Hello lads, hope everyone's doing well. I'm working on a new story idea and I need some advice. It's going to be a trap/femboi story and I need a name for the protagonist. What good, girly names can you think of? It's set some time in the 50s-70s in Britain, so nothing too recent or American. I was going to go for Victor/Vic/Vicky, but I'm not so sure... What sort of name is good for a femboi? What sort of name would all you red-blodded not-gays be OK reading about? Any suggestions?
Charlie. Short for Charles, but it can be feminine, and it's old enough. I honestly can't think of any more. You've got yourself a challenging dilemma indeed.
Sam can be a good one, since girls called Samantha often shorten it Jackie, as a long-standing nickname if is his name is Jack, same with Chrissie for Chris. Both sound feminine but are things a boy could be called Looking forward to your story anyway! I'm always happy to see other authors writing femboi content on this site!
James>Jane Elliot>Ellis John>Joan You could also go directly for a unisex name like Blair or Jessie If you are going for a transformation/conflicted route you could start from a nickname instead of his actual name, because nicknames are something that others force on you. Let's say he has a normal name like Jack but people start calling him Little Jack (because his father is also called jack, because of his low stature... or his tiny dick if you have such refined tastes) Then people start's calling him directly Little and then Lil'. He doesn't mind at first, it seemed like something inoffensive, but then he get's more and more conflicted. People call him Lil, he wants to be called by his original super macho name.... Eventually that Lil becomes a Lily. Anyway, I'm sure you will do a great job as always.
And you can always make it customizable so readers can pick their personal faves. I also think it's fine to go from any first name to any different name as a sissy. Just what ever sounds sexy to you.
Some common-ish or traditional American/English names that can hit the right note: Sam/Sammy as short for Samuel or Samantha Chris/Chrissy as short for Christopher and Christine Jordan as itself is fine Alex as short for Alexandra or Alexander Max/Maxy as short for Maxwell/Maximilian or Maxine Jack/Jackie as itself or short for Jacqueline or uh, John, for whatever reason Nick/Nicky as short for Nicole or Nicholas Mike/Mickey as short for Michael or Michaela Jamie/Jaime as itself or short for James Vic/Vick/Vicky as short for Victoria/Victor Sky/Skylar as itself is fairly ambiguous ... That's as many as come to mind at the moment. You can also just make up names or find more unusual names that are fairly ambiguous since they are uncommon. Edit: Charlie as short for Charles or Charlene Morgan is ambiguous Pat/Patty as short for Patrick or Patricia Mel as short for Melvin or Melanie Shawny can be feminized from Sean, as a nickname for Seana Kyle was once ambiguous, though it's pretty strongly male these days. Leslie is similar, except has become pretty strongly female instead. Edit: Cam/Cammy as short for Cameron, which is itself ambiguous Dana is ambiguous Shannon is somewhat ambiguous, leaning female Nat, as short for Natalie or Nathan Wendy, feminized from Wendell Aaron and Erin are phonetically (almost?) identical, for what it's worth, with the former being typically make and the latter female. Mason is fairly ambiguous Danny as short for Daniel or Danielle Blake is ambiguous, leaning a bit male Ty as short for Tyler, which leans male but is ambiguous.
https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/decades/ Top 200 popular baby names listed by decade. Helpful for avoiding anachronistic naming
Bobby could be masculine or feminine... From the trap perspective I was thinking of the acronym BOB: Battery Operated Boyfriend (an occasionally-used slang term for a vibrator).
your initial idea was, in my opinion, the best. taking a very traditionally "male" name and altering it (truncating, extending, or otherwise modifying) into a traditional "female" name allows the narrative changes (especially by the character) to play off of and develop embrace her/his/its/Qs 'assigned gender' as opposed to (or in conjunction with) the 'choice gender'
