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[joy_of_cooking]

Fill in the blank?

Hi. My parents named me Mary Grace. I used to be a perky blonde cheerleader, all skirts and sweater sets and crucifixes. Then I went to college in the big city and succumbed to the temptations of loose women and kinky sex. Now I wore a lot of denim and plaid, cleaned a barbell more often than the kitchen, and went by ____ socially.

On the bright side, I still hadn't let any horny boys put their you-know-what up my you-know-where. My parents weren't as proud of that as they promised they'd be. We didn't talk much any more.

I'm looking for the kind of name a woman might adopt as part of her transition to a butch lesbian persona.

Given that she might have to pick it relatively early, bonus points if it's a name that would read more strongly as butch to Mary Grace than to people more familiar with lesbian culture.

I was thinking Ellen? After Degeneres, who I imagine would have been known to Mary Grace, and would have been shockingly masculine by the norms of wherever she grew up, but who I think is not considered that butch-y by the standards of, say, New York.

(Yes, I will get this sensitivity-read before I submit it.)

 

[Voboy]

Jo.

 

[joy_of_cooking]

Jo.

From Little Women?

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

Meg. Mary Grace -> MG -> Meg ->(?) Mac

 

[Sinstories]

Meg. Mary Grace -> MG -> Meg ->(?) Mac

Thinking similar.... Marge

 

[Voboy]

From Little Women?

No?

Just seemed like a butchy name to me.

 

[alohadave]

Marcy

 

[Rob_Royale]

Something Norse like Freya or Ingrid.

 

[ronde]

I would make it a name close enough to Mary Grace that she would respond if she heard her original name from one who knew her before. I like "Margo" or maybe "Margra". Both are masculine enough to fit her new life, but still somewhat feminine.

 

[Lifestyle66]

Maxine, or Max.

 

[stonedinstilletos]

Mags
Rose (Rosie the riveter… just popped into my head when I was thinking of somethign other than my first choice, Max, which someone already offered as a suggestion)
Emm - Gee (MG her initials).

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

Morgan

 

[StillStunned]

Mal

 

[CalebZhass]

Could be Rosary as a jest/nickname that stuck with her from her religious days after the prayer beads she likely carried with her. Nowadays it could be shortened to Rose, Rosie.

 

[AchtungNight]

The butch girls in the Reptiles biker gang are Gecko, Skink, and Racer. This chick of yours can easily be one of them if you want.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Androgynous names like Leslie or Pat might be a good option. The line between "butch lesbian" and "transgender man" is sometimes quite blurry, and a young butch who's still figuring it out might want to keep the options open.

 

[NoTalentHack]

No?

Just seemed like a butchy name to me.

Honestly, I thought you were going for a Mary/Joseph thing there, and I thought it was brilliant.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

MG, like the car.
Could then extend to Margo(t).

Mags or Mars could also work. Mace, Macey?

 

[SimonDoom]

I kind of like the idea of "MG" above. It's short for Mary Grace, but could stand as its own distinctive, androgynous name in its own right.

 

[yowser]

Ripper

 

[TheRedChamber]

Em Gee. Mags.

Mags
Rose (Rosie the riveter… just popped into my head when I was thinking of somethign other than my first choice, Max, which someone already offered as a suggestion)
Emm - Gee (MG her initials).

EDIT: Totally hadn't seen this when I commented just now.

 

[Bamagan]

Johnsm###
</sarc>

 

[jhealy55]

First thought was Margo/Margeaux as was suggested above.

Marge doesn't sound particularly girly, but it also evokes a kind of retro behind the counter of a greasy spoon vibe for me

Maybe 'Em'? Kind of neutral and a safe jumping off point depending upon where the character is heading next.

 

[jaF0]

Mickey.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Hey, you, that's my wife's name. Well, nickname, she used to be Josephine. Actually, she's still Josephine, but you shouldn't call her that or she might kick your ass. Did I mention she's a tomboy, dyke bitch?

Jo.