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...

[DraconoBlade]

I like to nickname my pokemon because it makes them unique.

Typhlosion: DemoneX (I thought it was cool)
Togekiss: Sozouryoku (Souzouryoku in Japanese means creativity, but I took out an "o" to fit it)
Vaporeon: Taki (Waterfall in Japanese)
Gengar: Nightmare (I would have named it something else but I was too lazy at the time)
Smeargle: Smudge (It paints and I think it's really cute)
Gyarados: Chaos (It's a Gyarados!)
Gyarados: Tsunamir (Like tsunami)
Pikachu: Sugar (After a Pikachu in one episode I saw)
Hitmonchan: MachyMachy (After the move mach punch)
Charizard: Blazeblade (Firebreather with razor sharp wings)
Dragonite: Draykon (A dragonish name)
Umbreon: Tsubasa (After Tsubasa in Gakuen Alice, who can control people through shadows)
Meganium: Charly (I didn't like Charlie and so replaced "ie" with "y" and it stuck)
Pidgeot: Skylera (Flying type taking to the skies)
Mamoswine: Baromir (It sounds strong)
Espeon: Rukaan (I honestly don't know)

Those are all I can think of off the top of my head. I don't name legendaries.

[skittlepup]

I've been nicknaming my starters since the first game I played (White), but I don't normally nickname other ones.

I believe during my play of Platnium only my Piplup had been named... I named it Pip.

[ChiefLucarioOfficer]

I don't nickname my Pokémon a lot, unless I do a wi-fi battle with a friend or something. :b

Otherwise, I'd just call them by their original names.

[pokemonmaster99325]

Well i dont usually name my pokemon but i used to have a Infernape called Blaze in diamond and a feraligatr when i first played soul silver called Bonnie after my guinea pig that pasted away though feraligatr was a boy LOL... i usually name random pokemon i catch that are not used in my team names.

[Equal-to-Heaven]

Any regular pokemon I catch I just name after whatever comes into my head at the time;
Chimmy (Infernape)
Trust (Scizor)
Lollipop (Ambipom)
Spitfire (Blaziken)
Skipper (Swampert)
Umi (Uxie)
Zeta (Azelf)
Draco (Charizard)
Valkyrie (Shiny Staraptor)
Fang (Gligar)
Replay (Pikachu)


However, starting with the last two shines I caught, I've started naming them after the songs I was listening to when I caught them:
Trooper (Shiny Magneton) - (Shadow the Hedgehog, Above the storm, Sky Troops remix)
Love (Shiny Luxray) - (Radar Love, Golden Earring)

I plan to continue the theme as I catch more.