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Haruki June 11th, 2009 6:47 PM

i name some of my pokemon (usually my favorites) like naming my Eevee, CutieV or my Ponyta/Rapidash, Entai

Calvo819 June 11th, 2009 7:42 PM

I usually name my poke's after people i know.

I named my Empoleon "Hadrian", my Gardevoir "Aether", my Torterra "Vendetta", my Togepi "Ste-Phunny" (my friend stephanie named it, not me lol)

Down with the darkness June 11th, 2009 8:45 PM

I tend to name 'em. Right now I'm doing the Ultimate Monotype Challenge, and I've been naming them the same thing from generation to generation. Like all my Nidokings are called "Lord" and all my Golbata and Crobats are names "Archer". They're all kinda along the lines of medieval times and mythology.

FreakyLocz14 June 11th, 2009 8:57 PM

I'm on of the few that doesnt nickname

Frequency June 11th, 2009 9:02 PM

I nickname most of my Pokemon. It's fun thinking up some awesome name.

~Magnus~ June 11th, 2009 9:27 PM

I either...
- Let them be called what they are usually called
- Give them a weird name if i don't use them (like iLiek for a Mudkipz and SexyBeast/Sexmaker for Ditto)
- Japanese name they are usually called in Japanese version
- Japanese/History/Comic reference name. (Stalin for Registeel (AKA Man of Steel) or Iceman for Regice or Kaisen for Zangoose since Kaisen is Japanese for Battle and Zangoose battles Seviper
- Random name i think is cool at first then hate later (Like Astro for Gastly)

Calvo819 June 12th, 2009 5:17 PM

i called my Wobuffet "Reychesta"

sonicisrad June 13th, 2009 5:46 PM

Machoke - Macca
Altaria - Taria
Flygon - Ace
Ludicolo - Luigi
Magneton - Magneto
Wailord - Lordiver
Jynx - Kyss
Venusaur - Forrest
Typhlosion - Ty
Scizor - Red
Sceptile - Terra
Togekiss - Happz
Milotic - Milo
Swampert - Kipper
Masquerain - Rainer
Houndoom - Darko
Dragonite - Nitro
Metagross - Metaman

I like nicknames especially in R/S/E due to PokeContests and what not.

ShyRayq June 13th, 2009 9:43 PM

I used to give my pokemon 5 lettered names
now their 8 lettered
EXAMPLE- water types:Atlantic
fire types:Heatwave
elec types:Lighting
and so on

Ecks-Dee June 14th, 2009 4:00 AM

I usually nickname my pokemon if i can think of anything at the time. I have thought up a few funny ones, like Meditite which i called Onion XD Well, because its head looks like an onion! And Machop was Toaster because it looks like its got bread coming out of its head. lol

.Tactic. June 14th, 2009 4:44 AM

I don't really name mine anymore, but in one of the old games (kanto) I had blastoise called bubbles and a caterpie called macho, funny!

SnowpointQuincy June 14th, 2009 5:08 AM

  • Two Dragonite(Parent and Child Actualy) Heart and Soul. (Not named recently!)
  • Aggron "Boss-Rock"
  • Electivire "Edison"
  • Dusknoir "Fortinbras" Named durring a production of Hamlet. (I was the Ghost.)
  • Finaly, the best nick name is... A Slaking named "KarateKid"

Dawn's Hat June 14th, 2009 5:12 AM

I normally base my nicknames around latin translations. For example, I named my Crobat "Virus" and my Torterra "Ortus" after the latin names for "Poison" and "Garden" respectively.

Prince of Cats June 15th, 2009 3:11 AM

I basically name my Pokemon on how I think they look. IE. My Infernape is Sun Wukong from the Journey West and my Machamp is Titan cause... well he's huge and hits like a truck XD

Randurro June 15th, 2009 7:32 AM

I do a mixture of naming them after their Japanese counterparts and shortened versions of their original names.

Hallie June 17th, 2009 12:31 PM

I always have to nickname mine... I hate the CAPS ABUSE OF THE NORMAL NAMES. They're usually non-silly, or often references to other things. Examples:
  • A'Tuin the Torterra
  • Ben the Raticate
  • Othello the Rapidash
  • Banshee the Absol
  • Tamaki the Jolteon
  • Headbanger the Rampardos
  • Ulysses the Blastoise
  • Temeraire the Charizard
  • Shisha the Arcanine
On double-battle teams I like to give them matching names... For instance, my Houndoom/Togekiss pair are names Crowley and Aziraphale, respectively, after the main characters of one of my favorite books.

