There’s a good amount of previous discussion of this topic and surrounding issues on the forum that is relevant. Searching old forum posts is often a good place to start with questions like these as they may have an answer to questions or help to refine a question:
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/just-how-does-one-coin-a-common-name/27506
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/common-names-invented-on-inat/27452
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/common-names-from-not-good-enough-sources/14976
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-add-a-common-name-to-a-taxon/9792
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