• Drewmeister@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Disclaimer, I am cis.

    Friend 1 chose a name, but later switched to a variation of her middle name.

    Friend 2 chose a masc name when they were first experimenting with their new identity. Switched between they/he/they over about 6 mo. Finally seems to have settled on a gender neutral name and pronouns.

    Friend 3 chose a variation of their given name and then eventually a different name entirely.

    Friend 4 I didn’t know until after he was already comfortable in his identity. He uses a variation of his given name.

    Coworker 1 uses a word that isnt traditionally a name.

    All that to say, from what I’ve seen there’s a lot of options, and none of them are wrong. You might find that your initial choice doesn’t fit quite right, and it’s okay to experiment.