Rate Your Nicknames!

[JadeDragonSoul]

Edit: I'm only one person and can't possibly rate everyone's alone! (I made this thread months ago, went back to college, check the forum weeks later to find it still alive with tons of requests!) I'd appreciate it if everyone made an effort to rate someone else's too.

Edit: DO NOT LIST DOZENS OF NAMES TO BE RATED!! @w@

I think Pokemon's nicknames are all too under-rated! (Pun not intended...) Nicknaming your Pokemon makes them more personal and less like objects or monsters. Since I started playing when I was 10 I've named my Pokemon and have ever since for the past 10 years. EVERY Pokemon gets a nickname in my games! What about you? How do you name yours?

Here I'll rate your Pokemon's nicknames based on fitness (how well it fits the specific Pokemon), creativity, uniqueness (avoidance of cliches), overall theme (Ex: Frank, Bob and Xavier, the latter doesn't go well), look (how the actual name looks) and flow (how it sounds).

So a Sandshrew named "Timber" would rate higher than one named "Sandy".

Feel free to share your thoughts on other's names too! Chime in!

Make sure to mention the Pokemon, name and gender, and any other notes.
Remember this is just for fun, no hard feelings! I encourage others to rate eachothers.

Here are my teams and their names for you to judge:

Platinum
Togekiss - Fable (M)
Dragonite - Ophelia (F)
Dusknoir - Lenore (F)
Torterra - Albion (M)
Tauros - Altair (M)
Porygon-Z - Zork

Diamond
Torterra - Athenry (M)
Crobat - Yazoo (M)
Luxray - Katana (F)
Milotic - Atlantis (F)
Hypno - Banquo (M)
Rapidash - Yahrling (F)

Ruby
Groudon - Ganondorf
Absol - Sickle (F)
Gardevoir - Larz (M)
Walrein - Trusk (F)
Sceptile - Link (M)
Salamence - Inji (F)

Yellow "Assume all (F)"
Venusaur - Eden
Blastoise - Serra
Pikachu - Avril
Charizard - Thorn
Nidoqueen - Zula
Lapras - Juno

[AlexKZ]

Lets see. I'll just post 6 pokemon that can be a "team" from Platinum.

Qwilfish - PuckerUp (F)
Milotic - Mirage (F)
Furret - PopGoesMe! (F)
Umbreon - Eclipse (M)
Omastar - DavyJones! (M)
Meganium - Mr.Topiary (M)

[Da_impos]

i have no idea how to rate, but heres my normal monotype team .

porygod
blisstol
stuntler
killceon
snorlord
togito

[JadeDragonSoul]

i have no idea how to rate, but heres my normal monotype team .

porygod
blisstol
stuntler
killceon
snorlord
togito

These are too similar to their original names, in most cases only a letter or two different.


Porygod - 1/10, too similar to its name!
Blisstol - 3/10 "tol" is too sharp compared to the soft "bliss". Good attempt though.
Stuntler - 3/10 Too similar to the name. The "Stunt" is a good start.
Killceon - 2/10 Unsure how to pronounce it (hard or soft "c"?) Similar to its original name, but doesn't fit the Pokemon well.
Snorlord - 5/10 I like this one, it fits a Snorlax well!
Togitol - 8/10 I like this one a lot too. Creative/unique looking and sounding, and even though its similar to its name, it works.

Overall 3/10

[tumblebunny]

I like snorlord

Here's my team:

Tyranitar (boy): Armageddon
Lucario (boy): Cobalt
Garchomp (girl): Lilith (meaning "of the night")
Arcanine (girl): Amaterasu (from "okami" the japanese sun god)
Milotic (girl): Tsunami
Crobat (boy): Crowe (couldnt think of anything better)

[JadeDragonSoul]

PuckerUp - The flow is great, cute and catchy, but it doesn't "look" appealing. If the U was lowercase it would, but I like it! So 9.5/10
Mirage - Awesome name, fits great! 10/10
PopGoesMe! - Cute name, but wouldn't work as a irl, or if you were a trainer in the anime. I give it a 4/10.
Eclipse - Another great, perfect nickname. 10/10
DaveyJones! - I think a hyphen between it would work better then the "!", I get the reference though! 7/10
Mr.Topiary - Topiary by itself would be great, the "Mr." ruins it a little. Other than that: 7/10

^^ Overall 6/10

[vitorml]

the only ones i nicknamed was my emerald swampert(i do still miss ya old susano'o)which i nicknamed him susano'o 'cause that was the name of the god of water and storm in japanese mythology and my dear infernape, which i nicknamed him goukazaru(yeah, i was with no ideas, but he's still cool that way.)because that's infernape' japanese name.

[Da_impos]

they were meant to sound similar :P

[JadeDragonSoul]

they were meant to sound similar :P

What's important is if you like the names, of course.

