Whats in a name?

I had chosen Cloe before I made my first online appearance, but with the Khloe Kardasian craze in full swing I swayed and went through a string of 3 or 4 other names before I finally decided nothing but Cloe fit.

Where's the never option?  I've always been Stacey.

<p style="text-align: center;">Hi and it was my first attempt at a poll, my mistake and apologies Stacey.</p>

Though I have yet not made a legal name change, l have used the name Marianne for my true self for many years and if I ever get to that point i wili surely become Ellen Marianne.

Hello everyone, well my question is what is in a name? To start off I will give my given name at birth, Tracyee Lynn Smith, now for me this name brought tons of unwanted jeering from kindergarden through middle school as you can imagine. Thats a girls name, you have two girl names. The others boys always delighted in pointing that out. By highschool i had adopted Trace, most of my friends had started calling me that by the end of middle school anyhow. Still along the way through life others would occassionally still find joy in pointing it out, as if I didnt already know my own name. A good friend of mine in the Army used to delight in it, until I told him yes Jason its a girls name. Much like your very own which is Hilary I believe on your records. Very pretty as well. That stopped the teasing, he was so embarressed and asked how i knew that. I said, I process all the clearances and have your records duh.

Anyhow, once I decided to start HRT I decided that Traci would be more appropriate. Just changing the spelling to make it fit me better. But now I am not sure if it fits me better or was just more convienent. New life, so should I go with a new name as well? Destiny perhaps, or maybe Traci is fitting.

I started out with and stopped at Jayne (just because I liked it!), added Sophie (after Sophie Scholl and the White Rose, the courageous WWII Nazi activists; she's my fave heroine of all time!) and have kept my last name as "B" so the FBI can't find me (yeah, good luck with that!) Here in the Land of Aus, you can get the names on your birth certificate changed whenever you want! It's the next step in my transition and I will be able shred the pesky original. Was I a good girl for talking up? I can be a bit of a princess sometimes. Jayne Sophie B

I went through four different name changes, not legal ones, just 'handles'.  I started with 'Misha' (as suggested by a CD friend), but I didn't feel it.  I changed then to 'Michelle'.  It worked well and many people in the neighborhood I lived in were used to calling me that.  But as I reached out in chat rooms and Internet social sites, I learned that 'Michelle' was over-used and often confused with others using it.  I then chose the name 'Colleen'.  I kept it for a couple of years, as well and even people who knew me as Michelle went along with the change.  But I also went through a 'dry' period where I made no contact with anyone and I got into some serious trouble as well (that I would rather not discuss).  I dropped Colleen and did some name searching online.  I wanted something that was far from the others I used and wouldn't be associated in any way to my legal name.  I found the name Meran which is a name used in Scandinavia and the middle east for both genders, and it's easy to say and spell.  There are still some who say it wrong, but it rhymes with 'Karen'.

I haven't changed my name legally, I was born Jerry and it's the name of my favorite guitarist so I just went with the variation Jeralyn. I still haven't totally settled on it yet as there are a couple of other names that I really like as well. There are a couple of people I know who really like the name Jeralyn but I've also had a couple of other people tell me a couple of other female names that fit me.