#choosing a name

[trans-enby-culture-is]

nonbinary culture is spending eons choosing your name (to make it harder, it needs to sound ok in your native language)

(btw does lenya seem like a masc/fem/androgynous name?? sry for off-topic)

#124

Anyone have input on the name "Lenya"? Let's help anon!

[umbramus]

Hey you! Trans or not, if you want to have a gnc name, go for it because it'll make you happy!

[downy-roses]

Thoughts on names:

- I realized I really like my current dnd character’s name. Honestly if I had thought of it earlier on, I probably would have chosen it as my name. Damn. Oh well.

- My chosen name makes me feel like a fantasy character, so that’s a win. Really fits with my Cottagecore librarian thing I have going on.

- I should have chosen a bird related middle name. For someone really in love with birds, I really missed an opportunity. Covey. Wren. Lark. All adorable.

- Dead name had a bird meaning, and it and my chosen name share a root word, so close enough I guess.

- I really like old lady names like Agnes, Beatrice, Briar, and Imogen. What does this say about me? I mean, I do love old people candy. But who doesn’t like butterscotch and black licorice.

- In middle school I started a name list for any potential future children. I think I know why the list of girls names was far longer than the boys.

[pixel-with-wings]

so I’m thinking of choosing a name other than my birth name and I might do something Latin. seems cool. maybe part of the scientific name for something cool.

[scripturientdelight]

Helios

As I sit outside in my morning sunshine time,

While the autumn sun is still a warm caress upon my skin

I am reminded anew of everything glorious about him,

And the depth of my love draws me back to the idea of making his name mine as well,

In the deepest act of devotion I can conceive of.

All I want in life Is to be loved like all heliotropes - Myself included - Love the sun.

[evelynschmitt27]

Nobody told me I could choose my middle name too.

[reinedeslys-central]

so how do you choose a name you want to try out anyway

asking for a friend

(yeah it's me i'm the friend)

[thisisnotjuli]

*by this I mean like using one name for work/business and using the other in your/their personal life or in private

**meaning if your names are AA and BB you'd change them to AB and BA

I'd appreciate it if you'd reblog to get further teach and more results!! 🙏

[oh-look-a-homosexual-punk-bitch]

You can change your name, it doesn't matter how often you change it, it doesn't matter however many names you go by, if you want to, you can change it, you could change it every week, every month, every year, it doesn't matter, you can change your name, don't feel bad about it

[inkskinned]

i love when words fit right. seize was always supposed to be that word, and so was jester. tuesday isn't quite right but thursday should be thursday, that's a good word for it. daisy has the perfect shape to it, almost like you're laughing when you say it; and tulip is correct most of the time. while keynote is fun to say, it's super wrong - i think they have to change the label for that one. but fox is spot-on.

most words are just, like, good enough, even if what they are describing is lovely. the night sky is a fine term for it but it isn't perfect the way november is the correct term for that month.

it's not just in english because in spanish the phrase eso si que es is correct, it should be that. sometimes other languages are also better than the english words, like how blue is sloped too far downwards but azul is perfect and hangs in the air like glitter. while butterfly is sweet, i think probably papillion is more correct, although for some butterflies féileacán is much better. year is fine but bliain is better. sometimes multiple languages got it right though, like how jueves and Πέμπτη are also the right names for thursday. maybe we as a species are just really good at naming thursdays.

and if we were really bored and had a moment and a picnic to split we could all sit down for a moment and sort out all the words that exist and find all the perfect words in every language. i would show you that while i like the word tree (it makes you smile to say it), i think arbor is correct. you could teach me from your language what words fit the right way, and that would be very exciting (exciting is not correct, it's just fine).

i think probably this is what was happening at the tower of babel, before the languages all got shifted across the world and smudged by the hand of god. by the way, hand isn't quite right, but i do like that the word god is only 3 letters, and that it is shaped like it is reflecting into itself, and that it kind of makes your mouth move into an echoing chapel when you cluck it. but the word god could also fit really well with a coathanger, and i can't explain that. i think donut has (weirdly) the same shape as a toothbrush, but we really got bagel right and i am really grateful for that.

grateful is close, but not like thunder. hopefully one day i am going to figure out how to shape the way i love my friends into a little ceramic (ceramic is very good, almost perfect) pot and when they hold it they can feel the weight of my care for them. they can put a plant in there. maybe a daisy.

[pigeonstab]

@somegrumpynerd :3c Cross getting his first toy ever

I think it's the kind of thing he brings everywhere cuz it's his comfort item.. and he's never had a comfort item before

[trans-enby-culture-is]

Nonbinary culture is the desire to give yourself random words as a name but also wanting a name that creates power but also wanting everyone to just not call you anything at all

#39

[maibel-mai]

I saw that a lot of people liked the idea and well in the end I decided to do this as a before nari gets the loyalty necklace sjsj

I still don't know if I'm going to make an elaborate story about all this but I'll probably post random drawings as they occur to me

(I don't know much English so if I make any mistakes let me know!)

[nikoisme]

I still can't believe this is canon

[pixel-with-wings]

Okay I pretty much decided on my gender-neutral name! I’ll have to wait for a bit until I know that I feel comfortable with it but yeah! It’s Otti/Otter! The reason I specified my gender-neutral name is because I’ll have three, my birth/fem name, my gender neutral name, and my masc name! :)

[figueroths]

not to be a high elf apologist but ​i have to say it’s actually kinda sweet that old man both expected to see gorgug again and made intentional (albeit goofy) effort to get his name right even if the best that’ll come out of his own mouth is grape nip