#naming yourself

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Hello, love! Congratulations on your discovery!

So it really depends on what you mean but “inspired by”. There’s nothing wrong with picking a name that is similar to or associated with a deities name. What’s seen as disrespectful is taking the name directly.

From when I was in my early teens to my late teens all my closest friends called me Kai. But the name was given to me by my abuser, from the incredibly toxic and damaging ‘friendship’ I had for my entire adolescence and into my mid-20s. I abandoned the name completely until very recently because of that association. For a long time, that name felt like the essence of my own immaturity, when I didn’t know how to look after my own emotions and protect myself from harmful people. But I liked being called it. So maybe instead, Kai is my true name, and my abuser knew it and had that’s why he had power over me, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t belong to me, even though I use another name in my daily life. And recently I told the person I trust most, my partner, and he always calls me Kai now and my name feels safe with him. Whatever I might go on to call myself, change my name legally if I choose that as part of a transition, Kai will always be my name.