open question to my #trans fedizens, if it's not too personal: how did you choose your name?

[peachfiend@mastodon.sdf.org]

open question to my #trans fedizens, if it's not too personal: how did you choose your name?
like, is it a name you'd always loved? is it a twist on your deadname? does it "just speak to you?" was it referenced in Mambo No. 5? did you choose it or did someone you love help?

[xorlou@lgbtqia.space]

@peachfiend Phonetically similar to my deadname (which doesn't really have a feminine variant), I picked it out a list of 100 most common names in the decade I was born. I'm not 100% sure I will keep it but I haven't found anything else I like more yet.