What kinds of nicknames do you give your Pokemon?

[InfinIcy]

I usually give some of my pokemon Metroid-ish names because I love the Metroid games.

My Vaporeon's name is Maridia and as soon as I get a Pokemon that can learn Hyper Beam, Ice Beam, Flamethrower, and Charge Beam, I'm going to name it Samus. :D

 

[Azonic]

I don't give my Pokemon nicknames. :(

 

[The Corrupt Plague]

None. All the pokemon I have that do have nicknames are from trades.

 

[jcogginsa]

when i played platinum,i typically nicknamed them after dbz characters

 

[Timbjerr]

I rarely give my battling pokemon nicknames...when it comes to extraneous pokemon, I usually give them an odd-sounding nickname that is anagrammatic with their Japanese name. :P

The best example of this is my HM-slave Bibarel being nicknamed "lubdeal"

 

[System!]

I very rarely give my pokemon nicknames, but I make it a tradition to name my Torchic in Sapphire Kentucky. Why? It's a freaking chicken. I remember in one playthrough in Pearl that I named my Turtwig Irwin (of the long-gone show Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy) and Luxray Shadow (as in the hedgehog with the polarizing fanbase).

 

[~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~]

I usually give my Pokemon their Japanese names or a shorter version of their Japanese name


:t354:TG

 

[Sydian]

I give them whatever comes to mind whether it's cool, lame, or just plain stupid. No Pokemon goes unnamed with me as a trainer.

 

[Orancello]

I give a nickname according to what the pokemon is like or what I want to name it. I name my pidgey Arby. Why? Because I can. And my gastly's name is Nappa, cause he's a beast. And my starter I always name Bullwinkle, no matter what.

 

[Glow Worm's Not Glowing]

I name my Pokemon pretty much whatever comes to mind. I was playing too much COD:WAW and I ended up naming my Pikachu Reznov. >_< So, when it comes down to it, I'm pretty random when it comes to names. XD

 

[Oddishinator151]

i name my fire pokemon burningpqr, dont ask why i just do >_>

 

[Hyper Chibi Absol]

Togekiss:Togezoom (sounds better)
Infernape: Zidane
Espeon: Foxtail
Absol: Chibi
Darkrai: Nightmare
Lucario: Sir Aaron
Blaziken: Wildfire
Meganium: Roosgy (my grass fakemon)
Charizard: Littletail
Milotic: Beauty

Those are some.

 

[Flamezdudes]

Don't give them nicknames, i think its rediculous.

 

[Ayselipera]

No nicknames for me.

Although once I remember naming my Onyx RocknRoll.
...I was also 7.

 

[Hatenko]

Uhh, I've named all my male Combee "Worker", "Drone", and stuff like that. Of course, the Vespiquen was named "Queen Bee"

 

[The Bringer!]

All the pokes I use have nicknames, and I'm quite proud of them, actually =D
They're usually a single adjective, or the name of an object(s), like Wings or Scimitar.
I've also named a torterra and venusaur Harold, after the character.

 

[EmeraldSky]

--Anime characters (usualy the dub names if one is known)
--game characters
--Disney characters
--American cartoon characters
--foreign languages
--words that suit the Pokemon

 

[A Real True Winner Is Me]

I named my Pokemon after House Characters. Wilson, Greg, Cuddy..​

 

[Casey333]

Its rare for me to give pokemon nicknames. If its a pokemon I already have, I either give it a really weird nickname or I just repeat the first part. (Example, My 2nd chikorita is named "Chichi")

But kidding around, I nicknamed my boy Cacnea "Becky". XD

 

[teababe27]

Lately, I have been naming my Pokemon in Pearl and Platinum after different musicians/singers. It is mostly whatever I am listening to at the time, but I occasionally find an appropriate nickname for someone.