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KipKipFox August 16th, 2016 4:43 PM

What do you nickname your Pokemon?
 
Do you nickname your pokemon? If so, what do you call them? Do you call them something that matches it's appearance or type? It do you just give it something that sounds cool and fitting?

Here's what I personally named my pokemon:
Spoiler:

Serperior, "Ivy"(snIVY)

Reshiram, "Aaron" (the first word that popped to mind was "air." Reshiram seems to reflect the air element well. What name sounds like air? Aaron.)

Cobalion, "Lucky" (first legendary I ever caught. I felt lucky about it.)

Virizion, "Gazelle" (it looks like one.)

Delphox, "Ember" (fire-type)

Aurorus, "Aura" (it's already part of the original name)

Xerneas, "Lights" (honestly, the little gems on its antlers look like Christmas lights.)

Pikachu, "Seiko" (honestly my Cosplay Pikachu reminded me of a obnoxious. Anime character... and the first one that comes to mind is Seiko Shinohara.)

"Sapphire" the Kyogre, "Emerald" the Rayquaza (aww come on, you know why.)

Layla the Charizard, Liu the Lucario, Drake the Sceptile, Joanie the Mightyena, Mitch the Breloom, Tessa the Swellow, Serenity the Latias (just sounds fitting)



What about yours? :0

Tewi August 16th, 2016 5:49 PM

I usually call my starter either Kuro (if male) or Tewi (if female). Beyond that, i usually name my team poke's after Touhou characters or just uncap their name. Oh yeah, and the usual Pikachu > Pika.
Oh, i remember calling my starter after the rival's name too.

TogeKisser August 16th, 2016 6:32 PM

I always catch a male zubat and name him Batman and a Pidgey and Name it Burd Jesus

Lunar August 17th, 2016 2:41 AM

I usually call my Pokemon a name related to them, for example, I recently had a Slowbro called Mercury because when a Shellder bites onto a Slowpoke's tail it injects poison into it, and well Mercury is a type of poison so that's what I named it. And I tend to look into similar things for different Pokemon to get their nicknames. Otherwise I'll just name them after Anime characters :)

Log August 17th, 2016 3:02 AM

It depends on my mood, really. I don't have set names for particular Pokemon either, but I go for either regular people names or names after my favorite video game/anime characters.

AmetsuCAT August 17th, 2016 3:53 AM

I'm not very creative, so I usually go with people names. Like Matt the Reshiram, or Nyall the Gyarados.

Judge Mandolore Shepard August 17th, 2016 6:24 AM

When I nickname my Pokemon I tend to make sure that the Pokemon in my teams have nicknames that fall under a theme. Here are examples of nicknames I have used for the leaders of each of my teams:

Delta (Blastoise)(Leader of my Star Wars Republic Commando Squads team in Blue)(reference: Delta Squad from Star Wars Republic Commando)
Galvatron (Feraligatr)(Leader of my Decepticons team in Soul Silver)(reference: G1 Galvatron from Transformers)
Revan (Swampert)(Leader of my Star Wars Sith Lords team in Sapphire)(reference: Darth Revan from Star Wars KotOR)
Napoleon (Empoleon)(Leader of my World Leaders team in Platinum)(reference: Napoleon Bonaparte)
Durendal (Samurott)(Leader of my Legendary Weapons team in White)(reference: Durendal from The Song of Roland)
John Rambo (Samurott)(Leader of my Anti-Heroes team in White 2)(reference: John Rambo from the Rambo movies)
Enterprise (Greninja)(Leader of my World War II Ships team in X)(reference: American aircraft carrier USS Enterprise CV-6)
Luke (Swampert)(Leader of my Star Wars Jedi team in Alpha Sapphire)(reference: Luke Skywalker from Star Wars)
Garland (Blastoise)(Leader of my Final Fantasy Villains team in Blue (eShop release version))(reference: Garland from the first Final Fantasy game)

Aisu August 17th, 2016 12:05 PM

Whatever the hell I'm thinking of at the time.

