is there any way I could give it a new name without causing problems?
If you can find a name which, somehow, "describes" the knot, either its form or its preferable tying method, or a name which relates it with another, well-known similar knot, it would be better IMHO. "Generic" names, like "
Boatman s hitch",
Sailor s hitch", etc, are, to my view, too pompous. Boatmen and sailors use many hitches, why any particular one of them should claim it is "the" one ? However, I believe that the names are of almost no importance - what would be really useful would be a systematic trial and comparison of all possible similar three-wrap hitches, tied on vertical as well as on horizontal stakes / spars.