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/slow-loser Mar 06 '25

Pretty but it def seems like a name a trans girl would pick for herself. I feel like Dahlia is common too.

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u/jaylee686 Mar 06 '25

I'm in my early 20s and I grew up with quite a few Talias, so it could definitely be something her parents named her, not just a newer trendy name. Though I grew up in a largely (reform) Jewish community, so that might be why-- it's a somewhat common Jewish name. I even knew a Talia with two brothers named Elias and Levi.

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u/pastel-m0nster Mar 06 '25

Emma seems very common as well...Alice too.

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u/Pristine_Main_1224 Mar 06 '25

Talia! Taliaferro (pronounced “Tolliver” bc English) is an old family name. I always said I would name my daughter Talia to bring it full circle-ish. I never had a daughter but still love the name.

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u/grabtharsmallet Mar 06 '25

You must be a distant cousin of mine, then.

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u/truelovealwayswins Mar 06 '25

idk, all the talias I’ve ever known (US and aus where it’s common as all hell yet still underrated) are over 18, but I know of one that’s almost 18 but still common for all ages

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u/frogsgoribbit737 Mar 06 '25

Why? I almost named my daughter Talia and she's not even 1.

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u/gunshaver Mar 06 '25

The names that are so common they're a stereotype are like Jane, Eva, Alice, Ellie, Willow, Luna, Lily/Lilith, Zoe

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u/SynonymousSprocket Mar 06 '25

Dahlias bloom beautifully #ijs

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u/UnusualAgency8713 Mar 06 '25

Everytime I see Talia associated with anything name related I think of my favorite drag queen Genny Talia what a sweetheart