Today I asked a man for directions to a restaurant called Jake's by saying Je cherche un restaurant qui s'appelle Jake's ?
Afterwards I immediately began to second-guess my choice of phrasing. He understood me, but was it really right? If I want to say "an [object] called [name]," can I use qui s'appelle ? Does that work in all cases? For example, are all of the following valid?
Je cherche...
- un restaurant qui s'appelle Jake's
- un chat qui s'appelle Jake
- un homme qui s'appelle Jake
- un endroit qui s'appelle Jake's Hill
- un parc qui s'appelle Jake's Park
Is qui se nomme equally valid, or is it more formal? What about dont le nom est... ?