Coin name can be changed. Maybe just go with "BBR" as name.
Dev name/nick is irrelevant. Coin can only survive if (sooner or later) lead dev is replaced by a vivid team. Only a coin lead by dev team can survive.

Monero devs have funny nicknames too (fluffypony, tacotime, ...). But they also have two devs with normal names: othe and David Laporte.