They are words that command a certain degree of power.
They contain a sense of our identity and maybe a bit of our personality.
I am trans as many who read this will know, so names are even more important.
My birth name was and is I guess, Edward Terence Mawer.
Edward meaning Wealthy Guard.
Terence meaning Uncertain.
Strange eh?
The name I have chosen for myself is Terran Leslie Edwards, somewhat of an evolution of my birth name.
Terran meaning Of Earth. Even know I tend to go by Terra, which means Earth.
Leslie meaning Holly Garden.
Weird eh.
But I think a name is meant to be something that fits, like a tailor made suit. It is meant to be something we are comfortable in.
Why am I talking about this? Well, I have slowly been coming out to mum.
I need to discuss getting my name changed. I am going to change it to something utterly neutral to be honest. That included my Title. Most likely going to change it to Mx, why because I am female, but bits of me are well odd. So becoming a fully neutral named and titled person feels like the logical step for me right now.
Fingers crossed I can get it sorted with mum and then go and get my Statutory Declaration done by the end of this month. Because it is an important step and one I want to do as soon as I can.
Lets hope in the next 3 weeks it can be done....
