My given name started with J, and I wanted a name that if I scribbled my name it would look like my old one. It went From Julie to Juliette so people I worked with would STOP ASKING if they could call me Jules.
@pseudonymjones.bsky.socialMy old name started with the letter M so when I was a kid “pretending” to be a girl on the internet I started just using the initial M, which became Em, and then Emma.