However, it has already been pointed out that in those days there were many people whose name included the name of an animal or an insect such as FUJIWARA no Umakai and TAKAHASHI no Mushimaro, and it is hard to consider the name 'saru' (monkey) a derogatory name.
しかし、当時、藤原宇合（うまかい）・高橋虫麻呂をはじめ、なまえに動物・虫などのを含んだ人物は幾人もおり、「サル」という名前が蔑称であるとは考え難いことはすでに指摘されている。