[Lord Scalgon]

This nickname is most likely epic win, but anyway...

Steelix () - Iron Dick

Don't get me started on Palkia.

[JadeDragonSoul]

Omg! Haha!!

[Wild Jolteon]

Most of my nicknames are kinda lame (Blaze the blaziken yeah) but here are some of my favorites

Yanmega- Sega
Kyogre- Big blue
Luxray- Circuit

[JadeDragonSoul]

Most of my nicknames are kinda lame (Blaze the blaziken yeah) but here are some of my favorites

Yanmega- Sega
Kyogre- Big blue
Luxray- Circuit

Great names! Especially Circuit. I see nothing amiss.

10/10

[Da_impos]

i named my blaziken blaze too :P

[Onyx Umeki]

Togekiss = Mirthe [f]
Gyarados = Induyte [f]
Mamoswine = Permyet [m]
Gengar = Reveynant [f]
Espeon = Kyelle [m]
Ambipom = Ayero [m]

[JadeDragonSoul]

Togekiss = Mirthe [f]
Gyarados = Induyte [f]
Mamoswine = Permyet [m]
Gengar = Reveynant [f]
Espeon = Kyelle [m]
Ambipom = Ayero [m]

Wow you sure like the letter "y" don't ya?

Induyte - Strange name for a Gyarados, but very unique. 6/10
Permyet - Good solid name, but missing something... 6/10
Reveynant - Not very good flow, but again, creative. 5/10
Kyelle - Great name for an Espeon! Looks awesome. 10/10
Ayero - another great, simple nickname. 10/10

Ayero and Kyelle are the best!

[~ Z ~]

Meh...I'll give it a try too ^^

Party 1 - Main Party
Absol - Moonblade - M
Scizor - Ironcut - M
Roserade - Leafpoint - M
Gyarados - Seafang - M
Dragonite - Bellydon - M
Infernape - Flarie - M

Reinforcement Members
Mismagius - Gemini - F
Aerodactyl - RokiRoki - M
Luxray - Raikirion - M
Staraptor - Falco - M
Snorlax - YummyTummy - M
Froslass - Lulu - F

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That's it.

I myself think that Infernapes name is bit too femaleish name, but...I don't like the sound of Flareape, so...

If you have some suggestions (for example to Infernape) go ahead and say it. ^^

[zlxq3000]

Eh, might as well:

FR Team:
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Butterfree - Champ
Gyarados - Gyakusatsu
Electabuzz - Powerhouse
Arcanine - Shisa

'Champ' only because he beat the Kanto Champ for me in every conceivable way; I traded him over to LG and had him battle Gary's final pokemon, each one being different.

E Team:
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Blaziken - Shoryuashi
Mightyena - Fenrir
Walrein - Dragonfly

D Team:
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Infernape - Shoryuken
Torterra - Vee-dub
Empoleon - Dood
Staraptor - Justice
Luxray - Khafra

'Justice' because I used Staraptor in the majority of my battles with Team Galactic, and he was the one pokemon to take down every single Galactic leader in the game.

P Team:
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Porygon - Bit 64
Gengar - Egregore
Metagross - Hovercomp
Spiritomb - Shi 108
Sableye - Glitterimp
Misdreavus - Lansy

Pt Team:
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Mawile - Me
Mawile - Stalin
Staryu - Darren
Chinchou - Oscar
Nosepass - Ganmen

Not sure where I came up with the names for Staryu and Chinchou; those'll probably change eventually. The 'Me' and 'Stalin' thing is a Robot Chicken reference.

[JadeDragonSoul]

Eh, might as well:

FR Team:
---------------
Butterfree - Champ
Gyarados - Gyakusatsu
Electabuzz - Powerhouse
Arcanine - Shisa

'Champ' only because he beat the Kanto Champ for me in every conceivable way; I traded him over to LG and had him battle Gary's final pokemon, each one being different.

E Team:
--------------
Blaziken - Shoryuashi
Mightyena - Fenrir
Walrein - Dragonfly

D Team:
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Infernape - Shoryuken
Torterra - Vee-dub
Empoleon - Dood
Staraptor - Justice
Luxray - Khafra

'Justice' because I used Staraptor in the majority of my battles with Team Galactic, and he was the one pokemon to take down every single Galactic leader in the game.

P Team:
------------
Porygon - Bit 64
Gengar - Egregore
Metagross - Hovercomp
Spiritomb - Shi 108
Sableye - Glitterimp
Misdreavus - Lansy

Pt Team:
------------
Mawile - Me
Mawile - Stalin
Staryu - Darren
Chinchou - Oscar
Nosepass - Ganmen

Not sure where I came up with the names for Staryu and Chinchou; those'll probably change eventually. The 'Me' and 'Stalin' thing is a Robot Chicken reference.

