Pokémon Nickname Discussion Thread

[ToedAndTrue]

I want to nickname my Politoed 'Elvis'. Why? Here, consider this:

-It evolves from Poliwhirl when traded while holding a King's Rock.
-It's known for great singing abilities

[Ohitsdylan]

My Bisharp is named Reddokira it is the japanese tranlation of "the Red Killer"
My Blaziken is named Heero because I thought it suited him really well.
My Tyranitar is named Cyrus because it sounds powerful and leader-like.
My Scizor is named Kenshin because.....it fits him.
My Infernape is named Ichi.... because of Bleach.
My Weavile is named Albel because it reminds me of the character from starocean.
My Garchomp is named Cecil because of Final Fantasy.
My Haxorous is named Claymore because its a beast.
My Sableye is named Nicholae because that name always seemed kind of dark to me.
My Excadrill is named Rush because that just sounds awesome.
My Whimsicott is named Capricorn because it looks like a little goat. : D

[Nightfall_]

I call all of my HM Slaves Slave 1, Slave 2, you get it. Or Slave Cut, Slave Surf, Slave Flash,etc

[Pikachu Fan Number Nine]

In Diamond, I nicknamed my starter Piplup "Mumble" after the main character in Happy Feet.

[VainAttempts]

I named my 3 Mudkip "mudkipz" (don't need to explain), "herduliek?" (once again, I don't need to explain), and Axel, a corruption of Axol, derived from axolotl.

[Elysian]

My Froslass is named Kanade.
The nicnames I use, I get from different Animes I watch

[Silverwynde]

My Golurk is named Riser, which is a name the big guy earned. Riser rapidly rose through the ranks, if you will, and became the strongest member of my team thus becoming the team leader. He's risen to the occasion and taken out Pokemon that would normally lay him out flat and gotten more wins for me than anyone else.

He's also the one who ended Ghetsis. I'd say he more than earned his monicker.

My Sawk was originally named Tremblor, but I changed it to Hero. Why? Early on, my Sawk was my team's hero, getting me and everyone else through some really tough times. Again, my Pokemon earned the nickname; it wasn't freely given.

My Oshawott's name is pretty straightforward: Prima, after a character in the Transformers mythos who carries a sword. I thought it fit.

[Endolise]

The nicknames for my in-game team are as follows, and yes, I took a very mythological route when choosing their names:
Samurott: Susanoo, a Japanese god of Water who fought the Orochi
Volcarona: Seraphima, after the Seraph-class angels of fire which are known for having six wings, with an extra "a" added to the end to sound pretty
Eelektross: Ouroboros, after the symbol of a serpent that swallows its own tail
Archeops: Simurgh, after the divine Persian bird
Escavalier: Durandal; I couldn't think of an applicable deity after which to name him, but in keeping with the mythological theme, I instead named him after a legendary sword (but not Excalibur, because that seemed too similar to his original name)
Hydreigon: Orochi, the eight-headed dragon after which Hydreigon was designed (plus it ties into Samurott's nickname)

[wildbiscuit]

I nicknamed my new shiny Misdreavus Necklace. It's a pretty self-explanatory nickname, as it has red spots around its neck that look like a necklace.

[-Unicorno-]

Nicknamed my haxorus axasaurus also what should I nickname my breloom

[Specter Vyle]

I nicknamed my Tepig Napalm, which is now an Emboar
I nicknamed my Bisharp Ken Kage, "Dark Blade" in japanese. Son of my old Bisharp, Annihilate
Lanturn is still pending. Haven't decided yet
Mienshao? I think of replacing that with an Exeggcutor. Other than that, his nickname is Chan, like Jackie Chan
Druddigons' nickname is Dragoon. Named after Magma Dragoon from Megaman X4.
Ferrothorn's nickname is Iron whip. I plan to give him a japanese nickname

[blackmeadow]

I named my Gardevoir Knight, even though she's female.
My Empoleon's name is Barty.
I named my Ampharos Amphy after the one in the Olivine Lighthouse.
And finally, my Diagla's name is Averon. It was just the first one that came to mind.
Normally I don't really name my Pokemon. I switch them out so much I lose track of them and forget.

