TheFirstPoppyBro
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Or because he was always called Eggman in Japan and Robotnik was his American name up until then.Well, you are technically OK by doing that since Ivo Robotnik is his birth name.
Eggman is a name Sonic came up with for him that he started using himself, probably as a means of trying to make Sonic feel less accomplished by calling him that (though now Sonic has taken to calling him "Baldy McNosehair"). And this next bit is just me speculating, but he truly started calling himself "Eggman" as of Sonic Adventure 2 since in Sonic Adventure 1 he's still all "NO, I AM DOCTOR ROBOTNIK!" Then in 2 he's like "I am Dr Eggman"... though I speculate that since... well, that's when his plan was to shoot his way into a military base, steal top secret military research and eventually hijack an abandoned military space station and use it's power to hold the planet at gunpoint... I'd probably consider an alias too with a plan like that... and what better alias than the one your arch rival came up with, especially since it doubles as a means to make Sonic feel less accomplished for coming up with it.
Ahh the memories of that scene. Perfect way to kick off an evil plan.
Robotnik or Eggman, both are technically correct. Especially since even with the name "Eggman" floating around, the rest of his family are still "Robotniks", whether they be Gerald Robotnik or Maria Robotnik.
But your way works too, I guess.