Hi Tracy, I tray explain it... (with my bad english :-) )

The Czech rules are equal to Russian rules but are not the same.
In Czech republic you cannot name child anywise (the adviced list has 4885 records). The first name must be equal to sex (not gender):

male    female      english
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Jan     Jana        (John)
Petr    Petra       (Peter)
Zdeněk  Zdeňka      
Martin  Martina     Martin
-       Naomi     
David               David

For first name exists three base rules how get name (sources):
- Only czech (Božena, Jan, Doubravka)
- Assumed (Iveta)
- Foreign (Ruth, Tracy, Naomi).

The middle name cannot be anywise, but must from next "registered" list.

Last name by parents (mother or father). The last name of parents are:
male: Novák
female: Nováková
male/female: Jindrů (it's possible)
The parents don't need have the same last name... examples actors, etc.
male ????: Jarda Pizinger
female singer: Bára Basicová
The childs (maybe all) can have last name Pizinger/Pizingerová or Basic/Basicová.

BUT in RLT I cannot have full female name (Martina Jindrová) because at RLT I have still sex=male in birth certificate, civic pass, passport and driving licence. After SRS I will have sex=female and then I can have full female name.

MartinaJ

>Hi Martina,
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>I'm confused. I have never seen this before (that I can recall). Are names in Czech Republic always gender specific? Here in the U.S. that is not the case, so I find it interesting. What last name do the children get then? If a male's surname is masculine, and the women's lastname is feminine, what about their male and female children? How do surnames get passed on from generation to generation? Or did I totally misunderstand? (It wouldn't be the first time :o)
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>>>But your last name changed, too?
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>>It's juridical condition for RLT. Jindrů is universal last name. The Jindrova, where end-piece "ova" is female end-piece (Slavic rules). I can this end-piece only after operation.
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>>MartinaJ