Arjay August 17th, 2016 1:50 PM

I try and be creative with nicknaming. For example, I always thought Chesnaught was based on bigfoot, or at least looked a bit like a bigfoot, so I named mine Grassquatch. My other favourite thing to do is come up with anagrams as nicknames. E.g. Daniel the Ledian, Karma Pig the Magikarp and .... well I don't think I can publish my Crawdaunt anagram.

Hikarin August 18th, 2016 10:34 PM

I like to give my starter and other similarly-attached Pokemon names like real people, such as "Billy" or "Sean", but I'll always make a point to name a well-bred female Eevee "Hikari" or "Kuroko" depending on if I evolve her into a Sylveon or an Umbreon, respectively.

Socratic August 19th, 2016 3:24 AM

I will either do a punny name, such as Skipper for a Mudkip, or a name that starts with the first 2+ letters of the real name, such as a Barboach named Barbara. I like doing each of these within their own games, however. One or the other in a single game :P

Rocket-Brendon August 19th, 2016 3:33 AM

I always name my starter pokemon Sirpez since I am an avid pez collector.

kingdenas August 19th, 2016 12:02 PM

I don't nickname my Pokémon. Not because I don't want to, but because I can't think of ANYTHING when they ask me to nickname one of my Pokémon. That makes me a bit sad, because by nicknaming them, you feel more connected with them, right? My problem is just creativity :C

Kabocha❤ August 20th, 2016 2:34 AM

I normally think of a theme or whatever pops into my head, my current Gaia team is:
Eggplant the Donphan.
Radish the Grotle.
Squash the Pumpkaboo.
Salad the Munna.
Spooky egg that I do not know the contents of.

Juno August 21st, 2016 2:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Achromatic (Post 9372048)
I usually name them after Greek gods. I think it's a really cute and cool way to give them an interesting name, used themed around what the god does. I'm not one for giving them human names, haha.

I do the same thing! Default naming scheme is usually Greek/Roman gods that fit with the type/aesthetic of the Pokémon, like I remember I had a Lucario named Kratos (god of war) in X and Poseidon the Lapras (god of sea).

Other times, my Pokémon are just named after characters that they resemble in some way or share common traits with - I restarted AS recently and my current team has:

- Arryn the Swellow, named after the house in Game of Thrones whose sigil is a blue falcon
- Grey Wind the Mightyena, named after a direwolf in Game of Thrones
- Ragnaros the Combusken, named after the Firelord in Hearthstone/World of Warcraft

Those are the ones I cared to name so far anyway - I usually only nickname the Pokémon I intend to keep on my team for a while. I dunno, naming them after things I love kind of make me love the Pokémon more too, haha.

blue August 21st, 2016 3:17 AM

I don't nicnkame my Pokemon unless I'm doing a challenge run. For some reason I'm not really that creative when it comes to choosing names and I can never think of suitable nicknames for my team. :x

Arjay August 22nd, 2016 3:17 AM

My current naming theme in an AS playthrough is Jungle Book characters.

Swampert - Bagheera (Looks nothing like a panther, granted, but it suits him)
Seviper - Kaa
Swellow - Rann
Mightyena - Akela
Vigoroth - King Louie

Not got my full team yet, but I really want a Raikou called Shere Khan. {XD}

Flowerchild August 24th, 2016 1:33 PM

I don't have a naming scheme, really, and most of my nicknames are just random and nonsensical. Some other fraction of them are memes, bizarre references or a vaguely related word. Let's look at my teams in X&OR for a sec.

Chesnaught "Shrub Rat"
Blastoise "side ho"
Lucario "evolveonly"
Sigilyph "mystic"
Simisear "002"
Ditto "you irl"
Mewtwo "ITHAPPENED"
Charizard "burning KE"
Bellossom "we are grown"
Swellow "Landsrop"

I think that's enough nonsense syllables.