[RedAce♠]

Hhmm, I don't remeber all the ones I nickedname thus far. I only nickname pokes that will be a part of my team, though I never nickname legendaries, since I feel it's disrespectful to there legendary stats. Though I have no problem with others nicknaming thier legendaries, I just do with mine ^^;

Anyways here is what I have so far.

Excadrill - IronDrill♠

Nidoking - KING♠

Emboar - TemperNova

Ursaring - Axe

Kingler - Hammer

Golurk - Guardian♠

Swampert - SwampFort

(DW Event Version) Banette - Zipper (Screaming Face symbol next to the name)

Zoroark - Kage Fox♠

Totodile - WaveCrush♠

Scizor - Red Steel♠


That's all I have for now.


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[Vaco]

Hmm, let's see.

In Platinum:
Chelon (Torterra) - Turtles and tortoises collectively are called Chelonians.
Masaharu (Gallade) - I chose an actual Japanese name because Gallade is so human-like.
Zhao Long (Giratina) - I think that Long is Chinese for dragon. I don't remember where the Zhao bit came from.
The others aren't very noteworthy.

Other names that I tend to use for stories, or whenever I start a new game:
Gallus (Blaziken) - The genus in which domestic chickens are placed, which ironically sounds quite threatening when used as a name.
Sturnus (Staraptor) - Same loic as the above, but it's the genus for starlings.
Felsen (Golem) - German for stone, I believe.
Tori (Pidgeot) - Japanese for bird.

[Ereshk]

Serperior - Kasanoda
Reuniclus - Lymphat
Chandelure - Lumière
Eelektross - Sieglinde
Samurott - Audhulma
Zoroark - Duplighost
Darmanitan - Siegmund
Galvantula - Galvani

[Crimson_Blazer]

Shiny infernape- Ceasar
Samurott- Riptide
Archeops- Rex
Conkeldurr- Brutus
Shiny female haxorus- Graphite
Shiny female crustle- Pebbles

[ToedAndTrue]

If only there was enough room to nickname my Simisear 'Nitrox 3 1/2'. Oh well, 'Nitrox 3.5' will work.

[Billy Mays]

I named my initial Black team after Chrono Trigger characters.

Trainer name: Crono
Serperior: Magus
Audino: Marle
Excadrill: Robo
Swoobat: Lucca
Simipour: Frog (Should have gotten a seismitoad, but I had a ground type already and I already had Panpour :/ )
Zoroark: Ayla

[Taury]

I named my Stoutland "Oates", because in my fanfiction, my Stoutland like has a serious love for oatmeal cookies, and what dog doesn't like some bread or cookie-based based something?

I usually don't name my starters, but I broke tradition in gen five and gave/will gave them names-

Tepig (White version) I named Coals since it fits the fire theme and sounds cool to say, also the name of my Tepig in my fanfiction (Written mostly for my private amusement, it'll need work before I can share it)

Oshawott (Don't have one I want to keep yet) but his name will be Wiley, since he'll be on the naughty, yet truly nice side.

Snivy's name will be "Shuri", since it sounds samurai like and that's how I picture my Snivy, but I'll have to breed one.

I named my Krokorok "Ace" since that name has a cool sound to it without being overly dark about it.

I named my Stantler from Soul Silver Jingle, since again in my fanfiction, there's a Stantler who has a fondness for bells, not related to Christmas or the Winter Solstice in any way, though.

When I get an Axew for my White game I'll name it "Crusher" since once it evolves to Fraxure, it'll better live up to the name.

[HoennDreamer]

Jolteon - Sparky
Emboer - Bacon
Hydrigeon - derpface
Typhlosin - Rat
Chandalure - Reaper
Infernape - Apesh!t

[フェージングのエコー]

No swear words or any other rude or gross words (there are kids as little as 6 visiting this site

My sister is six and she names her pokemon... You don't want to find out.

Zoroark- Illusinate
Reason: 'Illusin'-Illusion, ate? ...Don't know.

Paniward- SharpClaw
Reason: The aincent cats from the warriors series-The Sharpclaws

Dewott- Scallop
Reason: A word that sounds like scalchop.

Cyndaquil- Cyndy
Reason: Goes with the poke, and is a name

Lucario- SoulSphere
Reason: Auras and souls are linked and sphear for aura sphere

Flygon- Wind Melody
Reason: 'The wings are flapped at a fast speed so that they create a melody, the desert spirit'

[Trainer Frankie]

Yunowun my dewott. Any guesses on it's name's origin?

