Do you give your pokes nick names Page 2

Started by J-Rad August 9th, 2007 1:01 PM
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do you nickname pokes

Rhode Island
Seen August 14th, 2007
Posted August 11th, 2007
35 posts
15.8 Years
I love to name mine. its like giving a Dog or cat a name. You just have to.

Mothim - Artemis
Venomoth - Mothra
Dustox - Lance
Scizor - Blade
Masquerain - Terrance
Ninjask - Sasha
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Seen July 26th, 2008
Posted July 17th, 2008
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16 Years
I sometimes nickname mines with anime chaeacters or mythic gods names.

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Posted July 17th, 2008
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16 Years
Mythis Gods Names... Like Ra, Seth, Anubis, Fenrir, etc...?
Yes, most of them like Loki, Thor, Odin, Gaia, Kronos, Zeus, Isis, etc.
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Age 32
Texas
Seen October 8th, 2007
Posted October 5th, 2007
20 posts
15.8 Years
i nickname every single one of my pokes, because it makes your game a lot more personal.
all of my nicknames are comical too.
heres my current team.

starmie - space jam
swampert - squishy
empoleon- mr. cool
gyarados- gyarakill
vaporeon- ozarka
gorebyss- agua dulce

i love nicknaming my pokes, its a lot of fun.
:)
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Age 29
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Seen October 31st, 2016
Posted June 24th, 2009
1,187 posts
15.8 Years
I nickname them all with funny names, like Alakaboom.
lol.
My little bro also does stuff like that. Now in his new pearl game every time he feals like catch a bidoof (He has like 5 now) he always names it
Bidoooooooooooooooooooof. IT cracks me up.

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Ichida

The Zealous Blue Partizan

Age 34
Male
Toronto
Seen December 3rd, 2013
Posted December 2nd, 2013
1,930 posts
16.9 Years
I give all my battle Pokemon their original, Japanese names, in proper caps. It shows respect and authenticity for the original content.
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Age 29
In America
Seen June 7th, 2012
Posted September 10th, 2007
334 posts
16 Years
I give a couple of them nicknames.
Blaziken=Roi (1st part of my name and also roihu means blaze in Finnish)
Rhyperior=Kotaiwa (I dunno why I named it that :P)
Breloom=Tane (I'm pretty sure it meant seed in Japanese)
Bronzong=Brong (Just gave it a short name of it)
Espeon=ESP (I was bored and just gave it whatever name)
Magnezone=Jishaku (Magnet in Japanese I think)
Porygon-Z=Azar (It has some meaning.....maybe it was luck or something...forgot....but it sounds cool :D)
Metagross=Kotesuyoi (I think it means metal or something)
Garchomp=Kamutsu (I think it was combining land and shark or something near that)
Gliscor=Glide (Most less worked on name I ever thought of maybe Sparky beats it or Kitty but meh...)
Weavile=Malum (Think it meant evil)
Lucario (Reversaler)=Hadou (I named it after the wave mews cause aside from that I wouldn't know the word :P)
Tauros= Chikaro (Seriously have no idea what it means) (searched and I think it had to do with power)
Cresselia= Lunacress (Just had a nice ring to it)
Sceptile=Konoha (Means leaf in Japanese)
Lucario (Sp Attacker)= Yokai (Think it meant wave or something)
Gengar=Henki (Dunno :P)
Gyarados= Mizutaki (Think it was combining waterfall with something. Mizu meant sea I'm sure I think Taki was part of waterfall)
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Female
Somewhere in Europe
Seen August 21st, 2020
Posted January 6th, 2016
2,316 posts
19.6 Years
I usually nickname the Pokémon I plan to use in my team for a longer time.
Some names are random, some are based on their Japanese name.

Empoleon- Stefan
Pikachu- CHuI (I name all my Pichus, Pikachus and Raichus like that)
Roserade- Blumi (the German word "Blume" means flower)
Infernape- Hikki (because of Chimchar's Japanese name)
Staraptor- Mukki (from its Japanese name once again)
Luxray- Kiki
Floatzel- Ken
Togekiss- Jimmy
Michigan, USA
Seen April 23rd, 2012
Posted April 20th, 2012
101 posts
15.8 Years
Nope... I never nickname them... makes it easier for me to recognise which Pokemon is which!!
That describes my thoughts on the matter perfectly. I never remember which is which if I give them nicknames.

