'creatureless'? I do believe that one will find the best name for a good creature by the way that any beast responds to any given 'name'.
All of my creatures [large and small] had prior names before 'finding' me...but they CHOSE the name to answer to on their own. All but one who was older and had an established moniker, and the one- which so happened to have a new name VERY like the one I'd chosen and he'd answered to....Go figger?
Granted each would also answer to some 'pet' names as well, but the main moniker was THEIRS and theirs alone. No mistake about it.
I mean, after all, do you respond to a generic 'HEY YOU"???? I think it's part of their dignity. Oh well. - j