Do you ever regret the name you settled on?

So, my name is definitely not a name that's common for trans men to pick; it's not common for cis men in my country either (it is common in the country/language it's from tho). Not gonna say it here bc it's rare to the point that if someone knew it, they might identify who I am lol.

I love my name, don't get me wrong. But it's also the same as that of a famous person who I'm not really a fan of. When people hear my name, several times so far I've gotten "oh, like that famous person??" And I'm always like oh haha yeah, not really but sure...and it's always awkward as fuck 😂 I did recently have a good interaction with a cis guy who also had the name, and was excited that I picked it, which kinda makes up for the awkward comparisons.

I picked it bc I had originally picked a more gender neutral version of it, but turns out that version is mostly a girl's name here. So I updated to the 100% male version.

As for other names, I really like the name Dane too. But honestly I probably would've had an issue with people mis-hearing me and saying "Dean" instead. So, eh.

I'm just glad to now legally have a name that's male!