As for the second point, that's untrue. Thor was both Thor and the God of Thunder long before he got Mjolnir. We see this multiple times with young Thor in Thor: God of Thunder. He has all of his powers save for flight before he has the hammer. In addition, Thor is not a title. It's his name, given to him from birth. It's like if Bucky or Sam started calling themselves Steve Rogers. Very different from calling themselves Captain America. And I've seen no evidence he's stopped being the God of Thunder at any point.
The name handoff was not in character nor made much sense, in my opinion. Accepting her as the new weilder of Mjolnir, okay. Saying she's Thor? Whaaat?
initially Odin took Thor's powers away and more or less tied them to the hammer. While Thor no longer needs the hammer to be himself, it still holds both some of his power and the brand recognition. And not just with others. With Thor himself. He knows he is a warrior and such even without the hammer, but he doesnt feel worthy of his own legacy without it. And he considers the name Thor to be his name AND the legacy. He sees thor as his Captain America AND his Steve Rogers.
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