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Starry Windy September 12th, 2016 8:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Otter Mii-kun (Post 9402280)
*Lunala - Luana (I initially misread the Legendary Pokémon as 'Luana' when someone on Pokémon Crossroads took on said Pokémon's name.)

Hey, Luana happened to be one of the Hawaiian words (apparently it means happiness/enjoyment), so I think this might be a good nickname c:

And on the vacay, I've been thinking of a name for Alolan Exeggutor after seeing a handful of coconut trees on the trip: 卡拉巴 (kǎlābā), literally kelapa, which in turn is the Indonesian and Malay word for coconut.

manfromjohto September 12th, 2016 12:58 PM

Exeggutor - Johnny



Seeing him & the new Wood Hammer animation work together so flawlessly inspired the name

εcho. September 12th, 2016 8:21 PM

Lugarugan - Either Remus or Lupin, depending on what I feel like in the moment.
Alola Ninetales - Echo, because my Ninetales is always named Echo.
Mudsdale - Westley

That's all I've got for now, the rest will be nicknamed depending on what I'm reading :P

Starry Windy September 12th, 2016 10:50 PM

I've thought of a few more, this time it's using alphabetic instead of Chinese letters:

Vikavolt: Jueki. Apparently it means tree sap in Japan, and beetles are known to like tree saps.
Zygarde: Core-Z7. I can't help but think of computer cores when I saw how Zygarde fights in Sun and Moon just recently.

Kameken September 12th, 2016 11:19 PM

Litten: Tai Lung if male, Hikage if female
Salandit: Jeice if male, Namira if female
Turtonator: Bowser
Jangmo-o: Galli
Lurantis: Sei
Type: Null: Noumu
Alolan Marowak: Jalhalla
Tapu Koko: Voltron
Lunala: Pandora
Oricorio: Marron
Minior: Buu
Mudsdale: Alfsigr
Wimpod: Pibb
Mimikyu: Po
Vikavolt: Otachi
Pikapek: Pearl
Rockruff: Soma
Alolan Sandslash: Whis
Alolan Ninetales: Amu
Alolan Meowth: Sas
Zygarde: Cell

TrendyHipsta September 14th, 2016 5:26 AM

Pyukumuku - Lotion Fluids, Wet Fluids, Dumpin' Out, or Love Spit
Rowlet - N/A
Sandalit - DastardPSN, Pipin'Sneak
Mudsdale - Bulwark, BodyBag, FieldShield
Oricorio (Baile Style) - Senorita <_<;
Oricorio (Pom-Pom) - Bae, Cray, Molly, Jennifer, U.S.A-Girl, "On-Fleek", Petty Tweet
Oricorio (Sensu Style) - Entwine, Japansy
Oricorio (Pa'u Style) - Left Flow, Right Flow, L&R-Flow
Rockruff - Bony Stones
Comfey - Tran Q' uil (Bad Perfume Product, yes? Haha), Scent Spray, LUSH
Cutiefly - I-Fly (I spy with my little eye), Fuzzy Fly, Touchy Bug

The ones I bold are definitely the ones I'm gonna use in-game/online for later use. I'm still trying to think up so future good ones for the others. Don't know yet.

Starry Windy September 24th, 2016 7:04 AM

I've been thinking of some names in order recently:

Solgaleo: 超绝 (chāo​jué, lit. meaning superb). Inspired from a certain Sentai power-up there.
Oranguru (tentative): 先生. Since this 'mon teaches stuffs, I think it wouldn't be more appropriate than calling it sensei.

LadyLucina September 24th, 2016 1:01 PM

In all honesty, I'd nickname my Rowlett Vanoss after VanossGaming.

Ullion September 24th, 2016 2:56 PM

Thinking of nicknaming my Vikavolt as Kolaghan. Still thinking for the rest of my team though ):

MarinoKadame September 24th, 2016 5:19 PM

Oranguru: Harambe

clbgolden September 24th, 2016 6:21 PM

Out of a couple of my potiential team members:

Vikavolt: Volt
Litten: Blaze or Chat Noir
Bewear: Cubby
Crabrawler: Mac or Lil' Mac
Passimian: RG3
Mudsdale: Bailey, Clyde, or Dale
Jangmo-o: Maui
Lycanroc (Midday): Hunter

Firox September 24th, 2016 10:29 PM

So far from the 3 Pokemon I plan on using:
Litten: if it's male I'll call him Milo or if it's female I'll call her Kiara
Alola Vulpix: if it's male I'll call him Renard, or if it's a female I'll call her Sophie
Eevee: if it's male I'll call him Mozart, or if it's a female I'll call her Fiona

Darux September 25th, 2016 4:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Starry Windy (Post 9398792)
If the game allows me to name Chinese names, I think I have considered some:
Popplio: 风光海狮 (fēng guāng hǎi shī), which means impressive sea lion. At first I thought of 风 (wind) and 光 (light) combination first, but then realized the meaning of the two combined {XD}
Alolan Vulpix: 雪狐子 (xuě hú zi), which means little snow fox.

dat Chinese tho

I don't know why, but I want to name my A-Vulpix "Canada".
The rest i'll probably call "mistake" or "filler".

