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OokamiShipper January 22nd, 2009 7:28 PM

I only nickname sometimes, and mine's are classics and they (usually) revolve around nature. Like...
Charizard - Female, Flare
Charizard - Male, Flame
Sceptile - Male, Blade
Arcanine - Female, Infernia (OMG, lame, I know)
Though I do name some of my pokemon after my fave characters or their pokemon.
Beautifly - Female, Haruka
Venusaur - Male, Saur
Espeon - Male, Vui
Pikachu - Male, Satoshi
Jolteon - Male, Volkner
And some are random...
Vaporeon - Male, Farai

Dominus Temporis January 22nd, 2009 7:33 PM

I did have nicknames for my Crystal team for a while. I forget what I called my Typhlosion, but I had a Feraligatr called Gatorade, an Espeon called Neo, a Lugia called Legend, a Tyranitar called Tyrostorm, and a Raichu called Henry.

Yes, Henry. This is part of the reason I changed them back...

I also thought of naming all my Diamond team for characters from the Discworld book series. It would've been:

Torterra: A'Tuin
Staraptor: Vimes
Luxray: Havelock
Gastrodon: Rincewind
Rapidash: Binky
Lucario: either Lobsang or Lu Tze

Xebelleon January 22nd, 2009 7:52 PM

I sometimes nickname.

Like the Unown I caught and stuffed into MPR got their respective letter of the alphabet placed in between parentheses.

- Unown (X)

I favor TURTWIG for the Sinnoh starter.

Tortrunk, the TORTERRA

Other:

:P ikachu, the PIKACHU (yes, it has a space)
W-----D 40, the WAILORD (refers to WD-40)
Gaydar-OS, the GYARADOS (OS = Operating System; as 'nasty' as my nicknames get)

*Smeargle I use for breeding get named based on what their pair, and moveset, is.
~eg. Snub-HB, the SMEARGLE pairs with Snubbull. HB is for Heal Bell, though Close Combat is on it as well.

**My 'Smeargle Monks' get named, in part, on their alignment
~eg. Gravehound, the SMEARGLE is 'Ghost-type' aligned
~~Conversion, Curse, Recover, Shadow Force

Neety January 23rd, 2009 5:10 PM

I decided that with Diamond I was going to nickname all the Pokes I caught...bad idea when you're stuck for words at the naming screen, sitting there going "Um...eeergh...aaagh..." Also I don't get why but I hate how the game automatically CAPITALS all the names; I kept the legendaries names the same, but de-capitalised them (So MESPRIT is now Mesprit).

Most of my Pokes were named after real-life pets, eg:

Turtwig = Soupy (my pet turtle)
Shinx = Bourneville (boyfriend's cat)
Lucario = Blaze (boyfriend's dog)
Buneary = Misty (my old pet rabbit)

I also named a Bibarel "Ugh" owing to my unexplainable hatred of that specific Pokemon.

Hadim Sinan Pasha January 23rd, 2009 6:10 PM

NO. I don't give neicknames to pokemon because, well, I'm not good at naming Pokemon. If I was better than I might do it but no, I'm just not original with names. It's always stuff like:
Ugly, Teeny, Whiney, Sissy. Nothing uber awesome.

deliriouspurple January 23rd, 2009 6:21 PM

I sometimes nickname them:
leafeon=Issa
Charizard=Jerz
Empoleon=Hared
Houndoom=Kshadow

*~Frost Umbreon~* January 23rd, 2009 7:19 PM

I just name my Pokemon cute names. =3

Typhlosion - Flame

Ursaring - Rini

Crobat - Flappy

Umbreon - Darky

Raichu - Sparky

Raikou - Bolt

Entei - Volcano

Suicune - Ocean

Igglybuff - Iggly

Lapras - Larry

Vileplume - Bloom

I'll add more. :O

machomuu January 23rd, 2009 10:20 PM

I give my pokemon general nemes, names that wouldn't help someone immediately identify a species of a pokemon...most of the time.
Pikachu- Pikaru(Girl) Tory(Boy)
Piplup- Pipford
Catrpie- Hikari
Charizard- Gale
Pidgey- Hikaru
...Well I guess it's sort of a split

