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The Name Raters
Who doesn't love nicknaming their Pokemon?
It's like giving a newborn baby an actual name instead of calling it "BABY". But the neat thing is the varitety of names people think of or their Pokemon. So let's take an oppurtunity to "rate" them all, shall we? So basically, the first person posts a Pokemon and a nickanme they would give to them. Than the next person would rate that nickname, and repeat what the first poster did, only with a different Pokemon and nickname. Not only is this a good game, it will also give people ideas for nicknames if they aren't good in the name department. You can rate out of 10. Like so, 7.5/10 or 7.5 out of 10. I'll start. Pokemon: Roserade Nickname: Celeste Reason: I was watching a random show, can't remember what it was, and I was hatching for the right Budew and as the one I wanted was hatched, I heard someone in the show say the name "Celeste". Ironically, the Budew was a girl and since it was the only name that came to mind, i named it Celeste. |
8/10, cus I think it's a cool name.
Pokemon:Ditto Nickname:Mr Cheese Reason:Ditto is genderless, but I imagined my Ditto being a boy, which is where the 'Mr' came from. The Cheese... I was probably eating something cheesy at the time. I just think that Mr Cheese is quite a unique name for a Ditto. :) |
Kinda weird name but 7/10
Pokemon:Gardevoir Name:Yami Reason:Gardevoir reminds me of my bestestest friend and so I just called Gardevoir by my bestestest friend nickname (which I thought of and she liked it alot) |
That's a rather cool name, and similar to my own, so it must be rated highly. ;) 9/10
Pokemon: Minun Name: Sofie Reason: My cousin was around when I caught it, so I named it after her. Has since become my top pokemon on Ruby. |
10/10 cause i love Minun!
Pokemon:Minun (and Plusle) Nickname:Mimzy (and Mumzy) Reason: Just kinda fits them for me and has become a staple in my team in every game (well Minun has (i'll use Plusle once in a while to replace Minun)(along with Icy the Glaceon, Yami the Gardevoir, Singsong the Lapras, Numnums the Mawile and Leon the Dragonite)) |
8/10 cus the cute pairing of namesness is cute and cool. :)
Pokemon: Igglybuff Nickname: Mina Reason: I originally named it something else for a cheat, but the cheat only worked the first time, so the Igglybuff baby was renamed Mina, cus it was the first name that came into my head. :) It's one of the pokes that's waiting to be traded to another game. |
8/10 if female, 4/10 if male
Mina is a cutesy name, but only for girls. However, Mina is similar to "mine", a phrase babies are infamous for spouting. Pokemon: Buizel Nickname: Jetsam Reason: Knowing Buizel becomes Floatzel, the word flotsam, or floatsam, came to mind, but it was too obvious. So he was named Jetsam. Discuss. Bonus: I call him Jet or Jetta as an affectionate nickname, and my (twin) sister calls him Sammy. Please rate. |
8/10 becuase the reason is realy clever, and something I would never have thought of.
Pokemon: Wailord Name: Binky Reason: I was watching Arthur at the time, and I caught Binky at the time when Binky on the TV was doing something stupid. I then thought how Binky was big and looked kinda thick, just like my newly caught pokemon, so Binky he was named. (Oh, and just so you know, Mina is a girl. ;)) |
Lol very funny 8/10
Pokemon: Leafeon Name: Mujakina Reason: Well Mujakina means innocent in japanese and Leafeon looks very innocent so 1+1=2! |
9/10
Pokemon: Toxicroak Nickname: Amphibitox Reason: It's based off of a frog, and it's poison type, you get the picture. |
6.5/10 it just seems a little to similar to me
Pokemon: Machamp Nickname: Hanes Reason: All he wears is underwear :P |
8/10
Pokemon: Magnezone Nickname: M.F.P (Magnetic flying Pokemon) Reason: Well, Magnezone looks like a U.F.O |
6.5 / 10. If it looks like a UFO, you should probably just call it UFO. As it is you probably get a lot of people asking you what MFP even means. xD
Pokemon: Farfetch'd Nickname: Miku Reason: Really? I need a reason? |
7/10
i dont get the point but u dont have a reason so whatever. Miku's a cute name. Pokemon:Red Gyrados Nickname:SeaFlame Reason:Gyrados is water-type, red reminds me of fire. Pretty simple. |
7.5/10
Mmm, I see it now I guess :P Pokémon: Exxegutor. Nickname: TNTree Reason: Exxegutor is a tree that just so happens to be able to learn Explosion. |
9/10 for creativity
Poke-Staraptor Name-Vel Reason-Staraptor sounds similar to Veloceraptor so I thought of Velocity from Veloceraptor and shortened it to Vel |
7/10
Poke- Charizard Name- Best guy Reason- i was 5, and i though like, best guy is the best name ever! |
4/10. Charizard is a great Pokemon, but he isn't exactly the best in my opinion.