Sheep August 24th, 2016 3:44 PM

I used to nickname mine after friends or food/desserts but found I ran out of names quickly so I stopped. It bothers me a bit when some of my Pokémon are nicknamed but not the rest so I decided to leave them as it is, especially since they're no longer in ALLCAPS. That drove me insane. @[email protected]'

Altairis August 24th, 2016 8:42 PM

I like to name my Pokemon after something that is sort of reminiscent of their type... sometimes it's kind of random. I don't really use human names or stuff that makes sense sometimes.

I always nickname my Pokemon, so I have a lot of examples... just a few might be Minuet for Lilligant (after Minuet of Forest in Zelda), Toph for Flygon (Ground-type character from Avatar), Nixie for Jellicent (water spirits)... I really like those names, but I've been kinda random with my more recent names. Like Asa for female Unfezant (means morning in Japanese and I'm always woken up by chirping now), Felicia for Cinccino (name of a maid from Fire Emblem... reminded me because Minccino was in an anime episode where it was obsessed with cleaning), Ruby for Flareon (just because it's red D:)

I need to get some better ones, haha.

Boda69 September 4th, 2016 5:17 AM

usually call my starter either Kuro (if male) or Tewi (if female).

Zervais September 4th, 2016 5:36 AM

I always have a Vaporeon named Ahuizotl.

Spoiler:
The ahuizotl (from the Nahuatl āhuitzotl for "spiny aquatic thing") is a legendary creature in Aztec myth. The creature is described as dog-like, its waterproof fur often clumping up to create spikes (hence its name). The ahuizotl has hands capable of manipulation and an additional hand on its tail.


I also had a shiny Espeon I named Lime.

Sopheria September 4th, 2016 7:54 AM

I normally just name my Pokes whatever pops into my head, which can sometimes totally random. In my current Blue playthrough, I named my starter Bulbasaur Akihabara, both because I'm an anime nerdy and also because Akihabara means "field of autumn leaves". Then on the other hand, I have a Nidoran male that I named Carlos, because it just popped into my head as something to call it :3 So yea, my nicknames are sorta all over the place.

Lrachelr5 September 4th, 2016 8:03 AM

I tend to have a theme atm I'm naming my pokemon after characters from the Twilight

v0id-greninja September 4th, 2016 9:59 AM

I named my shiny greninja shadowdafrog
my regular ones were shinobi and shadow
Sylveon: Pixie
Hawlucha: I'M FLYING:
Charizard: Waffles
Blaziken: McNuggets
Swampert: Finn
Sceptile: Febreeze
etc

Pukeamon September 4th, 2016 3:50 PM

I use puns, their appearance, innuendos or whatever comes into my head ;)

Charlie Brown September 7th, 2016 4:41 AM

I used to try and be punny with my nicknames, naming them something related to what they're based on or something to do with their name. Ones that I remember are Tungsten the Lickitung (went through a bit of a scientific phase for my nicknames at one point) and Custard the Wobbuffet (Wobbuffet -> wobble -> jelly -> custard).

Now though I tend to use actual names (sometimes spelt differently) that relate to the Pokémon in some way. For example, Atticus the Swellow, named after Atticus Finch from 'To Kill a Mockingbird', a brave character, which is a trait I associate with the Tailow line. Or Raf the Vileplume, because Vileplume is based on the rafflesia plant.

Altaria September 7th, 2016 6:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rainbow (Post 9380576)
Some other fraction of them are memes

*chanting* Slaking named Harambe, Slaking named Harambe, Slaking named Harambe


Anywayyysss...
I nickname any Pokemon I use. I've said it before, but I've never had a Pokemon on my team that I haven't nicknamed. It just feels weird.

