What about the Yodatchi (Name after Japanese spirits called Yokai and Tomodatchi meaning friend in Japanese)

Quetzal after the Aztec feathered serpent god "Quetzalcoatl" if you want a Q name!

Shennong (after the legendary discoverer of tea) Luyu (Chinese "saint of tea" and author of a legendary book about tea)

Zoyume / Yumezou (zou = "elephant", yume = "dream" in japanese) Muchuu ("dream" in Chinese) Hakuchuumu/Bakuchuumu ("daydream" in Japanese, of course with a small baku twsit!) Nemui ("sleep/drowsy" in Japanese) Uto-uto (a Japanese onomatopoeia for falling asleep) Fuwagu (the combination of "a long yawn" = fuwa and the "sound of snoring" = gu-gu) Gabatsu ("to suddenly wake up all at once")

[EDIT] [ and here's a million crappy Baku-related ones since I had the bulk of them as my post and just now saw how there's no need for them ;-; i'm so sorry] Tapru /Bakpri (tapir + baku) Bakirin /Kirinba (baku + kirin) Bakutaku (baku + hakutaku) Bakumu (a mix between baku and kakumu, or "guest dream"/the dreams you have away from home) Bakuki (a mythical creature from the Tang Dynasty said to eat dreams. considered to be a precursor to the Japanese Baku)

Tanuk

Yuzu/Youzu (yoo-zoo or yow-zoo) Youzen (yoo-zen or yow-zen)

Quzco (kooz-co) Qilli (kill-ee)

Uunlai (oon-lie) Uulong (play on oolong tea)

florrin!

Yangyin Umbrutan
Qualstain

Non words apart from the first which is a reverse of Yin Yang

Ariesh (R-E-Ish).. The hindu elephant headed deity is originally named Ganesh... So just combining his home land (the pet), and going off of what everyone believes him to be. I see this or some variant of this name being a perfect fit... That and I'm kinda a lover of exotic names.

Turk, Nomad, Bakoola, Elarkin, Shonzi, Goliath, Gemi

Hmmm...I don't really have a name suggestion with any meaning, but Yazzu sounded kind of cool and uses the letter "Y" which hasn't been used in a pet species yet.

(Actually now that I think about it wasn't Yazzu a character in Final Fantasy X??? Or am I mistaken?)

Qiharu

Chiharu is a feminine-leaning gender-neutral Japanese name meaning a 'thousand sunny days'

Qi means 'air' in Chinese (sometimes interpreted as the life-force Chi) and can also mean 'rise'/'to go'

Haru means 'spring' in Japanese and 'day' in Korean

for a gentle spring child c:

Yaletass/Yaletas Mashup of Yale and Tassology. Yale = mythical animal resembling tusked horse with elephant's tail and used in heraldry // Tass = short for Tassology (divination using tea leaves)

Querentass/Querentas/Queretas(s) Mashup of Querent and Tassology. Querent = one who asks a question (of tea leaves) [play on wisdom]

Uriale/Yalurial Mashup of Urial and Yale. Urial = wild central Asian sheep with reddish coat and long curved horns

Qho, or Pho because soup is delicious. I don't have a good reason. It's simple and relatively easy to spell.

Yumezo Ochazo

Qansha!

How about Malaku?

Malayan Tapir + Baku

Gajan or Tamtun

A few more, some with meanings weaved in, most being that they sounded nice

Zoutan (Zou means "elephant" in Japanese) Sezoan Shizoan Quatzou Zaolon / Zaolin Qhota Yumoilya (Yume means "dream" in Japanese; lion backwards with "m" replacement; together sounds like Somoyed, the smiling dog breed) Beleof Jadele (Jade + ELEphant) Adaji (Ijada, Spanish word for "jade," backwards) Shanqi / Zanquido / Zanqi Quizao / Qizoa Zitoma Yawenis (Yawn for being a symbolic 'key' to sleep and then to dreams?) Phadali (elePHANt + Dali from Salvador Dali, who created dream-like surrealist art pieces) Salazoar (Salazar after Souther Salazar, a contemporary artist whose paintings and sculptures capture a sort of child-like dream quality; and it sounds like "roar" for lions) Maneth (Mammoth + Mane) Wulimo / Shenwul (Woolly Mammoth)

Xiangyin or Phanyin? c: