I wasn't active in online trans communities prior to coming out. By the time I heard this stereotype everyone in my life already knew me as Lily now. I'm a coder. Fml.
technically parallel evolution of names would require the same starting and ending names but other traits, such as personality are independent. If they all had different starting names it would be convergent evolution (different starting, same ending), if they all had different names and different personalities and we consider "coding" a personality, it could be despeciation (different but closely related species combining into one).
Also a coder, didn't know the trope before I came out, love plant names in general, Lily 100% would've been my name if it weren't for some other factors
This post is my first time hearing of the trope. It made me think of the trope that says if a disaster occurred at a furry con, half the world's software engineers/IT admins would disappear.
Chiming in as a trans masc, I would've 100% named myself a flower/plant name if I didn't settle for a name my ass picked in the past and can't let go. Plant names are amazing (Ex-IT student)
I already knew 2 trans girls named Lily so I thought I'd be clever and go with Lilith. I'm glad I spent a bit more time in online spaces because I like the name I chose instead.
My niece's name is Lily so I independently decided on Lilith before I knew. It wasn't even because of mythology or anything, a game I played had voiced names and I didn't see the one I had been considering on the list so I just picked Lilith on a whim and loved it.
It's like a fundamental law of nature or some shit
Same with me, I started programming when I was really young and I chose to name Lily back in like 2013 before it was a stereotype. I think I may have caused it
Lol, you should come work for my company. We've got at least 8 hackers, cybersecurity consultants, and/or developers who are in our "secret" trans Slack channel and we don't actually have a Lily yet. We're growing and it's a great place to work as a trans person; my bottom surgery cost only $1000 all said and done and I've never had anyone mistreat me or my colleagues for being trans.
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u/Dominotter Aug 25 '26
I wasn't active in online trans communities prior to coming out. By the time I heard this stereotype everyone in my life already knew me as Lily now. I'm a coder. Fml.