That being said, I typically go with names that come from nature, names that are colors, or names that are pretty and whimsical but that I would probably never hear on a human (Whisper, Incyndia, Revery, etc)

Some examples:

Grass Types - Meadow, Juniper, Ivy, Emerald, Rosetta

Water Types - Aquarius, Crest, Azure, River, Cydon (short for Poseidon)

Ghost/Psychic Types - Violet, Magica, Revery, Whisper, Muse

Fire Types - Incyndia, Ginger, Singe, Charise (Similar to Charcoal, but more feminine)

Elysieum September 9th, 2016 12:34 AM

I take references from all over for my Pokémon nicknames. To name a random few -

Klefki - Anrokku
Pachirisu - Vitesse
Vivillon - Monarch
Serperior - Salazar
Umbreon - Nox
Magnezone - Terabyte
Charizard Y - Paarthurnax
Charizard X - Ancalog
Raichu - Tesla
Scizor - Askance
Lopunny - Georges
Vileplume - Telperion

Inky September 11th, 2016 1:27 AM

I don't know if this is unusual, but I really dislike naming my Pokemon, and don't think I've actually ever given one a nickname.

clefairydesuyo September 11th, 2016 1:39 AM

For my core team in XY~

:pokeball: Clefable - Fae (term for 'fairy')
:pokeball: Xerneas - Nara (after the town in Japan famous for free-roaming deer, which I've been fortunate enough to visit a few times)
:pokeball: Sylveon - Kei (just liked how it sounded!)
:pokeball: Azumarill - Maru (means 'round' in Japanese)
:pokeball: Altaria - Aurora (after the Northern Lights)
:pokeball: Wigglytuff - Macaron (my favourite sweet treat!)

JJ Styles September 11th, 2016 4:04 AM

I've used mostly references from other video games such as League, DotA, Final Fantasy. and other relatable titles to name a lot of my creatures. Anime and Manga also count.

As I've mentioned before, I renamed my Starter Blaziken in Alpha Sapphire into "Murdercock" because he bodies a lot of fools. Murdercock being a reference to one of my favorite youtube channels. I also remember naming one of my Darmanitans as "Show Foo" as a reference to Shofu, probably my favorite Pokemon youtube content creator since the dawn of time.

I'll be doing more of the same in Sun & Moon as well.

EthanoicAcid September 14th, 2016 7:55 PM

I love nicknaming Pokemon. I feel wrong if I catch a Pokemon and don't name it. I usually name mine something I think would be funny or something that sounds fitting. Sometimes I make them puns. Sometimes they're really obscure jokes.
Examples:
A-Bomb (Aipom)
Hot Tamale (Typhlosion) (Personal favorite)
Dat Boi (Politoed)
Darwin (Eevee)
Squishy (Blastoise)
Popcorn (Blaziken)
Cottonelle (Altaria)
Voltaire (Ampharos)
Ryouta (Swellow)
AmpUp (Jolteon)
Avogadro (Diglett)
Geico (Sceptile)
CashMoney (Meowth)
I know I have more that are better than these, but these are just the ones I can name off the top of my head.

popplio25 January 4th, 2017 4:08 PM

as for my pokemon team,

i tend to try to give them nicknames after parts of their own names & evolutions
or not, sometimes :) because i think they sound really cute :)


as for my pokemon x team currently, that i'm on,


fennekin (my starter) female - fenni

pikachu (male) - spark

pikachu (female) - rai (because i'm testing out a theory about raichu's tail & if the tip of it turns into a heart as well. besides i have 2 other pikachu in the pc box)

scatterbug (female) - vivi (because i'm evolving her twice into Vivillon)

fletchling (female) - fle (because i'm evolving her just once)

flabebe (female - yellow flower) - floe (because i like Floette too :) & i have another yellow one & a orange one in the pc)

Flowerchild January 4th, 2017 7:13 PM

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Originally Posted by popplio25 (Post 9538306)
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:/ Please don't revive threads that haven't been posted in for over 2 months. If you'd like to discuss this topic, feel free to make a new thread, okay?

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