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

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_n...

I have a gay Chinese friend called River. He moved to the US and lives happily with his husband, a doctor.

That contrivance in the River Song story arc really annoyed me.

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

Yep - Douglas Squirrel (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.

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.

A search on dobsearch.com turns up quite a few people named Squirrel. It's far from common, but it exists.

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.

"There was someone called Rolex"

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