What nicknames do you give to your pokemon

i only nicknamed my bellossom with was "Bella"

I usually (not always) name them with Japanese stuff when it's a Japanese game. Oh yeah, this is Platinum I am speaking of.

Infernape - Hono (Hono, which is Japanese, means fire.)
Luxray - Ray (The name says it all.)
Gastrodon - Shai (This was one of my character's in my manga I made.)
Gardevoir - Saik (After Marriland, who named his Kadabra/Alakazam with that.)
Togepi - Toki (Toki toki~)
Riolu - Hadou (As of Infernape, Hadou means Aura.)
Uxie/Azelf - Uxie/Azelf (I can identify them quickly even if I can't see the sprite)
Leafeon - Eve (It was an Eevee, so...)

That's all, I'll dig them all out later. My parents are home. They don't KNOW I own an NDS. (They think I borrowed it from my buddy.)

I generally don't nickname my pokemon. Though I still remember when I was little and playing red...I named a few of em rude words lol, I thought it was funny ._.

UberChomp said:

I have never nicknamed a pokemon in all my years of pokemon fandom. I think its stupid, generic, and just paves a way for retards to give their pokemon stupid nicknames. I think their original names they were given by the pokemon game designers themselves is much more suitable for obvious reasons.

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Think of it like this:
When you were born, you got a name. But some people might want to apply a nickname to you, see?:) And that is probably why Nintendo added it to pokemon. While using the feature is optional, it is still nice. Don't be so negative :)

UberChomp said:

I have never nicknamed a pokemon in all my years of pokemon fandom. I think its stupid, generic, and just paves a way for retards to give their pokemon stupid nicknames. I think their original names they were given by the pokemon game designers themselves is much more suitable for obvious reasons.

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I know you are entitled to your own opinion, but I have a question....does that mean you look down on those who actually choose to give thier pokemon nicknames?

Honestly, I can't stand nicknames. I don't think I've ever nicknamed a Pokemon; if I have, it was probably as a joke that I can't even remember now. The nickname factor is pretty much the reason why I never use in-game traded Pokemon; the one exception being Jynx in R/B, which I have used a few times. I just pretend to call it Jynx, not Lola. =P

I don't either... but my mate called his Turtwig 'Bogey' and his Starly 'Bird Turd'

I give my pokemon random nicknames...

Z-DRAGON the Dialga
Abyss the Giratina
Psychofist the Meditite
B.B.MD.DAD the Gyarados*
Roserde JN the Budew**
BIGBADMAMA the Pelipper
Gaspar the Haunter#
10tentacls the Octillery
Chatter the Chatot
Foppa the Gyarados##
Im ur mom! the Pichu
SHUT UP!!! the Chatot
Drillhorn the Rhyperior

Told ya, very random.
* It stands for Big.Bad.Mad.Dad
**It stands for Roserade Junior
#It's traded in-game
##Also traded in-game

I either use a completely random word that really makes no sense, or do the generic thing and use their name or their appearance to decide what their name is. Usually the latter.


For example, my current training party is:
Shiny Staraptor - Emo (awesome emo hair, right?)
Pikachu - Chewy
Dialga - Ledgend
Chimchar - Red
Luxio - Sparkplug
Piplup - Linux
Bulbasaur - Sprout

I nickname the ones on my team, but not many others.
Empoleon - Piyon (the name was much more suitable when it was still a piplup)
Luxray - Shin (from shinx, but it turned out to be a good name)
Roserade - Brose
Staraptor - Starrie
Graveler - Gemmer
Rapidash - Radeem (after a rapidash in my fic)
Eevee - Renian (after a character in one of my stories)
Pikachu - Pikanel (after my pair in PMD blue!)
Pichu - Jonan (My Volt Tackle -Pichu, named after a character in a story)
Psyduck - Ducker and Duckie (a boy and a girl, respectively)
Azurill - Azurem (just random, it never even was on my team so I didn't bother naming it well)

All of mine I nicknamed:
PALKIA=Parukia
DIALGA=Diaruga
GIRATINA=Ghost
ROTOM=Scrotom
DITTO= Mr.Squishy
RAPIDASH= Nappy Rash
VENUSAUR= Anusaur
EMPOLEON= Pingu
LUCARIO= Woolfy
GLISCOR= Vlad
ELECTIVIRE= Elekible
another LUCARIO= Rukario
WAILORD= Gigantor
REGIGIGAS= Fluffy
LUXRAY= Sparxx

My nicknames are always lower case. Some of them are the original names, some are what springs to mind when I hear the word/see the sprite.

I really don't give my pokemon nicknames...I don't know I just like their regular names! By the way, this is my 100th post!!!

I give them their original Japanese names.

Me?

Alakazam=Psy
Floatzel=Typhoon
Infernape=Blaze
Dialga=Deity
Kyogre=Neptune
Palkia=Omega

I only have one for me...

Rhydon- Da Beast

Meowth - Charm
Chimchar (f) - Anny
Fire pokemon - Blaze
Chatot - Chippy
Aipom - Oki
Golduck - Jet

and many other names I cannot think at the moment.

... I have a lot. Off the top of my head:Turtwig - (f) Terra (m) Reece
Piplup - (m) Caleb (f) Serie
Starly - (f) Star (xD) or Aria (m) Dusk
Shinx - (f) Cleo (m) Jet
Kricketot - (f) Melody (m) Simon
Abra - (m) Luke (f) Karen
Onix - (f) Tess (m) Rocky (it's a name I've stuck since I was little...)
Budew - (f) Irie (m) Rui
Ponyta - (m) Snowfire (f) Anala

And many, many others I'm too lazy to list. Another favorite is a male Bronzong named Quasimodo (kudos to you if you get that reference).

Nickname's according to there moves or according to what kind of Poke they are, or names inspired by people, or just plain names of other Pokes.

Jolteon - Thunda
Suicune - Sweet
Vaporeon - Umbreon
Muk - MukTudor

I usually don't nickname my Pokémon, unless I can think of a good one or are determined to.

Well, first there's the obvious: My most loved Pokemon, Nighwitch the Murkrow.

Then we have Sombrero the Infernape, Cyrus the Giratina (I'm serious... I named my Giratina Cyrus. xDDDD), Silverduck the Golduck, Cliche the Golbat, Kris the Persian, Caro the Raichu, Helio the Magneton, and Bad Guy the Mesprit. (Those last four were little fanfic jokes. ^^)

My Nicknames:

Jigglypuff - Igglybuff
Pachirisu - Sammi
Metagross - Deabloeffer
Metang - Glomper
Tyranitar - Fat
Snorlax - Ano Rex
Psyduck - Doctor
Jynx - Robert
Mr. Mime - Female
Minun - Add
Plusle - Subtract
Venusaur - Cowrie
Shelgon - Samus