I just felt more connected to the specific name, tried it out and stuck with it since I was 12. Had some names before that and they didnt feel right. Its from a mobile korean dating & messaging app lol

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Sometimes people fucked up my dead name and accidentally called me a gender affirming name so I picked that one z🤷‍♀️

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like i want others to see me as bright and i want to be described as someone who lights up a room, also helps that i got the idea from the video game character whl made me realize i was trans

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I kinda just liked mine, it simply just... sounded right

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Mine’s a bit of both? I picked it from a 2000s college romcom gangster movie because I loved the type of guy the main character was and I wanted to be just like him. Also the name sounded cool

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i just always liked the name, and it seemed to fit for me. a lot of people think i was born with that name bc it fits so well

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I picked mine because someone said “you look like a _____” and I felt like a gong went off in my soul. And then I realized that I know an equal number of masc and fem people with the name, and some nonbinary people too.

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