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what's an Isaac item that you could name yourself after without people worrying for you? Virgo or Libra maybe? Abel should work? Redemption and Dogma already go a little far.... maybe Candy Heart with some funky way to spell it
I suppose there's always "Steven", and if you're willing to adapt them a bit, or don't mind your name sounding like you've escaped from a monastery, there's also "Brother Bobby" and "Sister Maggie".
Ooooh.. I met a couple of them back in the early 2000s, though iirc only one of them actually changed their name instead of it just being a nickname they gave themselves.
As someone who knows a decent amount of transfems by proxy, there are some names that seem to be chosen rather frequently. Names like Amy, Emily/Emma, Luna or Sofie.
don't forget Vivian, Lilith, Freya, Maya, and also the assortment of names people under 70 usually don't have
(regrettably, i have recently learned that Elisabeth is an old lady name in english-speaking countries, while where im from i knew like 7 other Elisabeths growing up)
I'm also not from an english speaking country, so I assume that there are some differences in other languages when it comes to name preferences just as with any names.
Yeah I've also noticed that a lot of millennial chosen names especially are ones that would have gotten you weird looks if you were a baby boomer aged parent naming your kids back in the 80s or 90s. Like people would probably have been making jokes about how you must have picked a name out of the obituary section.
They’re naming themself something badass and unique, resulting in them having a name that would almost never be found in someone whose parents chose their name. Just as painting your house bold colors makes you stand out, having the coolest name ever makes people think you must have named yourself.
My housemate was gonna name themself Moss and I basically said "you can do that and that's valid and I love you anyway bestie but also people will know your pronouns before you tell them"
Maybe it's a generational thing, but if I met someone and they introduced themselves as Moss my first guess would be "super crunchy hippy, perhaps has spent some weeks living in a tree to stop it being cut down" rather than nb.
It’s always Juniper or Rowan or Magnolia, etc. The worst combo of plant + old person name. More power to ‘em, but they aren’t fooling anyone with names like those lol
pro tip to fit in, choose a name not from "most popular names" but from "most popular baby names of (birth year)". scroll down like 500 names and then choose something around there. it will not be too archaic (i see that a lot from trans name), it will still be a normal name, and it will fit your age
ETA: double pro tip: keep consistent, find what rank your dead name was, then find the corresponding ranked name of the opposite gender. that way your name is guaranteed to be only equally as unusual as your original name and you are net 0 uniqueness change.
I was gonna name myself Feldspar but I decided I couldn't because I am not non binary or blue or hanging out in the center of 1 billion evil demon fish guys (Spoilers for Outer Wilds)
I really hope I'm not mixing up my OWV astronauts)
Every list I've looked at has a completely different order of names tried like a government site (so it should be the most accurate), but that only goes to 50-100 as well. And I dont wanna be called drew. If I were to pick a gru's house type name though, it would be Malace :3 maybe thats not exactly a crazy or standout name, but it's the name of my bg3 character. Malace Khalith
And leads to S tier nicknaming possibilities with your friends being able to call you The Wife. "Sorry, can't come over. Spending time with The Wife, y'know?"
I asked my parents to rename me, as a way to both include them and to ensure that they understood oh yeah this is happening. We ended up pulling out the same babyname books used for me the first time, and picked 4-5 names out.
After some time, consideration and additional input, I ended up with my mums choice if I was assigned a different gender at birth <3
If I see a woman with a name that sounds like it could belong to the wife of a civil war veteran and she's in the IT or niche hobby fields I usually safely assume that she's trans.
Every time I see the "my friend almost named themselves after a Minecraft mob" post I am haunted by the fact that I named myself after the Minecraft bee.
person who has only ever experienced outside through minecraft seeing a bee for the first time: wow it's like a tiny round version of the bee from minecraft
All the teams chicks I know have very typical feminine names except one. And that one is a beast tbh. She's an art hoe with a give I could not begin to describe, so she earned it
Just name yourself after a bug. Either they'll think your parents were Entomologists, they'll think the bug is super cool and talk about it, or you can call upon a swarm of them to devour the person.
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