Nnoitra Jiruga January 23rd, 2009 10:26 PM

Get ready for the lamest names...
Charizard-....Hmmm...STEVE x DD
Pikachu- HMM....Volt! x D
Froslass (Cause I like Froslass :3)- Midna x D or RozenIce
Blastoise- Aqua Dream (Female)
Blastoise- Hydro (Male) Bleh...lame I know...
Venasaur- I WOULD name it...Shuu x DD (Male)
Venasaur- Rose Petal (Female) Meh...sounds like a nickname for a Roselia

machomuu January 23rd, 2009 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ginga (Post 4306365)
Get ready for the lamest names...
Charizard-....Hmmm...STEVE x DD
Pikachu- HMM....Volt! x D
Froslass (Cause I like Froslass :3)- Midna x D or RozenIce
Blastoise- Aqua Dream (Female)
Blastoise- Hydro (Male) Bleh...lame I know...
Venasaur- I WOULD name it...Shuu x DD (Male)
Venasaur- Rose Petal (Female) Meh...sounds like a nickname for a Roselia

Oh yeah, well When G/S came out, I named my Meganium, get ready, Megas... how's that for a lame name :).

OokamiShipper January 24th, 2009 8:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ginga (Post 4306365)
Get ready for the lamest names...
Charizard-....Hmmm...STEVE x DD
Pikachu- HMM....Volt! x D
Froslass (Cause I like Froslass :3)- Midna x D or RozenIce
Blastoise- Aqua Dream (Female)
Blastoise- Hydro (Male) Bleh...lame I know...
Venasaur- I WOULD name it...Shuu x DD (Male)
Venasaur- Rose Petal (Female) Meh...sounds like a nickname for a Roselia

Whoa, you gonna name your male Venusaur Shuu? xD Oh mai.
Thpse names are in no way lame, my names are way lamer, my arcanine Infernia. DxD

Giratina ♀ January 24th, 2009 1:32 PM

Murkrow: Nightwitch (bad name, great Pokemon!)
Typhlosion: Typhon (Greek Mythology, yay.)
Raichu: Dengeki ('electric shock', I believe.)
Honchkrow: Nights End (I tend to use the prefixes Night-, Dark-, or Crow- for my Murkrows, so I decided to do something different for this guy.)
Umbreon: High Moon (descended from 'High Noon', a company that makes... something. IDK.)
Mesprit: Vindict (a fanfic thing.)
Magneton: Helio (xD another fanfic thing...)
Giratina: Cyrus (Need I any explanation? xD)

I lost my copy of Pearl, so I can't remember many.

Heiheipig January 24th, 2009 1:56 PM

I used to, until my friend and I started trading (and GTS) most people don't like pokemon with nicknames (my friend names EVERY pokemon of his Magikarp).

Neety January 24th, 2009 2:45 PM

Yeah, I guess traders aren't fans of names because you can get stuck with a name you don't like. I didn't actually think of that!

@Ginga: I love the idea of a Chrizard called Steve.

ArcanineOod February 13th, 2009 5:14 PM

I usually don't give them nicknames, but when I first played Pokemon Colusseum, I named them all food products! (Years ago, ok?)
I had a Ferret called Apple Pie or something stupid like that! XD


A couple of nicknames I would give:
Pikachu - GG
Buizel - Smuiz


Other than that, I keep the original name, apart from the time when I first got Ruby or Sapphire and named my Torchic 'Charmy' ^_^
xX

HoneyBubbles February 13th, 2009 5:34 PM

I nickname almost all of my pokemon.
Just to name a few..
Blastoise - Godfather (I had just watched part of the movie)
Leafeon - Leaf (Oh, shut up.)
Jigglypuff - La Rock (I don't even know where this came from. It sounds kind of cool. :U )
Ferrow - Nino
Altaria - Rhythm
Blissey - HelloNurse (I love the animaniacs~ xD )
Espeon - Eru
Spheal - Mocoa

