trans and need help picking a name?? 🏳️⚧️
oh boy, do i have a method for you!!
i do this as the step before i have people try out names for me just to make sure i'm personally happy with them first. as someone who's been out for almost 10 years and tried a bunch of different names, this way helped me narrow down my options with the most confidence!
write any name you like on a piece of paper like a list.
make a column every time you look at the paper, maybe every few days or so.
check off the names you like going down the columns based on your preference for the day. (i color code the ones i like for first names and middle names with different color checks.)
after you do this for however long you want, see which name you like consistently! (you can also easily add names that you like as you go, just add it to the end of the list.)
here’s what my list looks like right now as an example (i do my work in OneNote, the green checks are first name and the yellow is middle name):
