a personal fave, Dagmar. Maybe if I decide to go blonde…(not likely).
As for my last name, what can I say. I love bunnies!
I have a cousin named Joanne who – was born on the same day – and I always admired and envied her. She was the lucky one being born female while I could only dream.
So when I needed to pick a nom de plume Joanne seemed the natural choice.
Elizabeth is a tribute to my sister.
Jackson should be easy to figure out.My first pair of panties were originally Joanne’s. I wonder if she ever missed them?
When I came out to my wife, she asked me if I had a name for my femme side…I said I kind of liked Lorrie. She said I looked like a Kathryn (my spelling, seems more elegant). My middle name is an homage to my wife’s middle name (Linda) and surname is my male middle name with an “s” added.
Billie made me do it (change my name…Steve…
three choice
Stevie. Uhuh I use to be Stevie when I was younger and I was a naughty little thing 😇
Steph…Nuetral for the me which is ok
Stephanie…this sounds more along the lines off how I feel inside, also my fav Stephanie is the princess of monoco and is close to my age 😘 and Stephanie has such a rich meaning
I chose zõe because it sounded playful and fun and I have crushes on a couple of Zöes.
In Greek it also means life.
Zoe
I have a Niece called Zoe
Many thanks for sharing
Wilma x
I chose my first name from a beautiful and strong willed TV character played by a large and in charge actress, Olivia Benson. My last name is because I love ‘Livin’ my life now.
Olivia
It’s always nice to have a strong roll model.
Hugs
Wilma x
Christine
I could have gone with Stehanie but thought there would be others.
sometimes a name can be so simple, but change or add a few letters and there is a whole new world before your feet.
Wilma X
No relation to my boy name at all. I thought JTH sounded like a fun, Bond-girl name. 🙂
Many years ago, I was on a gay/CD dating site and needed a handle, so that came to me instantly. Like she was always there, waiting to emerge 🙂
Jenny TH
I can just imagine you crawling out of the boot of the DB5 shaking your hair out and saying “I’m shaken but not stirred Mr Bond” And the less said about Oddjob the better….lol
Hugs
Wilma X
Hi Girls, my mother named me. She had 3 boys with me being the middle child. She told me the hospital ran out of blue blankets in the nursery so when I was born they brought me to her in a pink blanket. She said out loud ‘oh it’s my Debbie’! I think she was a tad disappointed when she noticed I wasn’t 😂! Hugs, Debbie Lynn
Debbie
Fate chose you for a reason, marvellous origin.
Hugs
Wilma x
I simply asked my mother what my name would have been had I been born female and she told me. Since I always loved both names, I was happy to use them.
Hugs,
Elise
Elise
Sadly my mother always wanted a Stephen and as “Last man out” I was labelled
but she did give me my Grandads name as well from which “Wilma” emerged.
Hugs
Wilma x
Stephen isn’t bad, and Stephanie is a lovely name. My male name, however, is one of those names that gets you beat up a lot as a child. I would know.
Elise
Sounds like our childhoods were similar, I know I spent most of my school time as classroom victim, suffered at male & female hands.
Never really liked “Stephen”, quite happy that my Navy nickname was Jan but didn’t feel I could carry it on.
I see a brighter future for Wilma.
Hugs.
For years, my femme persona didn’t have a name. But like you, getting on sites like this & getting involved with local crossdresser groups (around 2016-17) were the impetus in establishing a total female identity. That included a name. At first, I did a combination of my two grandmothers’ names & called myself Deanna, but I was never completely happy with that. I’ve always enjoyed Beach Boys music, but didn’t like the names, Rhonda, Barbara Ann or Caroline. Also a fan of the Four Seasons, but I didn’t care for the names, Sherry, Ronnie or Marianne. I settled on Dawn.
Dawn is a nice name for new beginnings.
— Abbie 🥰
Hi Wilma!
Like many others I hadn’t thought of having a female name until I considered joining CDH. I went to a baby name website to view baby names and the name Autumn seemed to jump off the screen. Since I was very nervous to join a “site like this”….. Read nervous as scared s**tless….. I wanted a last name that inspired bravery. Picked Valiant from an online thesaurus.
I have been loving my femme name ever since.
Hugs,
Autumn
Autumn
I once served for a short period on HMS/M Valiant A proud Lady and I’m sure you will do the name proud.
Hugs
Wilma x
I picked my name for another platform as a joke and I kinda got used to it. For those that don’t know it’s from a scene in Young Frankenstein when they bring the monster to life and it’s clear that he’s not particularly stable… Then the Doctor asks Igor whose brain he got from the lab, clearly marked ‘abnormal’. “Uhhh Abbie…”, ‘Abbie who???’, “Abbie Normal”.
On the plus side my wife knows my ‘other’ name now which to me seems like a big step.
— Abbie 😈
Abbie
You are very Normal to us.
Brilliant film by the way.
Hugs
Wilma x
Wow….you have Holly growing on your ceiling…. awesome!!!!!
Bobbisue
The beautiful Southern Belle….did rick really give a damn?…..lol
Excellent origin.
Wilma x
Brianna
Yes it is nice to be able to shorten the name….just hope no one starts calling me willy….lol
Hugs
wilma x
Holly
LOL know what you mean.
Hugs
Wilma x
Brianna
Let the laugh out…giggled as I wrote it.
Hugs
Wilma x
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