1d ago

What are some good masculine names that would match my vibe?

Hello.

So, I’m kind of a late bloomer trans dude. Though I was 15 when I started to experience dysphoria and such, I spent all of highschool in “girlmode” and graduated a woman.

I used to, as a nickname even IRL, go by my former online name “Angelica”. However, Angelica isn’t a very masculine name and you won’t get very “manly” vibes from it. I’m looking for stuff maybe similar to Angelica or fit my vibe of “cutesy”, “femboy”, etc. Maybe names that symbolize kindness or good/light.

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Go with Angel, buy a leather jacket
- plus, it's a great show.
  except for who made it
I knew a guy that went by the name Seraph
I’ll go with Angelo, Angel for short! :)
Angel/Angelo are some really low hanging fruit.
There's archangel names. Gabriel is a kinda twinky old fashioned man name and you can go by Gabe when you really need to hammer in the man aspect. Michael is so generic it hurts, a Mike could be any kind of guy. And if you wanted to make it extra you could make it Michaelangelo, who was a queer icon. Raphael is also on the list and doesn't have much more to say about it. Uriel if you want a really trans name, but it may not always be read as masc.
You could also go for saint names.
Remember any name you take can and will be used against you in the hiring process, so names that are read as normal for a cis guy in your culture may be beneficial. Nobody ever had their resume thrown out for being named Mike.
- That’s great advice. And worded far better than I could have.
  
  Yeah a lot of trans people go for really cool names and that's awesome but when you choose your own name it's wise to remember the advice given to parents about their kids' names. Yeah it's badass and hilarious if a woman names herself Ebony Darkness Dementia Raven Way (no relation of course), or Margaret Killjoy, but Ms Killjoy is able to get away with it because she's an anarchist theorist and entertainer. A trans guy naming himself Lucifer Eveningstar is going to really struggle to get jobs. Hell, making a conscious choice about names that are read as "ethnic" is also valuable. Like, it's not my place as a white lady, but I have a very normal female name and a male dominated career and women in my career talk about whether or not you should use an androgynous nickname on your resume (you get more interviews but they're with people who wouldn't have given you an interview if they knew you're a woman).
  If OP looks like he's anglo or germanic, the name Angel/Angelo will likely occasionally get him questions on if he's Italian or Latino if he ever passes for cis. If he takes the name Uriel people will think that that's odd (but I've met a cis dude named Zebulon so it's not like weird names are auto clocking). Gabriel could easily just be a name his parents liked or a grandpa or something, it's uncommon but normal (where I'm from). Michaelangelo is very easy to brush away by professionally going by Mike and people will assume his parents are art lovers.
I’m from a very Italian neighborhood. Angelo is a common name, if you’re feeling a bit ethnic and don’t want to stray too far from what you grew up with. Plus you’d get to learn all the hand gestures.
- Came here to say Angelo.
Hmm... Masculine.
Mustafa the Brute.
Hmm... Cutesy femboy.
Mustafa the Fabulous Twink Brute.
one of the advanced search options on Behind the Name is "community impression." you can also search by language of origin, languages that commonly use it currently, etc, and, of course, by gender. I picked five and polled my friends and there was a clear winner.
I mean, Angel can be a man's name. Ask David Boreanez. It's close to what you had if you dig that, and fits the described vibe imo.
- Why not Angelo?
  
  Because I like the vampire show.
  
  On the other hand, I just remembered Angelo from Dragon Quest 8 (<3), so my selfish need for OP to choose a name related to something I like is still satisfied with that.
Glad to see you like Angelo, was going to add I feel like I've seen the name Angel used in movies on lots of gangsters. Idk it just doesn't give fem vibes personally.
- Here's Angel the drag queen from Rent:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBo9L82LXf4
  granted the movie version is a ways less potent than the stage musical you get the idea
Andrew
Ive always liked Andy. Litterally means masculine but has never felt heavy handed. Also while manly men it is also an accepted unisex name
Andrew, Andreas, Anders, Angelo, Angron, Angulochron the Girthuprex.
If you happen to be Latino, perhaps "Angel" pronounced like "ahn-hel"?
Maurice tends to have connotations of effeminacy.
Perhaps a gender-neutral name like Sam or Alex would work. Hilary is also technically unisex, even though you won't find many men named Hilary nowadays.
Francis is a masculine name that in most modern English dialects is pronounced the same as the feminine form, Frances. Francisco might also work if you want to be more clear it's a masculine name; Francisco also calls to mind an expensive city in California with a very prominent queer community, and you can always shorten it to Francis.

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