The Hero Without a Name February 13th, 2009 6:03 PM

All kinds of random things...
My Togekiss: Tibarn, named after the Hawk King in Fire Emblem: PoR and RD.
Metagross: Metaknight.
Pikachu: Pika (named after Red's Pikachu in PokeSpecial)
Garchomp: Jaws.

sabrina_diamond February 14th, 2009 3:53 PM

Main Pokemon Team
Ninjask- Slash Dash (F)
Swellow- Robin (M)
Azumarill- Charmreign (M)
Linoone- Lithune (M)
Mightyena- Shroudlure (F)
Swampert- Oceanreign (M)

Extra Pokemon-
Skitty (F)- Olapen
Skitty (M)- Odaxitar
Electrike (M)- Jinitas
Manetric (F)- Jinitro
Vulpix - Vesper
... and so on and so on, so how did you like them ;)

Espeon Master February 14th, 2009 8:11 PM

I always nickname my pokemon. To me not naming a pokemon is like naming your pet dog 'dog.' Most people don't do that. xD
Some of my favorite nicknames:
Charizard: Izardash
Fearow: Solemn
Raichu: Sparkle(F) Dazzle(M)
Blastoise: King
Rapidash: Jazz
Lairon: Stryker
Torterra: Czar
Chatot: Fermata
Leafeon: Briar

Ashbox February 14th, 2009 8:49 PM

yes
 
i give all of my good ones and ones i hate nicknames
here is some examples
--------------------
pokemon[description] - nickname
--------------------

quilava - moonclerk
gulpin - booger
magnaton/magnezone - Mr. DVD
deoxys[speed form] - speedy
metagross - MegaTon
chimchar[japan only] - the word leet spelled out with japanese letters ^_^
rhyperior - weight
missongno.[all game versions] - DontTrust
ghost/kabutops/aerodactal versions of missingno. [red&blue only] - ZOMGWTF?
gengar - zombie
giratina - X
darkrai - Nightmare
arceus - jebus

and the list goes on.........
as you can see i get pretty specific on some pokemon...........

Artyte February 15th, 2009 12:30 AM

Nicknaming is not my type, but if i were to do so, I would do it on the team that I want to use. For instance, my Skarmory was call S.Jet meaning steel jet. I have gotten some nicknaming influences from pokemon special, namely Wallace's way of nicknaming his pokemon, for instance when wallace calls his Luvdisc Elizabeth, I call my Blaziken John.

Ashbox February 15th, 2009 10:14 AM

nicknaming gives your pokemon personality......... even if there not your good pokemon.....

Chives Yo February 16th, 2009 11:33 AM

I usually don't nickname Pokémon only because I'm too lazy to, although I do think its nice. If I do name them, I usually go with a theme, like I once went through Leaf Green giving my Pokémon names that end in "yin."

Venusaur - Leayin (Lee-yin)
Raichu - Raiyin (Rye-in)
Vaporeon - Veeyin (vee-yin)
Ninetales - Fieyin (Fye-in)
Pidgeot - Faeyin (Fay-in)
Alakazam - Psyin (Sye-in)

Eucliffe February 16th, 2009 11:40 AM

Hmm...

My Pearl Team:

Infernape: Bane (Female, by the way)
Luxray: Sinbad (the name I give ALL Male Luxrays)
Palkia: Hydra (yes, In put legendaries on my team >.>)
Gastrodon (West): Mei (the name I give all female Shellos/Gastrodon West)
Mismagius: Fia (Female)

... I haven't played Pearl in a while, so I forgot the rest XD Same with Diamond, but my Platinum team:

Torterra: Leaf (since I can only give each Pokemon five English letters in their nicknames, Leaf is female)
Luxray: Star (because she's female, and even if she were male, it would be impossible to name her Sinbad unless I used hiragana or katakana)
Crobat: Toxin (Female)
Milotic: Saria (Female; name came from OoT, the best LoZ game ever)
Lopunny: Lina (Name came from the same game as Fia)
Espeon: Ruby (Named after my all-time fave PokeSpecial character; though my Espeon is female like the rest of my team)

But I love nicknaming Pokemon <3

Haza February 16th, 2009 12:22 PM

Im looking for a shiny Ursaring so I can name her MoneyHoney! Green like money and eats honey, get it?


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