Species: Pidgeot Name: Tobias Gender: Male Reason: I read too much Animorphs and Tobias is the guy that uses a hawk as his main morph. |
7.5/10 good reason...need I say more? Kuz I don't wanna. :nervous:
Pkmn: Vulpix Name: Swift Girl Pkmn: Growlithe Name: Bronze Boy Pkmn: Houndour Name: Trixie(girl) and Myles(boy) Reason(all three): I usually think of them as a trio; Vulpix is the speedy/swift one, Growlithe is the brawn(Bronze=Brawns) and Houndour is the brains, Trixie is for tricky and Myles...I hear too much about Sonic from my little brother; Tails Miles Prower. It gets changed. |
6/10 you should switch vulpix and houndour
Pokemon: Weavile Nickname: Pepto Reason: well its shiny so its bright pink just like pepto bismol |
6.5/10
Pokemon:Typhlosion Nickname:Blast Reason: Its Jap name is Bakufoon and baku means blast so I name it Blast |
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Pokémon: Tentacruel Nickname: iRapeUrApe Reason: Tentacruel is the best counter to most competitive Infernape sets. |
5.5/10
I don't like to name my pokemon much, but sometimes... :D Pokemon: Espeon (Female) Nickname: Lily Reason: Well, this name reminds me of color of the Espeon, simple and I love that name... So passionate ^^ |
I like the name Lily on anything but i don't really like espeon but that's beside the point i think the name is quite fitting and deserves an 8 out of 10
Pokemon: Totodile family Nickname: WaterBlast Reason: I gave it this nickname when i first got silver and it just makes me think about when i was younger and playing pokemon so the name kinda just stuck for nostalgic reasons |
6-8
The Pokemon: Spinarak The name: Arak-spin |
2/10 NPCs have come up with better nicknames. Sorry!
Pokemon: Treecko Nickname: Malakai Reason: I heard it on Futurama, liked the way it rolled off the toungue, and thought it was fitting for Treecko. |
Weird, but I liked it 8/10.
Pokémon: Zigzagoon Nickname: Brownie Reason: I think I was thinking about chocolate when I caught it. Also, Zigzagoon is brown. |
Good reason, name and food. 8.5/10
How 'bout: Espeon Nickname: Mauve Well... Yeah. Absol Nickname: YiYa Its face is... like the Yin/Yang symbol. Short, sweet and to the point. |
Mauve: 7/10 because naming a Pokémon after its color isn't exactly original, but I like how you called it something more original than "Pink" or "Purple".
YiYa: 8/10 because it's a nice way of looking at it (I never thought of Absol as a yin-yang), but it's hard to pronounce, and I dislike names with capitals in the middle. - Pokémon: Gyarados (shiny) Nickname: Hydraque [hi-DRAW-kay] Reason: "Hydr-" from Hydro, "Hydra-" from the multi-headed serpent monster, "-draque" from the Latin word for dragon, and "-aque" from aqua. It all fits together like a puzzle! Pokémon: Cyndaquil (evolved later into Quilava and Typhlosion) Nickname: Helios [HEE-lee-os] Reason: I wanted to call it something related to fire, but "Blaze", "Flame", and "Burn" seemed way too unoriginal. Pokémon: Pidgey (evolved later into Pidgeotto and Pidgeot) Nickname: Caelos [SEE-lus] Reason: From caelum, Latin for sky. And how could I forget...? Pokémon: Mudkip (evolved later into Marshtomp and Swampert) Nickname: (brace yourself) Whicker [WIK-er] Reason: *sigh* Whicker was originally to be named Whacker. This was because at the time, when I knew little about Pokémon, I thought a cool attack for Mudkip would be extending its whiskers/gills and... well, whacking the opponet with them. (¬_¬) I then decided to combine that with "whisker" to form Whicker. |
Well...
