Why do some transgender people keep their old names?

[Anonymous]

I've seen male to female transgenders who are still called Robert and everyone still calls them Rob and female to male transgenders who keep their girl name.

[Teyfet]

There's no way to know without asking the person, because reason vary from family (pressure) to the expense of changing it to not wanting to fully let go of the past to not wanting to be defined by a single gender...

I'd think that a woman with the name Robert would want to go by Bobbi (or Bobbie), though, because the pronunciation applies to both women & men (Bobby). And if she ever wanted to change her name, Roberta would be the most logical choice.

[KeiaYamada]

Some people just like it, despite being typically associated with a gender they don't identify as. Some parents name their kids as opposite gender names, such as a girl called Darryl, so don't see why trans people can't keep their old name if they feel that connected to it.

[boggboss]

Surly that should be somthing u ask them no?

[Asker]

I didn't ask you directly you're the one who chose to answer this question

[boggboss]

No u asked the question i chose to answer simple stuff no

[Asker]

then why did you chose to answer this question if you don't have a useful answer?

[boggboss]

Because I felt it was one only the people in question could actully know the answer no?

[Asker]

You're not the only dude in this website. There might be some transgenders here or other people who are more familiar with this topic who are willing to give proper answers

[boggboss]

Again get that but nobody seemed to care ti answer so I felt I should if u ain't happy with the answer thats fine

[Asker]

You answered my post like 5 minutes after posting it how many people do you expect to answer in 5 min ffs? I don't need a bunch of people on my comments I just need a useful one to answer my question

[boggboss]

Most questions get most there answers as they are dropped again if your not happy with the answer that is fine just leave it at that im not sure why your so aggro on something that was a answer at the end off the day

[Asker]

Because it was USELESS!

[boggboss]

No you believed it to be useless was it a answer yes if u did what I said would u have the answer yes so why are u acting like a child lol

[Cicero79]

Who gives a fuck?

[Asker]

well, I do

[harry7825]

Are you a trans

[Asker]

So you're answering my question by asking another question...

[Anonymous]

Because they are mentally ill.