So, I've experienced this for a lot of my life. There's just this sometimes-strong-sometimes-vague feeling that *I have the wrong name!* Some of this could certainly be based on my having been adopted.

I coined the term "transnomia" (though some jerks are trying to misuse it for something else), because I feel like it relates to an experience something like gender dysphoria. I have known other people that have this same experience, and rather than gender-confirmation surgery, they get their name legally changed. But that doesn't fix it for long.

So, adopting additional nicknames, varying the spelling of your name, switching to a middle name, anything like that-- just because something about your name feels uncomfortable.

Anyone?