About squirrel names
Busy double compounds like "Bristlewill", "Scuttletrick", and "Jugglejam" pack two quick actions into every name, all chattering on the tongue. The rhythm suits talking beasts in the style of Narnia, where a squirrel's name should sound like the squirrel itself, fast and slightly indignant. Read three aloud in a row and keep whichever one trips most pleasantly.
How squirrel names are built
Squirrel names are a single two-part compound, joining a chunk from a 123-item bank with one from a 132-item bank into a bouncy, food-or-motion word. Worked examples from the bank: "Teeterbonnet", "Flibbertpip", "Stashgrain".
Teeterbonnet
first-bank chunk plus second-bank chunk
Squiggleoat
first-bank chunk plus second-bank chunk
Flibbertpip
first-bank chunk plus second-bank chunk
Naming notes
The style is jittery and nut-gathering, words about teetering, stashing, and grain that read energetic and small. Two large banks keep results highly varied. Use these for talking-squirrel characters or original woodland animals in a fan story set in that style.
Questions about squirrel names
- Are these official names?
- No. They are fan-made names in the jittery, foraging style of that setting's squirrels, not canon ones.
- Why do they sound energetic?
- The banks favor bouncy motion and food words, fitting a quick, hoarding creature.
- How many combinations exist?
- With banks of 123 and 132, the compound yields a very wide range.