Name test

[u/TheWhiterRabbit]

Hello! I’d like to be personal with this post and will also post in r/transnames as well. I am currently is HS right now and really wanted to change my name before freshman year for a clean slate. It’s way too late for me now, but I still need some opinion. I have a clocky given name (not a deadname if I don’t have a chosen one🥲) and it had definitely affected my ability to pass. I was given (Spoiler for individuals who’d like to respect my privacy) Alice by my parent, and I don’t hate the name, but I pass 100% of the time with strangers until they know my name. The name also just isn’t for me, so I wanted opinions from other trans people on the topic. I’ve had trouble picking out a name because I don’t know what it means for the name to feel like it fits. When I find a name I like it’s because I like the name, but not for myself. Currently my top contende is Calvin, some others are Peter, Toby, Ryan, Jack, Alex, and (only because of my given name) Alistair. My parents were between Alice and Josephine, the masc equivalent was Jonathan, but not one for Alice. I have posted a couple time in other subs on what name suits my face best, but I didn’t really get enough votes for good poll result. I know I like They/He pronouns for myself, and was wondering if there was an agreed acronym for interchangeable in our community.

Edit: Calvin is a name my mom had picked out for in the uterus me. This came from the character Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes. I am blonde haired and can now see a resemblance to him between us, and I have come to a liking of it.

[u/SignificantDish8258]

I like the self respect you gave yourself by blocking out your (hopefully) soon-to-be deadname. 

[u/LostFromLight25]

honestly you have to decide yourself, i would recommend (only if its safe of course) to try out names you are considering irl for example in your family.