iamnuff
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The character is a self-righteous asshole. He's always been presented as a self-righteous asshole. He steadfastly refuses to refer to people by the names they've adopted, believing that their legal birth name is the only one that counts. He believes that his opinion on every subject is the only one that matters, including his opinion on who someone is and the correct way to address them.
I think the legal name thing is just a refusal to play along with super-villains attempts to sound cool.
It's a way to try to deflate their swollen heads.
He still uses superhero names in the field, he just doesn't bother for villains, because everybody already knows who they are.