I know a guy who always nicknames his starter/favorite pokemon "DOG". He has migrated most of them to Diamond. Now he has 8 pokemon named "DOG"...Does not seem to bother him - Drives me knuts!;)
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Age 30
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Seen October 22nd, 2017
Posted March 16th, 2011
83 posts
16.2 Years
I usually don't like to give nicknames, but on Pearl I decided to name some after the characters in my stories. xD I try to get matching genders too. There are 10, and also split by elements, like Whassidiah who is the Electric Sovereign etc, soo right now I just have...

Luxray - Whassidiah
Empoleon - Laviennie
Staraptor - Drimorien
Roserade - Kristelina (supposed to be Kristellina but no space... xD)

Nicknaming is fun, but I remember when I used to absolutely hate it and think it useless. I still do, in a way, but I'm nicknaming anyways!
Age 35
Female
Old Jersey
Seen July 5th, 2011
Posted September 6th, 2008
543 posts
18.4 Years
I love to name mine. its like giving a Dog or cat a name. You just have to.

Mothim - Artemis
Venomoth - Mothra
Dustox - Lance
Scizor - Blade
Masquerain - Terrance
Ninjask - Sasha
I totally agree!
I give them "real" names that I like, and that suit the individual pokémon.
I like the name Sasha, btw, and Mothra is a great one for a Venomoth! XD Actually, all of yours are nice. I like god/goddess/mythological names as well.

Like, the 3 in my signature I named for my 3 favorite Harry Potter characters because I like those names, and they suit the pokémon. Severus is the black serpent "Sev"iper. Bellatrix is the dark and beautiful Umbreon. And Narcissa is the glamorous, proud, *blonde* Ninetales. x3
Naming just comes naturally to me...if I have 20 fish at any given time, you can bet that each one has its own well-chosen name and that I can tell them all apart! Well, except for the neon tetras. xD

I wanted to share other pokemon names of mine, and why I chose them. Other than the 3 Harry Potters, the ones I'm most proud of are:

Carnivine: Audrey and Petey. (Two guesses! Audrey is a nod to Little Shop of Horrors, and the Audrey II man-eating plant. Petey refers to Mario's pal Petey the Piranha plant. Both remind me of Carnivine and vice versa.)
Manectric: Razz and Citron. (I love Manectric! These two are named for the species' colors. Razz is short for "blue razzberry," a play on blue raspberry, referencing the bright turquoise body. Citron is for the other parts of the body, which can be a yellow-green color, like lemon-lime. I LOVE those colors!)
Jolteon: Taigan (a dog breed that I like, but it's so rare that the name could be used as a name for a beautiful, graceful dog pokemon!)
Glaceon: Tasy (see Jolteon, Taigan)
Suicune: Inga (Dunno why, just like the name and thought it suited the lithe, water-purifying, aurora pokemon who's an incarnation of the northern winds!)
Swalot: Rex (Swalot strikes me as a short, jolly little King--of Diamonds, naturally. Rex is Latin for King.)
Vileplume: Raffi (short for Rafflesia, the plant it's based on)
Tangela: Frykin (obvious reasons, lol)
Vaporeon: Marina
Flareon: Amber
Mantine: Raymond (Ray...get it?), and Mobi (the Manta Ray is part of the genus Mobula)
Houndoom: Lucifer (obvious again)
Whismur: Annette and Evelyn (With the pink body and bands of orangey-yellow it looks like that fish from Spongebob, you know? The one that Larry calls Annette in the lifeguard episode, but that Spongebob calls Evelyn in Band Geeks? Yeah, that one. So I used those names!)
Duskull: Yorrick (Inspired by Hamlet! The thing reminds me of the skull Hamlet holds while saying, "Alas, poor Yorrick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy!" and all that. In the Kenneth Branagh film Yorrick is a really weird-looking guy, so the weird-looking skull is just...perfect.)
Phanpy: Parcheesi (He looks like the blue elephant game pieces in a popular version of this board game.)
Porygon2: Petunia (My favorite flowers are the petunias striped with white and a very vivid hot pink. The hot pink is like the bright fuchsia on a Porygon2, contrasting nicely with its royal blue.)
Glameow: Roxi and Rollie (named for the two Lisa Frank kitties that Glameow kinda reminded me of)
Snover: Daikon and Fir (the type of Radish it's based on, and also the tree it resembles)
Abomasnow: Evergreen (boring..but it's like a snow-covered evergreen tree, so...)
Cresselia: Crescenza (pretty name similar to its own)
Octillery: Tomato (Lolz...just named for the reddish-orange color)
Xatu: Totem
Natu: Fwooper (for the magical bird that comes in bright pink, green, yellow or orange plumage)
Bayleef: Anise (a strong-scented plant/herb)
Regice: Crystal
Whiscash: Channel ('Cause he's a catfish an' I adore catfishies :3)
Torterra: Gardenia (First thing I came up with to express the idea that the environment on its shell is like a little portable garden, with a shady tree and soil and grass and mountain-like rocks and such. Love it.)
Shellos: Carlotta (another convoluted one that does make sense, to me at least. Shellos, and Gastrodon, are based on nudibranchs. One type of nudibranch, seen in Finding Nemo, is a "Spanish Dancer." In one I Love Lucy episode, Lucy fears that a Spanish dancer named Carlotta Romero is going to steal Ricky from her. Hence, I name Shellos, Carlotta.)
Sceptile: Hans (Doesn't it just look like a Hans? ^^;)
Gorebyss: Aquata (One of Ariel's sisters, suitable for a water-type with a mermaid seashell bra!)
Ludicolo: Pinata and Ananas. Ananas is French for pineapple. I didn't know what to call these sombrero-wearing, pinata- and pineapple-looking ducks...so I settled for those. xD
Gardevoir: Solange (French name)
Spoink: Piglet
Cacturne: Selena, & Gordon (I needed a name that captured, for me, some of the stuff that Cacturne makes me think of: scarecrows, cornfields, autumn, pumpkins, apples, the Goosebumps "Scarecrow Walks at Midnight" book, the Are You Afraid of the Dark? Tale of the Silent Servant episode, etc. etc. etc. The only thing I could turn into a name was gourd-->Gordon. :p Selena, just fits a Dark-type.)
Articuno: Windrunner (reference to a somewhat similar creature from The Future is Wild)
Dragonair: Aurore (inspired by the pretty card with the northern lights)
Altaria: Skye
Koffing: Violet (purple...)
Sandshrew: Pangolynne (So silly...it reminds me of a cool animal called a pangolin, so I turned it into a name by making "lin" into Lynne.)
Sandslash: Rattleback (Like Windrunner the Articuno, it's a Future is Wild reference.)
Grotle: Shrubbery (Bad one..I was being goofy thinking about the bushes on his shell and talking like the Knights who say "Nee!" Bring me a shrubbery! XD)
Empoleon: Bonaparte (yep, a nod to Napoleon.)
Cherubi: Cerise ("cherry" in French)


