Is He Trans? Or Am I Just Overthinking This?

It's a possibility. Best to see if the kid comes out later, though.

 

My sister refused to play with girls toys and wear anything pink till the age of 10, she is now definitely not trans and loves all things girly, so although it is a very slight possibility i would wait a while.

 

He may or may not be trans! At this stage that's not that important. At that age life is about exploring the world and having fun.
If he is trans he'll have a great support and inspiration in you. If he is cis he'll be accepting of people that are different from him, because of you.
Either way, you'll be there for him, that's the important thing.

 

It can be hard to tell at this age....even though some people do know as young as four, other kids only say they want to be the opposite sex because they like girly/boyish things.

 

I think you're reading too much into it, he's four. He probably also wants to be a dinosaur when he grows up, yeah? *Chuckles*
And who says barbies are for girls and trucks are for boys? We, as a society, attach too many labels...even to the point of dictating that girls are SUPPOSED to like dolls and makeup and all boys must like contact sports and monster trucks. Kids are going to like what they like and people are going to love who they love...

 

I think he's too young to understand what being a girl and what being a boy means at this point. If he's not experiencing any distress over his body, I wouldn't worry about it. Girls are more frequently given the freedom to express emotion, wear dresses, paint their nails, have long hair, like pink and purple, have whatever toys they want regardless of whether they're for boys or girls…there are numerous reasons why he might want to be a girl at age 4. Plus, kids at that age are imaginative and want to try everything. Like Gideon said, he probably wants to be a dinosaur too. Even if he did want to be called a girls' name, he could easily grow out of it with time…I used to want to be called Lizzie after Lizzie McGuire when I was around the same age. You're overthinking it.

 

When I was his age I didn't get that boys and girls were different. I didn't understand having different bodies and repeatedly asked my mother how do you tell the difference between a boy and girl and could you be wrong about someone's gender. I'm not trans but wanted to be a boy occasionally so I could play with boy toys be on boy sports teams and my best friends were boys.

 

Could be trans, could be gay, could just be open-minded, like what you like, or any number of things.

 

Yeah, pretty much what everyone else said