Ice Grimm June 17th, 2009 11:49 PM

My favorites :
Umbreon - Midnight
Ninetales - Volcano
Cloyster - Coldy
Charizard - Pixy
Lol I know they aren't exactly original, but I liked those the most

derozio June 18th, 2009 1:21 AM

I used to call my roserade 'ROSE RED'. Now that is not very different :/. Garchomp was called 'DRACONIUM' after the dragon booster anime. I niknamed my Infernape 'DEMOLISHER' as it was used for sweeping in- game. I niknamed my snorlax ' BOOM BLAST' for no apparent reason :/. My empoleon 'AQUA BLAST' as it was water type and I was not able to come up with some other name.

kellogs June 19th, 2009 6:37 AM

My current team in Ruby

Lariron-Athena
Kadabra-Iorek
Machoke-Damme
Manectric-Jolt
Swampert-Smelly
Mightyena-Padri

My favorite nicknames were a Feraligatar called "spoon" and two Mightyenas' called "Che" and "che ii" .It makes the game more fun :)

Artonkn June 19th, 2009 7:27 AM

Yes, i do :)
Well most of the time.


Jolteon - Eonz (My partnert pokemon)
Latios - a potato (it's funny :D 'Ellis sent out a potato'
Charizard - Flarewing
Infernape - Goldflame
Garchomp - Shark head
Jirachi - Asteroid

Grass-Master-Bailey June 19th, 2009 11:20 AM

I always give Nicknames to my Pokemon as it individualises them, and In Diamond all my nicknames end in '-oid.'

Examples:
Torterra- Turtoid (Turtle & Oid)
Roselia- Petoid (Petal & Oid)
Abomasnow- Snovoid (Snover & Oid)
Vileplume- Plantoid (Plant & Oid)
Tropius- Tropicoid (Tropical & Oid)
Ludilicolo- Tadoid (Lotad & Oid)
Cacturne- Spikoid (Spike & Oid)
Cherrim- Cherroid (Cherry & Oid)
etc.

I have a thing for the grass types.

Pjskat June 19th, 2009 7:22 PM

Lol my friend always named his Pokies something related to them and i played his game for a while when he was at band camp. Here they are:

Muk: Sludgey
Arcanine: Blazeron
Raichu: Taxi
Victreebell: Bell
Blastoise: Aquapump
Alakazam: Albert
Mewtwo: Psychs
Raticate: Chompers
Moltres: Pyromaniac
Dragonite: Godnillawafer (and yes that was to long for the text box but we stilled called him that)

Dreadnought June 19th, 2009 7:37 PM

I've only recently begun nicknaming. Though some names i have used are Taco Bell (Bronzong), Pornagon (Porygon) and such. XD

Echoing Song June 19th, 2009 11:30 PM

I've only ever named my Mismagius Marisa

That's about it

Sackferth June 20th, 2009 10:21 AM

I usually just give them the decapitalized version of their fully evolved form.
i.e. CHARMANDER would be given Charizard as a name.
(it wasn't a hard concept but I wanted to explain it anyway)

In my Fire challenge for Pearl I hatched all the non-Sinnoh fire starters and switched their names around:
Charizard is named Typhlosion
Typhlosion -> Blaziken
Blaziken -> Infernape
Infernape -> Charizard.

And In my DuoSpecies Challenge I named:
My Lotad---Cocoa Rain
My Abra----Nilla Snow

For the team that I'm slowly training for wi-fi I have so far:
Skywalker----------Lucario (Luke Skywalker)
RAWR---------------Garchomp
MC Hammer-------Blissey


Just some random names:
Bruce-------------My shiny Bronzong (Bruce Banner is the Hulk)
Jimbafatso------Most Snorlax/Hariyama I catch (From Ed, Edd, n Eddy)
Tyrella------------Tyranitar from Colosseum (It was a girl)
Ag Bullet--------Skarmory (Ag is silver...yeah it's nerdy)
Ugly Baby-------Milotic (creative...I know)


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