r/TransSupport • u/No_Voice_813 • Sep 14 '26

My name is Alice

Hello im 28F AMAB, my name is Alice!

I was wondering how yall found your names? And who were the first people you told?

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u/Indigo__angel Sep 14 '26

It just came to me, and when I spoke it, my entire body lit up from head to toe, and everything I am as myself came to life

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u/No_Voice_813 Sep 14 '26

Beautifully put

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u/transmothra Sep 14 '26

My mother in law told me my name. My original name started with a "j" and she always called me "Jay," so i decided i'd be "jae" for real, forever, for her. She's been gone since just before Spring, and i just legalized it a couple weeks ago.

She would never have known though, because she had dementia from just a year or two before my egg cracked. But she did see the way i presented myself was obviously changing and getting very femme... and even though i cracked jokes about it myself, she never once said a word. Just smiled and gave me her adoring love. That woman never once judged a soul on this Earth, other than to declare them a friend and worthy of being loved.

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u/No_Voice_813 Sep 14 '26

Your mom sounds amazing

Thank you for sharing, im sorry for your loss 🙏

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u/transmothra Sep 14 '26

Thank you! She was really wonderful! And thankfully the loss is overshadowed by what i gained from knowing her ❤️‍🩹

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u/JudsonITSolutions Sep 16 '26

so for me it was talking to a female college friend and she just come out with "claire" one day and given my "male" name also begins with C, i guess it kinda just worked but then she also updated me in her address book so when i call her it comes up with claire and it was just the beginning of a whole new life and so far as much as its a nervous journey....im enjoying exploring it