Trainer names

Started by Alfieri August 31st, 2014 9:29 AM
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Alfieri

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Age 27
Male
New York City
Seen June 23rd, 2019
Posted June 23rd, 2019
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9.2 Years
When naming your trainer, do you name them after your real name or do you go by an alias?

My name "Alfieri" fits the 7 character limit but I prefer going by the alias of "Owen" because I really like that name a lot and it was supposed to be my actual birth name.

Hikamaru

Age 30
Female
Australia
Seen January 24th, 2019
Posted September 4th, 2018
50,214 posts
12.2 Years
I use the name Nichole, which is actually my real-life name. In fact it's always tradition that I name my Trainer that in any main playthroughs. There was only one playthrough I didn't use the name and that was my original Ruby where I accidentally named my trainer "Terra" probably because it was my first game and I was so excited I forgot about entering my name.
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Seen May 28th, 2016
Posted February 25th, 2016
2,901 posts
10.6 Years
I either name my character as my real name, as what it's usually called in the anime (Rosa, Nate, Hilda, etc.), or something random that sounds nice and fitting. What I choose depends on my mood at that moment, but usually I stick to my real name.

Nah

Age 30
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9.5 Years
I used to use my real name as my character's name a long time ago, but I haven't done that in years (since about the R/S/E days). Usually what I've been doing since D/P/Pt is either naming my character after characters from other video games, or whatever random crap comes to mind. I often have a hard time picking names for anything.

A couple of names I use commonly for characters are Stella and Elsa. Stella is one I've been using for quite a while and really like (and is the name of my character on my Y). I've only used Elsa once in Pokemon games; that was on my White (but I plan to use that name again on ORAS and subsequent playthroughs of White). I didn't pull the name Elsa from Frozen, btw. Black/White came out before Frozen. I pulled it from a ship of the same name from the Xenosaga series, which in turn gets its name from the female lead of Wagner's Lohengrin (and the opera is apparently an adaptation of a medieval story).
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Posted July 24th, 2021
12,283 posts
10.8 Years
Before, I would just select names that would appear from selection screen, just so I could save my time and whatnot. Last time I had done it was in Emerald, I believe... or maybe it was Diamond, haha. Nowadays, however, I tend to avoid that, and use my real name whenever possible.

Centipede Chan

Age 26
Female
United States
Seen October 14th, 2021
Posted April 4th, 2021
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9.1 Years
I used my trans name in my X, and for Omega Ruby I am gonna use my trans middle name, Korynne (pronounced Core-rin). Usually in an older generation I'll name them after whatever, or back in my brony days I would name my self after my OC pony.

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Sydian

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Age 30
they/them
Georgia
Seen May 22nd, 2022
Posted November 29th, 2021
33,354 posts
15.2 Years
I typically name myself Alli(son), Jak, or Syd(ian). I used to name myself all sorts of different names, usually whatever names I was obsessed with, haha. If I'm doing a challenge with a particular theme, I usually follow a name scheme with my trainer and Pokemon. For a Christmas challenge, for example, I named myself Noelle.
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13.5 Years
Any time that I'm playing a Pokemon game for the first time, I'll always name the player character after myself (Brendan), which left me for a nice surprise when I first picked up Sapphire.

On the other hand, I'm slightly considering a different name to use when ORAS comes out, as I can only assume that Brendan will be the most common name for people playing with the male character. I don't have anything in mind yet though, so it won't surprise me if I just continue that trend anyway.

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Seen December 29th, 2022
Posted October 5th, 2018
5,170 posts
11 Years
I usually pick whichever protagonist design that I like better, then pick a name that fits the gender of that protagonist. I've only used my real name in Sapphire (and in the upcoming Alpha Sapphire!) and Black, because the former was my first game and Black because I don't know why. None of my other names really have any significance they're all really just random.

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Bounsweet

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Seen September 17th, 2018
Posted October 11th, 2017
2,102 posts
15.6 Years
Always and forever have gone by my real name, Ashley. I also go by Marie in my French playthroughs of XY. I have gotten creative lately and used different names on games where I'm doing challenges or something, like my NFE challenge in SoulSilver uses the name Parfait and my current LeafGreen save file uses Leaf.
Seen January 1st, 2023
Posted March 23rd, 2022
3,316 posts
9.2 Years
I usually go by my own name the first couple run thrus because I'm making "serious teams." Take that as you will. After that I tend to make a lot of themed teams and I get so into it that I give my character a name that goes along with the theme of the team. This makes me feel so cheesy ahahah

Pendraflare

Age 32
Male
Pennsylvania
Seen July 30th, 2021
Posted March 29th, 2021
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9.8 Years
In most of my main games (like Pearl, White 2 and X) I named my character Scott, which is my real name. But oftentimes in challenges and such i'll use different names, even if they're unoriginal normal person names. If they're Monotype or Mono-Color runs though, i'll try to find a name that fits the theme of it.
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elnoor

Male
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Seen February 8th, 2015
Posted September 19th, 2014
143 posts
8.8 Years
I used to just always put Ash when I was little, then I grew up and I was like I am way better then Ash then I realize even the bug catcher is better then Ash. After coming to that conclusion I always put my real name for some reason it does not feel right if I don't. I make sure all Pokemon on my team have my ot name otherwise my OCD kicks in of course I don't have a choice for the events :(

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Posted December 29th, 2022
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18.1 Years
I use part of my real name, "Angel". I've basically used this name in mostly every Pokemon game that I've ever owned.
Age 33
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I think I went with one of the default names, Kamon, for Silver and carried that name over to Red. I started using my real name (Alex B.) after that and, more recently, Xander (the name I gave the Pokmon Trainer OC that I based on myself). I haven't decided for certain which name I'll use in Ultra Sun or if I'll use my screen name.


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Seen July 10th, 2021
Posted April 21st, 2021
3,898 posts
5.8 Years
I always use Karma as mine
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Age 35
Male
Ukraine
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Posted October 22nd, 2021
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16.9 Years
I always use the diminutive of my real first name, Alex, followed by an initial representing the version (basically, "Alex OR" in Omega Ruby, "Alex M" in Moon or "Alex US" in UltraSun) .

It felt really wrong when I was playing SoulSilver though.

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Seen December 7th, 2017
Posted November 18th, 2017
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5.5 Years
I think I've always gone with Ash (Red/Yellow) or Max (Silver), when I was younger.

More recently, I've been going with just Lyuri, Ryuri, Luuri, Ruuri, Ruuka, Luuka, Ryuuka, or White (in FR/LG).
One of them is named after a character in Riviera: The Promised Land. The others...I just felt like it. XD

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Age 31
Female
Where the maple trees grow
Seen February 16th, 2018
Posted February 16th, 2018
260 posts
5.9 Years
I've never actually used my real name, I just don't like it too much and would rather give the trainers their own identity, even if their choices often echo mine (I'm weird).

I'll try and give names that are meaningful or that somewhat match the theme of the region (like Artemis for Moon). That being said, I have gone away from this on occasion (like my KH theme in Gen 5). When I was much younger, I'd just give the PC names I liked (like Amy in Emerald).

My favourite is probably Lyra in Plat (this was before HG/SS). It fit the cosmic theme of the region well, was short and simple, and sounded nice.

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Age 24
She/Her
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Posted July 7th, 2022
8,699 posts
13 Years
I usually just put my real name or a shortening of it (Dakota/Daks/Dkt) instead of something made up. I use random or topical names for naming Rivals in the games where that's available, but never really for my own character.
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