Haha, I very nearly called my rival Will because of His Dark Materials.
I even considered naming my starter Pantalaimon. ~♪
I love that series! It's maybe my favourite books! Anyways...
Me: My real name (not telling)
Rival: Pigeon (why not?)
Starter Quilava: Theus (like the Greek hero Prometheus)
Feraligatr: Neptune (Roman god)
Bayleef: Atlas (I think a Greek hero, not sure)
Pidgeotto: Hermes (Greek god)
Ampharos: Eirela (made it up)
Golem: Strogonoff (That's what they were serving on the plane)
Red Gyrados: Poseidon (Greek god)
Sentret: Fella (no idea)
Zubat: Blatto (felt like it)
Togepi: Tock (it rhymes with clock)
Sandshrew: Solum (latin)
Sudowudo: Spudhopper (yeah...)
That's all of them. I'm not too serious about names :)