Nicknames - What do you name your Pokemon? & Nickname Help!

[DragonCurse4]

I have never nicknamed a Pokemon...until Black 2. I don't know why I all of a sudden decided to give them unique names (maybe I just decided to be more fun?). But I only name the Pokemon I use in battle, all the others stay the same.
These are the Pokemon I use and their nicknames:

Blaziken - Blaze
Nidoking - Nicholai
Zoroark - Loki
Dragonite - Nyx
Infernape - Zuko
Lucario - Anubis
Houndoom - Dante
Carracosta - Leonardo
Rapidash - Ashes (Shiny Rapidash with grey flame)
Pidgeot - Maverick (Whenever I train him I play Highway to the Dangerzone :P)
Charizard - Shadow (He's a shiny black one)
Gyarados - Red (He's a shiny red Gyarados. Yeah I know, not very creative)
Cobalion - Porthos
Terrakion - Athos
Virizion - Aramis
Keldeo - D'Artagnan (Yes this Keldeo is hacked, and no I never use it for online battling. I do have a legit Keldeo, in resolute form, but I hacked a second one just to be able to give it this nickname :P)

[cantab]

For my Pearl Nuzlocke I'm basing the names on the catch locations. For a named area, the Pokemon name just starts with the same letter or two, eg "Orion" for a Geodude caught in the Oreburgh mines or "Victor" for the starter met at Lake Verity. For a numbered route, the Pokemon name starts with the symbol of the chemical element with atomic number = route number minus 200. Either way, I'm using names that are normal(ish) for people.

[Hoshira]

Lo and behold...my team from Black 2.

Serperior: Severus (Named him after Severus Snape from Harry Potter. When he was a Snivy his name was Leaf but after he evolved into a Serperior I changed his name. The way Serperior looks with its head held high deserves a name that sounds grim and serious.)

Lucario: Riley (If my Lucario had been female her name would have been Udine but since I was stuck with a male I named him Riley after the trainer in pokemon Platinum/Pearl/Diamond. I know that sounds lame but there's something about the name Riley that fits Lucario)

Swanna: Francis (Meh. Since my Swanna has a vain nature I named him Francis...I know that sounds weak but the name sounds fancy enough.)

Arcanine: Aries (The trump card in my team and I was more then happy to name him Aries after the God of War. I could have named him Mars but Aries was more fitting)

Chandelure: Violet (I wasn't really keen on naming her Beatrice...so I just lumped her with Violet.)

Beartic: Conan (No comment)

[Pilpulp]

My favorite nickname is Teriyaki for Terrakion, I put that on my Terrakion for VGC and someone else had the same nickname on theirs in a battle, but mine was mispelt.

[Dragontail]

I RARELY nickname. Once, I was in the Bug-Catching contest, and I caught a Scyther. I thought I would win, but I lost to a Weedle. A WEEDLE. I nicknamed the Scyther 'Loser'.

[ansem the wise]

i dont nickname them unless, i got a really cool name picked out (and remember that you cant change it if you transfer it. (to this day i regret naming my level 100 wailord in sapphire 'doofin'))

[VaironGod]

I always nickname my Pokemon... Every single one, including legendaries.

My team in Pearl is:

Essence the female Mismagius
Plush the female Blissey
Lil Cherry the male Cherrim
Carmilla the female Crobat
Monsterio the male Bastiodon
Icicle the female Empoleon

[Shymain]

Yeah, I only nickname the ones I like... and only if I can think of something good (not often)

[Cyberra]

I can't think of all the nicknames off the top of my head, but...

Infernape - Sparks
Luxray - Flash
Gyarados - Fin (was being sarcastic at the time, can't be bothered to change it)
Bibarel - Sawtooth (it's a beaver. the name fits)
Scyther - Katana
Bellsprout - Creeper
Aerodactyl - Fang
Giratina - Darkstar
Dialga - Timelord
Palkia - Silver
Drifloon - Spiritsong
Finneon - Flutter
Garchomp - Snapjaw
female Gible - Lockjaw
Vulpix - Fireheart
Dodrio - Bolt
Regigigas - Titan, Rex (meaning "king"), or Maximus

Et cetera...

I have a shiny Floatzel named "Sparkle". It's a male, too

[Janice Quatlane]

You probably all know Mirage the Mew.....

In Diamond and Pearl, I had a pair of Beautifly. The male I named takeshi, the female Kasumi...