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It's kind of a problem. I knew a Chinese girl who chose the English name "Squirrel." When I told her it wasn't a real name, she didn't quite understand.

caf 10y ago
I dunno, that's definitely on the verge of working as a name. You can certainly imagine that as a nickname.
- blowski 10y ago
  Yep - Douglas Squirrel (http://douglassquirrel.com/ http://douglassquirrel.com/) is a guy in London who does a lot of work with startups, and he is mostly known just as 'Squirrel'. Really cool guy, by the way, if you get the chance to talk to him at a meetup.
- 317070 10y ago
  Well, my SO calls me that as a nickname. I have ginger hair and I am kind of impulsive. That and a squirrel came eating out of my hand one of the first times we met.
- mikeash 10y ago
  A search on dobsearch.com turns up quite a few people named Squirrel. It's far from common, but it exists.
jawilson2 10y ago
If there are guys named River, Forrest, Leaf, and girls named Rainbow and Sunshine, then Squirrel isn't that far off the mark.
- lorenzhs 10y ago
  There are also girls named River, like River Song (Melody Pond) and River Tam, or--more seriously-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_(disambiguation)#Given_name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_(disambiguation)#Given_n...
  - contingencies 10y ago
    I have a gay Chinese friend called River. He moved to the US and lives happily with his husband, a doctor.
  - Jaruzel 10y ago
    That contrivance in the River Song story arc really annoyed me.
donretag 10y ago
"There was someone called Rolex" That comment made me hungry http://globaltableadventure.com/recipe/ugandan-rolex-breakfast-wrap/ http://globaltableadventure.com/recipe/ugandan-rolex-breakfa...
nommm-nommm 10y ago
What's "not a real name?" A name just something you are known as so there's no 'fake' names by definition. Some of my family have totally nonsensical names. I don't tell them they have fake names. Squirrel is pretty 'normal,' people have been taking animal names forever.

caf 10y ago

I dunno, that's definitely on the verge of working as a name. You can certainly imagine that as a nickname.

blowski 10y ago
Yep - Douglas Squirrel (http://douglassquirrel.com/ http://douglassquirrel.com/) is a guy in London who does a lot of work with startups, and he is mostly known just as 'Squirrel'. Really cool guy, by the way, if you get the chance to talk to him at a meetup.
317070 10y ago
Well, my SO calls me that as a nickname. I have ginger hair and I am kind of impulsive. That and a squirrel came eating out of my hand one of the first times we met.
mikeash 10y ago
A search on dobsearch.com turns up quite a few people named Squirrel. It's far from common, but it exists.

jawilson2 10y ago

If there are guys named River, Forrest, Leaf, and girls named Rainbow and Sunshine, then Squirrel isn't that far off the mark.

lorenzhs 10y ago
There are also girls named River, like River Song (Melody Pond) and River Tam, or--more seriously-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_(disambiguation)#Given_name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_(disambiguation)#Given_n...
- contingencies 10y ago
  I have a gay Chinese friend called River. He moved to the US and lives happily with his husband, a doctor.
- Jaruzel 10y ago
  That contrivance in the River Song story arc really annoyed me.

donretag 10y ago

"There was someone called Rolex" That comment made me hungry http://globaltableadventure.com/recipe/ugandan-rolex-breakfast-wrap/ http://globaltableadventure.com/recipe/ugandan-rolex-breakfa...

nommm-nommm 10y ago

What's "not a real name?" A name just something you are known as so there's no 'fake' names by definition. Some of my family have totally nonsensical names. I don't tell them they have fake names. Squirrel is pretty 'normal,' people have been taking animal names forever.