dontstay96 September 26th, 2016 7:19 PM

Lycanrock (Sun) - Stark, yeah, because Game of Thrones.
Salandit - Iago, he just looks evil as fu ck, and Iago is the villian in Shakepeare's Othello, and he's evil as fu ck.
Rowlet - Papageno, from Mozart's opera The Magic Flute.
Vikavolt - Kabuterimon, because Digimon, or Buzkill, depends on what I feel like in the moment of my capture.
Passimian - DICKS OUT (Sorry, I have to, even if it's not a gorilla)
Wishiwashi - Infinite Sushi

Cyrain September 29th, 2016 4:00 AM

I never plan a team for my first playthrough and when I give nicknames they are always spontanous. For Sun and Moon I changed my plan a little bit. To honor the colour/rainbow theme, I'll name all my catched pokémon after matching colours. So red pokémon(scarlet, ruby,rose), blue ones(azure, indigo, cobalt) and so on. Seems fitting for such a colourfull region:).

Sheep October 2nd, 2016 8:10 AM

I'm going nicknameless again lol. I used to nickname mine since the ALLCAPS names bothered me, but since we don't have that anymore there's no need to worry. Might try giving my main team dessert/fruit-based names again.. but chances are it's a theme that won't stick. ;c Since I'd want to nickname everything I catch to match and that'll get tedious.

Or maybe.. hm.. I might try anyway. Themed nicknames actually sound very cute if I can keep up with it.

Charlie Brown October 2nd, 2016 3:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Sheep (Post 9433453)
I'm going nicknameless again lol. I used to nickname mine since the ALLCAPS names bothered me, but since we don't have that anymore there's no need to worry. Might try giving my main team dessert/fruit-based names again.. but chances are it's a theme that won't stick. ;c Since I'd want to nickname everything I catch to match and that'll get tedious.

Or maybe.. hm.. I might try anyway. Themed nicknames actually sound very cute if I can keep up with it.

Peaches the Bewear sounds adorable haha



I'll definitely be nicknaming my Pokémon, but I normally don't plan them out in advance or have a set theme - I just go with whatever feels right at the time. Sometimes they're named after characters from books/movies/TV shows, sometimes they're puns, sometimes they're random names - I guess we'll just see how I'm feeling on the day!

Astinus October 2nd, 2016 4:46 PM

During my first playthrough, I won't be using nicknames. I like to keep the species name so I can learn who all the new Pokemon are as I play through the story for the first time.

After that, I might use a Hawaiian-based naming theme, especially for a Nuzlocke. I don't know what theme to use in particular, but I'm sure I'll find one.

Sabrewulf238 October 3rd, 2016 3:53 PM

I don't think I'll nickname my Pokemon. I usually don't since I don't think I'm very good at nicknaming.....plus I spend AGES at the naming screen trying to think of something good and then I just get annoyed because it's taking so long.

The only time I nicknamed my Pokemon was when I played Pokemon Black (it wasn't the first gen 5 game I played, I started with White)

I think it was...

Serperior - "Sprout"
Scrafty - "Yesterday" (I really liked this name, it was a bit different)
Golurk - "L-B09" (Pronounced Elbow 9, I think I had this headcanon that it had other numbered siblings who were also "Elbows")
Gothitelle - "Willow" (Probably influenced by Willow from Buffy)
Stoutland - "Mac"
Galvantula - "Fritz"

So I'm not sure how good my naming skills are. :P

I guess I might start thinking about nicknames for Moon, though I only have two planned team members so far. (Rowlet & Drampa)

(Actually I think I nicknamed my Pokemon in ORAS too....)

RetroPokeman October 3rd, 2016 6:07 PM

I plan to name my future turtonator Tokka. I might name vikavolt after a transformer since it's somewhat robotic in appearance.

feniter91 October 7th, 2016 12:11 PM

I know what my nicknames is going to be. Theme? Greek mythology :D

Popplio - Ariadne
A fire type - Hephaestus
Alolan Exeggutor - Dionysus
Alolan Ninetales - Aphrodite
Alolan Raichu - Perseus
And a Flying type pokemon - Aeolus

I just like the greek mythology much. Don't ask why so many Alolan pokemon. I just like them :P

Altairis October 7th, 2016 1:20 PM

All I know is I'm gonna have a female Ninetales named Shirayuki. Not sure about Raichu, Lurantis, and Rockruff yet :( I had a name for Rockruff buuuut I forgot haha.

Florges October 9th, 2016 11:18 AM

All I can think of so far:

Rowlet: Gundham
Pikipek: Peko
Cutiefly: Hiyoko
Rockruff: Makoto
Lurantis: Junko

A lot of the Pokemon remind me of Danganronpa characters, especially Rockruff and Dartrix.

NohBuddy2016 October 9th, 2016 11:20 AM

I never name my Pokemon, mainly cause I'd forget who is who.

Thunderflare October 12th, 2016 9:07 AM

If I can nickname Ash-Greninja, he's going to be Sotishi. Litten will be known as Calamity. And I'm going to name Lediba after my girlfriend, because I call her "my little ladybug".

Don't look at me like that.


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