Hydraque: One of the most original names I have seen. 8/10 Helios: Same as above. 9/10 Whicker: I laughed a little bit after reading that story. 7/10 Pokémon: Rayquaza Nickname: Leviathan Reason: This happens when you watch too much Yu-Gi-Oh! and play too much Final Fantasy. |
I'm cool with nicknames and all but I really hope there's a better name rater in black and white who changes the name if "you" dont like it, instead of what he likes.
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True. Sadly I don't have a name to rate.
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@ s_a_lpoke~ I called my Cyndaquil Helios too~ =D
Well, my second Cyndaquil anyway. My first pokemon in SS, Cyndaquil, I named Calcifer after the fire demon in Howl's Moving Castle. I called my Lapras Undine after the water nymphs. xD And I called my flying Pikachu Flychu. Had to be able to distinguish it. |
cyndaquil: 8/10 Nice name, very fitting
Lapras: 5/10 Undine is an ugly name Pikachu 7/10 Nice idea. Pokemon: Numel Nickname: Quite Reason: I was thinking of its 4th gen ability, simple. and i thought of "Its quite simple" Pokemon: Geodude Nickname: GeGeGe Reason: I was thinking of the first two letters, and the manga GeGeGe no Kitaro Pokemon: Monferno Nickname: Yggfryyd Reasone: none much, its a cool name. |
Numel: Lame pun 5/10
Geodude: 5/10 Monferno: A very weird name 6/10 Pokémon: Female Dratini. Nickname: Valentine. Reason: Every time I tried to catch a Dratini, it ran away. When I finally caught one, I was thinking about the word "valiente" (brave) because she didn't run away so I named her Valentine. |
10/10
I for one think this name is perfect and I love how you incorporated valiente into a girls name by calling her valentine so yh i really like it Im tempted to go and catch one and call it just that. annnnnyyyywaaaay: pokemon:Lucario(originally egg hatched riolu) name:Riley reason:A long time ago when I got diamond and I went to Iron island and helped the trainer there he gave me an egg with my trusted partner inside and I just happened to name him after the trainer who I got him from in iron island.........:Riley and riley has now been through diamond,platinum and HG and is a very sentimental partner for me now. |
If it means so much for you then 8/10.
Thanks for the comment. Pokémon: Female Grimer Name: Lorna Reason: I only named her like that because I hate reggaeton and she is (was?) a reggaeton singer. |
Hmmm... I'll give you 5+. Does not match that much.
Pokemon: Absol Gender: Male Name: Jared Reason: I think this name matches Absol. Reminds me of Jared Leto, who I like very much. As a vocalyst of 30 Secs To Mars and as an actor. |
Bleh, I don't know why but I don't usually like seeing actual names on pokemon. And Jared doesn't exactly scream pokemon of natural disasters. 6/10
Pokemon: Umbreon name: Blackmagic reason: because on Colosseum I had a Espeon named Mindbender and I thought Blackmagic was a cool name, and it went with Mindbendder |
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Pokemon: Zigzagoon Name: HM B**** 'cause... what the hell else do you use it for |
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I have a female Dragonair named Therru. She's named after the girl in The Tales Of Earthsea anime who is a dragon. I thought it to be fitting |
That's a beautiful name~ :3 9/10
My Dratini (male) is named St. Julian. He's named after a character in Clive CUssler's novels who is a marine history expert. :3 My Eevee is named Twist because it reminds me of a twist ice cream cone. |
6 out of 10
snorlax Kabigon Reason:japanese name for snorlax in english letters |
not a fan of other language names unless its in Spanish then its pretty cool
5/10 I have a Gallade Eon-Cody because it sounds cool and/or I was huffing Musharna dream smoke I also have an Umbreon named Void |
7/10 cause void sounds cool in umbreon
Pokemon: Skarmory Nickname: Metalix |
Sounds like a robot! 7/10
Espeon: Tristan Flareon: Penny |
I'd give 7 to Tristain and 7.5 to Penny.
Seedala-Venusaur |
7/10 for Seedala. Pretty name for an ugly pokemon :)
Willow - Rapidash. There was some weird connection in my head to charcoal... willow turns to charcoal Also, Willow from Buffy is my favourite character from anything ever. Ever. |
8 to willow. Not something common- a good thing.
