This is a term that the transgender community uses for the name they used before coming out, before transition, and before the world knew them as their authentic selves. This is one of the hardest things for parents of transgender kiddos to accept. Not only the fact that their kiddo isn't the gender they thought they were but also that the kiddo no longer wants to use the name you as the parent chose for your baby. And now your kiddo wants a new name of their choosing which you might hate (I don't) and... The name you chose is called a "dead name".
Dead Names
Dead Names
Dead Names
This is a term that the transgender community uses for the name they used before coming out, before transition, and before the world knew them as their authentic selves. This is one of the hardest things for parents of transgender kiddos to accept. Not only the fact that their kiddo isn't the gender they thought they were but also that the kiddo no longer wants to use the name you as the parent chose for your baby. And now your kiddo wants a new name of their choosing which you might hate (I don't) and... The name you chose is called a "dead name".