This is how a John Stevens from Bumfucke becomes Estaban Saint John, who will haughtily correct you that it’s pronounced “Sin Jin. Many gay men I have known use “fake names” publicly that differ from their legal name, and the fake name is always very cosmopolitan, or carries connotations of higher classes or exoticism. Liam is another, but it's also a traditional nickname in the Anglosphere outside of the US. FTM names I’ve compiled some of my favorite masculine names for any FTM or nonbinary person who might need them MORE Abia Ace Aiden Alex Alois Ambrose Andre Angelo Anthony. Also “backwards” nicknames like Xander instead of Alex or Topher instead of Chris. More recently I think the stereotype of using nonstandard spellings as R3 mentions is more accurate. So I actually know a straight Jonathan and a straight Michael, but they’re a generation younger than me. There was also a trend a couple decades ago among some upwardly mobile types to give kids old-fashioned sounding names and not use nicknames. This stereotype is becoming less reliable as younger guys have less hangups and sometimes like old-timey stuff in reaction to their parents. Jonathan is another as seen in this thread. Joined a fraternity in college and ruined all his chances of hotness with a beer belly. He messaged you two years ago on Tinder as if he’d never seen you before in his life. Mike, Bill and Steve are straight, Michael, William and Stephen are GaygayGAY. You stared at the back of his head longingly all throughout high school. Full, complete first names are the well-known and rather tired old stereotype.
