In Austria names are bound to your sex. I could change it to a unisex but not a female one, at least yet. And if I did that, I would also have to pay around 500€, so not a small fee.
But when I change my legal sex to female, I can then say that my old name doesn’t fit my sex and thus have a proper reason to change it and with that I have to only pay a minimal fee.
All of this stuff is not based on any laws but court rulings, which is why this process is so convoluted.
