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Naming your Pokemon

Gymnotide

Gymnotide

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    • ITT: Do you nickname your Pokemon?
    If so, how do you do it? Do you have a specific name you repeat?

    I do it by a pool of names I think of beforehand (or just names that I use often for aliases, usernames, codenames, etc.). However, I recently ran out of names in this pool simply because I am just too awesome. So I decided to brainstorm some more names.

    Though, the 10-character limit really made me mad when I realized I couldn't have Penthesileia.

    Oh, oh, oh! I'll bold my favorites. The names before the break are the new ones I just put on the list. The names after the break are the ones I've already used.
    Spoiler:


    The only ones I fully made up are Flaxheart, Galvanicus, Pentarus, Petro, Doppler, Marrow, Noseia, Serrah, Tolmekia, and Voltemaire. Otherwise, I steal them from a variety of sources, like Arthurian Legend, Greek Mythos, Germanic Mythos, etc.

    I always assign names to Pokemon based on their qualities, however (e.g. My Tympole was named Kalliope because it's a Pokemon that uses sound-based attacks; Ironbreath is the name of the Onix I just caught because it really liked to use Dragonbreath on me). Noseia is the name of my Swoobat because it has a big nose -___- (it was originally Nosey, christened by my friend, but I realized it was a female so I renamed it). Tenacious is the name of a Venomoth that took me 40 Poke Balls to capture. Things like that.
     
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    Kotowari

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    • It's only since resently that I started to use nickname the majority of my Pokémon, at least the ones I frequently use. But the names I pick are not nearly as well-thought out or eleborate as yours.
    I usually pick the names based on my Pokémon's personality or characteristics. Sometimes, the name just comes to me.

    I'll put some of the names I used for my recent Black (as well as the team I'm using for a competition on dA, for they are my favourite Pokémon).

    Kai is a the name I use exclusively for a female Crobat. Ever since I got one in Emerald, it's become my one of my favourite Pokémon. So, female Crobat will always be Kai for me.
    Veren is the name I used for my (female) Scolipede. It's a name that just came to me on the spot, but I think that it fits her very well.
    Ty is the name I use for my (male) Typhlosion. I realise it's not that original. But it suits my Ty's personality. x3
    Aurora is what I named my (shiny) Zebstrika.
    Helio for Unfezant. I used to sometimes name a Taillow Sora, but I think it's too "gentle" for Pidove and co. Helio(s) is the sun, so I think it fits well for a flying Pokémon.


    Sometimes I just use names of existing characters since they have so much in common:
    Kanda - Serperior(m)
    Lavi - Gyarados (I specially caught a Magikarp with a jolly nature to name it like that. XD)
    Xerxes - Litwik and co. A character of a friend of mine has these radiant yellow eyes, just like the Litwik family. We discussed this once, and I ended naming my litwik like that.
     
    Amore

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    Well, I don't nickname them that often. However, if I'm capturing a pokémon for an in-game trade, or if the trader has really annoyed me, I'll nickname it. For example, I caught an extra Buizel, named it "Zel", then traded it for Norton's Chatot in Platinum. Although really, I should've waited until Route 213, caught a higher-levelled Buizel, and traded it for a Chatot that would then know Chatter.

    If I do nickname them, it's often a lot more simple than the nicknames you guys give them...the most complex one I've used is calling a Charmander "Pyro".
     

    Sigilyph

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    • nicknaming pokemon is one of my favorite parts about the pokemon series. i feel like if i don't nickname my pokemon, it won't truly be mine and will be meaningless to me. i also have this weird fear that my game will delete them if i don't nickname them, for some reason. I'M NOT CRAZY. i've had that fear since the good old days of pokemon blue.

    i started out naming my pokemon very stupid names, i named my charmander "Bob" at one point in time. then i went through the phase where i named all my pokemon after swear words because using swear words when you're 10 is the hip and cool and totally b.a. thing to do. i went through that phase until DP when i named them quality names. i named my turtwig "Toxic" after the britney spears song. wait that isn't a quality name. i still nickname my pokemon all the time. now i nickname them after superheroes, supervillians, powers, phobias, gods/people from mythology (greek, egyptian, norse, etc. etc.), books, singers, actors, songs, and fictional people.

    i don't nickname all my pokemon, just pokemon i know i'll use and won't trade. ever.
     

    Atomic Pirate

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    • It's tradition that any Gligar/Gliscor of mine be named Batman. I name my Pokemon sometimes after traits that they have, sometimes after mythological gods, and sometimes I just give them names that sound good.
     
    Elite Overlord LeSabre™

    Elite Overlord LeSabre™

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    • I choose from a pool of boy/girl names that I like. I try not to repeat names in my games, with one exception: The cat-like Pokemon on my team must be a female named Lisa, even if my trainer character is also named Lisa :P
     

    Autobot Silverwynde

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    • I try to nickname every Pokemon I train/catch, but they usually get stuck with Transformer nicknames. My Bulbasaur has always been named Bruticus, my Cyndaquil has always been FireConvoy, my shiny Electivire is named Bumblebee, etc.

    Yes, I is a dork. :P
     
    Gymnotide

    Gymnotide

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    • Some more names

    Antioch
    Biletongue
    Chrysippus
    Etoile
    Exazeron
    Ezekiel
    Folkvangr
    Garvaine
    Halfdane
    Laurentz
    Maximus
    Rhompaea
    Riftwalker
    Siegfried
    Thordaine
    Thrym-Satr
    Voluspa
    Yttraeas
     

    Nickmonster

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    • I rarely nickname my Pokemon. One time I did do this I named them according to there type, and sometimes there original name. Example Starapdor would be Star.
     
    Maple Leaf

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    • I almost never rename my Pokemon, but when I do, I usually nickname them after people I know from another forum. Weird, huh? xD

    And occasionally, I would give the Pokemon some random nickname.
     
    Gymnotide

    Gymnotide

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    • More names --
    Mostly originals.

    Alabast
    Alecto
    Antaeus
    Bonelash
    Dioxiphias
    Eteocles
    Ingvar
    Myrrh
    Ollerus
    Sylfiorre
    Syn'thrall
    Tainteye
    The Impure
     

    Butterfree-Charizard

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    • I don't always nickname my Pokemon, but I when I do I prefer DOS EQUIS.

    But seriously, I don't often nickname mine, if I am then probably something that stood out about my Pokemon that made me name it that.
     

    Ace Trainer Dylan

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    I've only recently started nicknaming my Pokemon. Usually I simply use the Japanese names. It's not very creative but it keeps my Pokemon unique.
     

    ~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~

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    • I nickname all of my Pokemon no matter how much I love them or dislike them and the names do not determine on how much I love or dislike them. For the most part, I usually give my Pokemon their Japanese names or nicknames of those Japanese names. Few of the times, I would give my Pokemon a nickname based upon their appearances.


    :t354:TG
     

    ChainedTeapot

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    • I normally name mines after friends, foreign names (japanese and french are normally quite good), name them something related to them or just something completely unrelated and random.
     

    Oryx

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    I don't usually nickname my Pokemon. In White I named my Emboar Breakfast though. :3

    In FireRed I named my Persian after my cat and my Pidgeot after my mom's favorite bird when she was younger though.
     

    Zero Avenged

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    • When I played White I kind of made my pokemon's names symbolic. I named my Snivy Nuvema because it was the first town on my new journey into Unova. From then on I named all my pokemon after my favorite towns. Normally I just go with whatever pops up. But I always name my female togepi's Athena and I name my Flygons Sandgem and my Pikachu's Yellow. The rest of my pokemon just kinda get random names
     
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