Champ - 10/10 You named it because of its vigor, I like that! XD Good name, could have more too it, but considering how special it is, I think it works great.
Gyakusatsu - 6/10 "Gyaku" alone would be great, the "satsu" after it is too much.
Powerhouse - 1/10 Not a nickname, more of a term to describe it, especially because "power" and "house" are two different words. Doesn't work at all and I think worthy of a much better name.
Shisa - 7/0 Add more after it and it would be a 10. (It's a girl right?)

Shoryuashi - 5/10 Falls in the same trap as Gyarados. Too wordy for such a long name. Splitting it up would be better. I like how creative you're being though.
Fenrir - 10/10 A recognizable, good nickname that is still unique. Fits it well!
Dragonfly - 1/10 How does this work? XD

Shoryuken - 7.5/10 Not too bad, too many syllables though for a nickname.
Vee-dub - 1.5/10 Just doesn't fit this Pokemon well. Looks odd and flows odd too.
Dood - 1/10 Doesn't fit this noble Pokemon. It's too simple and "dumb" sounding.
Justice - Great name. 10/10 Sounds great that also fits this Pokemon.
Khafra - 10/10 Original, fits, flows and looks great.

Bit 64 - 1.5/10 The "Bit" is good, but numbers are a no-no!!
Egregore - 10/10 Original, and even though its long, it flows well so it works!
Hovercomp - 2/10 Two words combined just does not work sometimes.
Shi 108 - 1.5/10 No numbers! Add more to the Shi perhaps?
Glitterimp - 3/10 Another case where two words don't make the best name. Tossing the "p" for Glitterim would be a 10/10 (Amazing how one letter makes a difference! Don't you think?)
Lansy - 8/10 Not too shabby. It works.

Darren - 6/10 Not bad, but needs to be spiffed up.
Oscar - 5/10 Same as above.
Ganmen - 8/10 Creative name, flows well.

Sorry if it seems I got a bit "lazy" as I went on but you had a LOT of names I needed to look at.

[zlxq3000]

Champ - 10/10 You named it because of its vigor, I like that! XD Good name, could have more too it, but considering how special it is, I think it works great.
Gyakusatsu - 6/10 "Gyaku" alone would be great, the "satsu" after it is too much.
Came up with the name because it's part of Gyarados's name; it means 'destruction', so I think it suits Gyarados quite fine.
Powerhouse - 1/10 Not a nickname, more of a term to describe it, especially because "power" and "house" are two different words. Doesn't work at all and I think worthy of a much better name.
'Powerhouse' is one word. It just means something that's ridiculously powerful, which he is. He's one of my strongest pokemon.
Shisa - 7/0 Add more after it and it would be a 10. (It's a girl right?)
...It's a male... And it's what Arcanine's design is based off of...

Shoryuashi - 5/10 Falls in the same trap as Gyarados. Too wordy for such a long name. Splitting it up would be better. I like how creative you're being though.
Means 'Rising Dragon Kick', which suits its nature of kicking things.
Fenrir - 10/10 A recognizable, good nickname that is still unique. Fits it well!
Dragonfly - 1/10 How does this work? XD
It's an ice-type. What two types are weak against ice? Dragon and flying. :3

Shoryuken - 7.5/10 Not too bad, too many syllables though for a nickname.
Vee-dub - 1.5/10 Just doesn't fit this Pokemon well. Looks odd and flows odd too.
It's a Venusaur-Wannabe... a VW... A Vee-dub.
Dood - 1/10 Doesn't fit this noble Pokemon. It's too simple and "dumb" sounding.
I guess Disgaea references are lost on you...
Justice - Great name. 10/10 Sounds great that also fits this Pokemon.
Khafra - 10/10 Original, fits, flows and looks great.

Bit 64 - 1.5/10 The "Bit" is good, but numbers are a no-no!!
Yeah, I'm thinking about renaming it...
Egregore - 10/10 Original, and even though its long, it flows well so it works!
Hovercomp - 2/10 Two words combined just does not work sometimes.
Thinking about renaming it, too...
Shi 108 - 1.5/10 No numbers! Add more to the Shi perhaps?
Want to rename it as well.
Glitterimp - 3/10 Another case where two words don't make the best name. Tossing the "p" for Glitterim would be a 10/10 (Amazing how one letter makes a difference! Don't you think?)
Eh, it's all I could think of at the time.
Lansy - 8/10 Not too shabby. It works.

Darren - 6/10 Not bad, but needs to be spiffed up.
Oscar - 5/10 Same as above.
Ganmen - 8/10 Creative name, flows well.

Sorry if it seems I got a bit "lazy" as I went on but you had a LOT of names I needed to look at.

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