Say if someone came up to you and asked “If you were a boy/girl what would your name be?” could you answer them without needing think or is that not something most people give a thought to?

  • Rob T Firefly@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    I was named after my dad while my first sister born after me was named after my mom. (My parents would not have won any points for originality.)

    If I’d been assigned female at birth I would probably have been named after my mom instead, and given the name my sister ended up with rather than just the feminine version of my present name.

    As it stands I’m a cis man, but if I suddenly needed to change to a woman’s name for some reason my name has a common feminine variant I’d use.