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Gahh; I can relate somewhat. "Adrian" is apparently straight-up androgynous. Still, I thought "Ayd-ryan" sounded masculine enough, but lo and behold some people even spell it "Adrianne" when I tell them x:

But maybe you can adjust it to a related name from the same family; such as Bryn [one N is "manly", of course], Brenn, Brendon [alt. Brendan], Brenyn [alt. Brennan], Brett, or Brian [alt. Bryon, Bryan]........
I googled it myself because I though "Brynn" sounded pretty masculine....but maybe it's some Welsh/Irish/Gaelic thing where double-n endings are somehow femme or androygnous at least. @_@

or stick with a "girl's name" so you can beat up some space marines for saying it's girly and then steal a giant robot and join the space rebels.........a la Zeta Gundam. :3

If I weren't using my name (Kyle) for three years already even I would change it because of the constant girl-named-Kyle (not the singer, lol) jokes and implications. At least I still usually "boy Kyle" when there was an obviously female Kyle around. But it's much more neutral than I thought it was.

Honestly I have only met female Brynns. I've only met two, but yeah, no guys. Maybe it's a regional thing? I feel as long as your comfortable with your name or changing it slightly that's what matters more than what it really is. Case-in-point was when I changed from Kail to Kyle (both pronounced the same) because Kail kept getting spelled wrong and I guess is mostly used with girls.

EDIT: Oh and I meant to say Adrian's suggestion is really good. (JM you're still going by Adrian, yes?)

...This is news to me. I was not aware "Kyle" was an androgynous name. I've never heard of any girl Kyles.

I actually chose my name because I thought it was androgynous. I liked having room to explore my gender identity. And at this point, it's good because once I change my name legally, it'll give me more room to not out myself. Such as if people *wince* read me as female. Or if they read me as male. It kinda works both ways. Or I thought it did. Until I discovered it's mostly a girl's name. Argh.


I've come across a couple female Brynns online. Someone who struck up a conversation at the bus stop early in the morning a week or so ago mentioned he had an uncle or something by the name of Brynn when I told him my name (my preferred name, anyway). So yeah.

I don't think changing your name is going to save anyone from having others change it constantly on you. In my experience many people change your name to whatever they feel like it should be based on either their ability to spell it, what it sounds like to them (like over the phone without you spelling it out) or if in person what they perceive your gender as. Like if I meet someone for the first time and I don't like male enough for them I usually find myself becoming a Jacklyn instead of Jack. I don't think it's just a trans issue. I've got friends who are constantly being renamed in ways like Bob to Robert, Diane to Diana, Cheryl to Cherie, Kirsten (pronounced "shers-ten") to Kristen ("chris-ten"). So like others above said if you find a name you like and your comfortable with it then keep it because people will do whatever they want with it anyway. So don't sweat it.

I looked up Brynn in a baby-name book I have and the sole entry was under Welsh male for "from the hill".

Damen means lady in german.

pisses me off.

I found it out after I changed it.

it's my legal name...

but I still like it....

I would have named myself Kade, but my whole family has D.L. initials.

I know the problem. It turns out that Lawrence isn't a normal enough name in movies for people in norway to have heard it. So when I tell people my name, they screw up both spelling and the name alot. Lauren, Laurence and whatnot weirdness they come up with. I should proboably have gone with a boring norwegian name. Tor, Petter, Håkon, or something. -_- But I like the name I chose for myself... maybe what I need is to move to the states.

I can somewhat understand..there were a lot of names that I liked that I wanted some of them sounded femme so I didn't pick them I chose Garth as my name the only thing that pisses me off is that people think of Garth Brooks the country singer, I thought of Garth Nix the author when I picked it out...but yeah anyway I actually know a guy named Brynn that I met on my Japan trip