Since absolutely no one could agree on the name, I went ahead and uploaded the module as 'aliased'. Right now, 0.1 is available on the CPAN, but .11 is on its way. The code is the same, but I accidentally uploaded it before I had finished the docs.

The interface is slightly different, too.

# implicit alias: use aliased 'Some::Long::Module::Name';

# explicit alias: use aliased 'Some::Long::Module::Name' => 'Name';

# import lists require using explicit aliasing: use aliased 'Some::Long::Module::Name' => 'Name, qw/foo bar baz/;

# and all of the above allow you to call class methods # on the alias: my $new_name = Name->new; my $old_name = Name->search($id); # etc.

Thanks for all of the suggestions.