Also, as for- Augusta-Pidgeot- You can see why in the name Kinekico-Kadabra- I thought of it when I caught it. It sounded good,so there it is. Chery Bite-Cherubi- For what it is. |
Augusta: 6.5/10. It's unique, but I feel as if the other names are better.
Kinekico:7.5/10. I like this one a lot! Chery Bite: 7/10. It sounds pretty good. :) Pokemon: Parasect. Nickname: Homeskilly. Reason: I always thought of Homeskilly when I saw Parasect. Although it's in the sprite where it looks like it's smiling (I think the FR/LG sprite). The name grew on me ever since, and made Parasect one of my favourite Pokemon. |
Homeskilly: 9.5/10
Cool name. Dragonair, female Silhouette Reason: Because. I just don't know why. It's what I named my Dragonair in my game. Politoed, female Ribbita Reason: Well, Politoed is a frog, after all, and frogs go "ribbit ribbit" (otherwise those little kids are lying), and Politoed reminds me of Ribbita from Megaman battle network. |
Chiki is a strange name, but i like it 7/10
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Person above gave no name...
The Pokemon: Gengar The Name: Nightmare The Reason: Yeah, it's generic, but I love Gengar and I just thought since he liked spooking people, and scaring the crap out of them, I'd name him Nightmare. Any time I use a Gastly or any other ghost type that I like, I name them Nightmare. |
It's quite a cool name, goes with the spooky theme. 6.5/10
Pokemon: Gorebyss Name: Alice Reason: Well it's a girl, and Alice is a girl's name, but also cus to me Gorebyss looks like it's sort of not-all-there or in dreamland, just like Alice in Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll. |
Hehe 7.5/10 Alice seems like it would be a good name for a Gorebyss. (But can't Gorebyss be male?)
Pokemon: Houndoom Name: Dante Reason: When I look at Houndoom I think of a hellhound, and then I think of hell, and when I think of hell I think of demons, and when I think of demons I think of Devil May Cry... |
Dante's a fine and "hell-ish" name. But one thing and another just doesn't fit. :/
"Ifrit" or something would be fitting more than "Dante". 8/10 Name: Klesta Pokemon: Skarmory Reason: Dunno... I've been playing FFTA2 too much lately, methinks. 'Sides, Klesta's a birdie. It won't hurt, no? :D |
9/1o
Name: Sparkette Species: Raichu Reason: I caught Pikachu in the Viridian forest and thought of Sparkette. |
Sparkette 4/10 Just...yeah.
Pokemon: Male Lickitung Nickname: Lucas Doesn't he look like he would like to lick lollipops all day long? What else would that tongue be for? "Lucas" seems like a good name for anybody who likes lollipops. |
1/10, A human name.
Species: Mew Name: PinkFuzzy Reason: It's so cute! |
...4/10 Mew's hair is so fine that it needs to be under a microscope to be seen...I don't see how it would be fuzzy...
Pokemon: Snorlax Name: Haymitch Reason: If you've ever read "The Hunger Games" or "Catching Fire" then you will know why xD |
Well becuase I have'nt, it would have to be a 5/10. (Oh and BTW, Gorebyss can be male, but mine was a girl, which is what I meant.)
Name: Tiger Pokemon: Growlithe Reason: Becuase it's orange and black and looks like a tiger. Full of originality I am. :P |
yes, and for that, I will give you a 5/10. And i read the Hunger Games, so i get it. Too true...except Snorlax don't drink wine...or win the Hunger Games...
