I mean I don't feel disconnected from my old name. Hell I would actually go by it IF I didn't grow to hate it from just how people couldn't grasp how to pronounce/spell it. And yet when a celeb has my name they can spell/pronounce it just fine.
2024-07-31 08:11:28
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NA :
my deadname had a cool story but it never "clicked" for me. the few nicknames i had over the years felt better. now my name im like ah! yes! thats me! and i get told it fits me now
2024-07-24 03:46:54
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Adriantok :
my dad had the hots for a tv-person and named me after her, I would hand ppl my id rather than say my name and then my ex renamed me cuz I was lazy basically
2024-08-02 02:49:47
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Live’nLearn :
The only connection I feel to my dead name is pride in showing my culture. So I just picked a different cultural name.
2024-07-22 20:41:36
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Musical Potato :
No yeah, I always felt like my deadname wasn’t ever “me”.
2024-07-22 19:39:41
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Annabelle (Kennedy's version) :
one of my friends is NOT trans but she always felt uncomfortable with her name and so recently she started going by a different name and has felt a lot more comfortable with it
2024-07-30 07:26:07
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Chaos :
I feel the same about my name. My first name is very gender-neutral, but I don't feel connected to it. I am considering using my middle name Maelle.
2024-07-25 17:52:08
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Cipher☢️ :
yea anytime someone hears my dead name the most common reaction is that it doesn't suit me 😂😂
2024-07-22 19:33:55
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Mystery :
A random person from a random online chat room said "NOO THE MYSTERY TEA MAN DONT GO" when I went to leave for class. I then shortend it to Myst after several years of TheMysteryTeaMan being my
2024-07-22 20:39:25
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EosM_S :
Both my first and middle names were pretty masculine so I spent a lot of time thinking and then decided “hey my hair looks like it’s on fire when backlit that’s kinda like dawn right?”
2024-07-22 20:57:10
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percy jakeson :
my dead name is so fricking common so I hear it so much and I know it's not directed at me and I cringe so much everytime I hear it
2024-07-23 21:12:42
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