Geyser my simisear since he's Ol' Reliable in taking care of both my favorite types' weaknesses; water's grass and psychic's bug.

Chip my watchog. Started as my cut pokemon, but while going through the game he collected the effort values I wasn't looking to aquire with the pokemon on my team (since I ev trained while going through the game), so now he's part of the team.

Psidekic, my psychic sidekick.

Terri my stoutland. Not a hard name to figure out.

And finally Max my shiny elgyem. Named Max because I finally found him during a shiny hunt in another thread while watching Flight Of The Navigator (which is fitting since he's an alien). Max was the name of ship.

[Violent Red]

I nickname every Pokemon I use.

My current team:

Zoroark: Oliver cause I imagine him to be cheeky and naughty, so I named him after Oliver Twist 'Can I have some more, sir?' Tut tut
Mienshao: Law, after Marshal Law from Tekken
Excadrill: China, cause I was always told if you dig a hole in the ground deep enough, you'll end up in China lol
Archeops: Sybil, cause I own a parrot irl called Sybil
Chandelure: Juliet, the dead heroine from Shakespeare's masterpiece
Darmanitan: Aldo, cause it just suits him lol


Here are the name of my dragon power houses:
Dragonite: Hamlet, b/c he is brooding and philosophical, like Shakespeare's creation
Hydreigon: Faust, a character from an old anime I used to love; Shaman King
Salamence: Merlin, b/c he has 252 sp.atk EVs
Garchomp: Princess; b/c I always spoiled her
Haxorus: Auron, based on the badass from FFX
Flygon: Cairo; desert capital

Here is the team I took with me on my adventures through Sinnoh:
Gardevoir: Gabrielle, a beautiful name for a beautiful Pokemon
Marowak: Stig, Marowak never takes his skull helmet off, and neither does the Stig from Jeremy Clarkson's Top Gear! This is one of my fave NN's lol
Butterfree: Gael, the name of my beautiful wife, Butterfree is her Pokemon
Houndoom: Bella, b/c I own a chocolate Labrador irl and she'd called Bella
Absol: Zack; I just think it fits him


Some other notable powerful Pokemon I own:
Tyranitar: Bully
Porygon Z: Digit
Metagross: Glitch
Weavile: Narcissa
Scizor: Zulu, cause she is badass
Raichu: Raiden, from Mortal Kombat - Raiden has been with me for many generations ^^
Gyarados: Riot
Lucario: Zane
Skarmory: Peaches
Jellicent: Desdemona; dead heroine from Shakespeare
Ferrothorne: Grenade
Heatran: Ifrit; Final Fantasy fire god
Zebstrika: Ixion; electric horse Aeon from FFX
Azumarill: Max, just suits him
Rotom-W: Daz, the washing powder called Daz lol xD
Scrafty: Bruv
Alakazam: Neo, cause Neo bends spoons like a baws
Escavalier: Steiner, from the knights of Pluto in ff9

That's all I can think of right now

[Zorocario]

Samurott-Rounin

Gigalith-Plymouth

Galvantula-Shadow

Gengar-Blackheart

Chandelure-Mephisto

Typhlosion-Heatstroke

Infernape-Bardock

Feraligatr-Gatorade

Pidgeot-Capt.Falcon

Togekiss-Garuda

Ferrothorn-Ferrotroll

Emboar-Ganondorf

Gardevoir-Zelda

Gallade-Link

Serperior-Smugbeast

Ariados-Interwebs

Butterfree-Leapold

Starmie-Monstar

Haxorus-Lumberhax

Jolteon-Usain Bolt

Heracross-Hercules

Machamp-Roidrage

Snorlax-IEATBABIES

Pichu-Machu

I will edit this post because these are the only ones I remember currently.

[Lucina Archaelis]

My pokemon nicknames! ^_^

Serperior - Leaf

Samurott - Blue

Chandelure - Silver

Mandibuzz - Platinum

Haxorus - Gold

Galvantula - Yellow

Reshiram - Reshi

Kyurem - Kyu

Zekrom - Zeky

Zorua 1 - Knight

Zorua 2 - Wolfos

Zoroark 1 - Twilight

Zoroark 2 - Midna

Liligant - Fi

Archeops - Kargaroc

Lucario - Rinku

^_^