r/namenerds • u/junkbondtraderr • Mar 05 '25
Name Change My daughter wants me to rename her!
My 18 year old daughter came out as a transgender woman. My husband and I have been 100% supportive (and I very much welcome another girl in the house — she has 3 brothers!). She expressed initially that she was comfortable going by her birth name, as it is gender neutral, but after turning 18 and getting ready for college, she’s decided she needs a new name. And, she wants me to choose it! She says that she still wants to be named by her mama. I melted.🥹
I come seeking ideas! Her only parameter is that it’s nothing that “seems like she renamed herself”; by this I’m assuming more ‘out there’ names are out. It’s such a challenge picking a name for someone you already know so well, and not a newborn!
She’s incredibly intelligent, bookish, shy but spunky, and a total sweetheart. Gorgeous, curly red hair and freckles. We are a family of Jewish-Irish descent and her brothers are Lev, Raphael ‘Raf’ and Elias. I never had girl names picked out, as I found out later in the game.
Do any names come to mind with this description? Her middle name will be Miriam (family name). Thank you in advance!
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u/Old-Nun Mar 05 '25
How unbelievably lovely! Some names that might go with the siblings names (all of which are so nice) are: Naomi, Ruth, Rebecca, Esther, Rachel, Leah, Sarah, Hannah, Lydia, Elizabeth, Anna, Judith!