And the female fox is called a vixen from an English dialect where f and v were interchanged. How about Minor Vauxhall (for a lipstick shade) while we're free associating. Aside, one of the few jobs open to linguists outside of academe is for companies that specialize in coining new names / trademarks. Also, working for many US departments of motor vehicles making sure that vanity plates are saying something naughty in some non-English language.