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Seen July 23rd, 2014
Posted February 17th, 2012
264 posts
17.9 Years
I hate nicknaming my pokemon if i do it is on my old pokemon games and i give them names fromthe anime like:
Pikachu (Sparky)
Charmander (Zippo)
Butterfry (Happy)
You get the picture I basicly call them after Rickies Pokemon. But other than that I don't.
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Seen January 6th, 2009
Posted September 16th, 2007
17 posts
15.8 Years
I try my best to find nice and fitting nicknames for all my Pokemon. I mean, I wouldn't want to be going around calling other people, "Hey Human, what's up?" It makes each and every one of my Pokemon unique and shows that I care.
Once I forgot to nickname one of my bred/EV Trained Lvl. 100 Pokemon before migrating them, so I rebred and retrained him for the sakes of the nickname. (Yeah, I'm crazy =P)
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MasterWGS

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Age 34
Ohio
Seen March 17th, 2011
Posted October 10th, 2009
368 posts
18 Years
Of course I nickname my pokes! I feel that anyone who doesn't is simply unoriginal. Not naming your Pokes is like just calling your dog "Poodle," or "Dalmation." What if all of our parents had the same views on naming their children as some of you do with naming your team of Pokemon?

"Eh, I find names stupid. I just call him/her 'kid.'"
Age 30
Finland
Seen December 13th, 2010
Posted June 10th, 2008
131 posts
16.8 Years
I actually forced myself to nickname all the pokemon I catch this time around. ^_^* A few of them(around 5 or 6 of 6 pc boxes full of pokemon) don't have nicknames though, and I think you can't rename pal parked ones, but at least I'm not disappointed by my creativity.

I'm not going to list any because most wouldn't understand them and some of them are just too stupid. xD

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Age 31
Somewhere
Seen September 8th, 2007
Posted August 14th, 2007
6 posts
15.8 Years
I played Gold, Crystal, Ruby and soon Pearl(or Diamond) and I never and never will nickname them. They don't deserve the names I'd give them, as I am sure the nicknames would suck raw eggies. I have little problem with the names that they already have. And if Ash, Misty, May or Brock never named them, why should I? :laugh:
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