Pokemon: Girafarig Name: HHSZGZSHH Reason: I really wanted to nickname it for some reason...and ran out of ideas. So this is how I came up with one. Pokemon original name->flipped backwards->Letter after first letter (e.g. G->H, Z->A)-> letter before first letter (e.g. G->F, A->Z) , repeat And Girafarig was spelt the same backwards. IDK!!! |
Hmmm....... Nice idea to nickname someone. Ill rate it 3/10
Pokemon:Lapras Nickname:Cross Reason:Nothing really It just came to my mind.. |
2/10
It make sense because Ash crossed the waters of the orange archipegalo on Lapras.But 'cross' is a meh-ish name. My pokemon nicknames Pokemon:Fearow Nickname:Mr Beak Reason: My Fearow is a male Pokemon:Lugia Nickname:Silver Reason:It's the mascot of Pokemon Silver. Pokemon:Raticate Nickname:Gnawer Reason: Raticate has big front teeth which I assosiate with things that gnaw. |
5/10 for all of those, Dragonite XD
Jolteon-Vandigraph We had a science experiment and we used a thing called a Vandigraph generater that made static electricity jump from person to person if you get close. Gengar- Stalker it's supposed to lurk in the shadows... Rhyperior-Richtor As in, a richtor scale that measures the power of earthquakes Feraligatr-Ripjaw Well, massive fangs+mouth= looks like could tear thing to shreds Forrtress-Terrorism all it did was blow itself up Sceptile-Geklo (insert any roman numeral) My friend named his Sceptile Geklo, and mine was an egg from it so I named it Geklo Jr. And now I've been breeding, and sending a new treecko to a game when I buy it. I've sent one to pretty much every game. every time I did I'd name it Geklo III, IV, etc. (There was a girl, I called her Gekla) I think I'm on Geklo the 8th. |
wow, those are all 8-10 to 10-10
how about these two Typhlowsion( Phlow) Mewtwo (Dabeast) |
I dunno... they seem rather unoriginal. 4/10
Aquatica- Vaporeon Mystica- Espeon Bounce- Azumarill Roy- Blaziken |
7.5/10
A all nicknamed Pokemon from Ruby. Some of them were nicknamed a long time ago and I maybe forgot a origin of nickname. I excluded a Pokemon from in-game trades. Metagross - Kosiarz (Polish name =D): it's so nicknamed as I use him(its [?]) often to Cut grass Blaziken - Baseiken:don't remember. Azumarill - Bazurill:as above. Flipper - Pelipper:as above o-o Aigon - Breloom: see above xD Exploder - Weezing: He has Explosion move. Boulder - Graveler:Graveler looks for me like boulder, that's why she has this nickname. Coinca - Swellow: If I remember... Pichi - Raichu: diminutive from Pikachu. Nicknamed as Pikachu. Mr.Whisi - Exploud: I don't remember too (lol) Povbat - Crobat:A cross of Crobat and something other... but I don't remember what. Monkey - Aipom:Aipom is a monkey-like Pokemon and so nickname... Findi - Linoone: From her ability. (an english letters that I can't write) - Poliwag:She was caught at (un)epic place and nickname got scrambled. |
They vary ALOT
Although the average would be about 8.3 Species - Roselia Nickname - Eve Reason - The whole Adam and Eve thing, it's something to do with religion :D Species - Verin Nickname - Beautify Reason - Don't quite remember, but I guess I just thought it sounded interesting. |
I like them both, 7/10 :)
Name: Mr Turtle Pokemon: Turtwig Reason: Well if you have ever watched 'My name is Earl' then a guy called Randy has a pet turtle named 'Mr Turtle'. And also because Turtwig is a turtle :D |
8/10, becuase I have'nt seen my name is earl, but I still find it amusing.
Pokemon: Psyduck Name: Toaster Reason: Well, to me Psyduck's beak kind of resembles a piece of toast. Therefore the Psyduck is the toaster. :) |
6/10 - That's pretty funny. x3
Pokemon: Gengar Name: Onryo Reason: In Japanese Mythology, an Onryo is known to be an unkind spirit (usually out for revenge, except my one isn't x3) and as Gengar is known to be unkind and mean on occassion (even if it is for its own humour,) I found it fitting. While an Onryo is usually female, they can be male. |
@MissFrederick
That's a perfect 10 right there lol Blaziken: KFC as in Kentucky(Kanto? lolz) Fried Chicken. :D Cuz he's a chicken... that controls fire! Alakazam: Hudini I named it that as an abra becausethe pokedex said it would teleport all the time and disappear. Like Hudini! lolz Deliberd: Mr. Claus He brings presents like Santa! Espeon: Mindbender (I've also had one called Mindgames) Just thought it sounded cool Mightyena: Whitefang just finished reading the book at the time lol |
@Master Strife - 5/10
Ralts♂: Ackbar Ralts♀: WTFIDONTNO |
Male Ralts - 3/10 - for me it looks like a random letters.
Female Ralts - 8.5/10 - hahaha xD One from Emerald: Pichu♀: MissingNo. |
7/10 - I like it because no one would really expect it x3.
Pokemon: Dragonite (Female) Name: Chitose Reason: My theme when nicknaming is Japanese. And Chitose is a Japanese girl's name which means 'Ascend with the Strength of a Thousand.' I found it fitting because not only can Dragonite fly; they're also very strong. |
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