So, I’m a transitioning ftm, and I need some advice. I thought, what better place to come to, than a baby naming website. I’m looking for some suggestions for a new name: unofficial, but for personal use with close friends and relatives for now.
My birth name is double barrel - [name_f]Emma[/name_f]-[name_f]Louise[/name_f] - and I’d guess the most obvious synonym would be [name_m]Emmanuel[/name_m]. I love [name_m]Emmanuel[/name_m], but it’s top long, especially for my last name - [name_u]Ellis[/name_u].
Can anyone help? It doesn’t need to start with an ‘E’, but I’d love something that fits in, somewhat, with my last name, and that is approved by my parents.
Ohhh that is so sweet to me that you want the name to have the approval of your parents. [name_f]Emma[/name_f]-[name_f]Louise[/name_f] sounds like the name of a baby born today! Did your parents have an unused boy name that you think could work? My parents never got to use their boy name, [name_m]Ian[/name_m], and I always thought that it was a great name. Or picking a double barrel name would be a nice way of connecting too.
I think [name_m]Emmanuel[/name_m] works, but other options that do not deviate far from your birth name are [name_m]Eamon[/name_m] or [name_m]Ewan[/name_m], or [name_u]Evan[/name_u].
It would be interesting to look at the top 500 baby names the year you were born for ideas. Although of course there are always outliers. I recently met a man in his 60s named [name_m]Grayson[/name_m] so you never know. But I would be surprised to meet a 35-year-old [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] (in the US anyway) or a 15-year-old [name_u]Gary[/name_u].
What about [name_m]Elijah[/name_m] or [name_u]Everett[/name_u]?
[name_f]Emma[/name_f]-[name_f]Louise[/name_f] has a bit of a classic feel so your parents might be more into traditional names.
[name_u]Theo[/name_u]
[name_m]Charles[/name_m]/[name_u]Charlie[/name_u]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_m]Jacob[/name_m]/[name_m]Jake[/name_m]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
I second [name_u]Emmett[/name_u] and [name_u]Evan[/name_u]! There’s also [name_u]Everett[/name_u], [name_m]Leo[/name_m], [name_m]Leon[/name_m], and [name_u]Emerson[/name_u] that are similar-ish names while sounding good with your last name. Congratulations, btw! Sending you lots of good wishes as you go through this process.
My very first thought was [name_m]Evander[/name_m]. It has the E beginning, but shares a similar meaning with [name_f]Louise[/name_f]. You could shorten it to [name_u]Evan[/name_u] or [name_u]Ever[/name_u], which are both cool.