Nicknames!

[smocks]

I always nickname my lil mons
here are some of my favs :)

Alola Ninetales: Europa
Alola Raichu: Duuuuudee
Alola Persian: Buffy
Alola Dugtrio: Sweds
Salandit: Pepper Jack & Jalapeño
Torkoal: Stoner

and Grubbin: Bugyoncé

 

[Judge Mandolore Shepard]

I happened to nickname the members of my team after planets in the Metroid series. The team members are as follows:

Zebes the Primarina
Tallon IV the Toucannon
Aether the Mudsdale
Elysia the Salazzle
Norion the Vikavolt
Arcterra the Kommo-o

(yes, I know the irony of having my Dragon type team member being nicknamed after an ice planet)

 

[Lemonski]

Incineroar: Tigri
Shiinotic: Moosh
Kommo-o: Oregano
Araquanid: Mandela
Toucannon: Perl
Pelipper: Bleu
Stoutland: Treat
Drampa: Blankie
Sudowoodo: Balloon
Fomantis: Mante
Pyukumuku: Apricot
Marowak: Vinci
Gastrodon: Weilgi

All my pokemon in my current team get nicknames at some point. Even ones I'm not planning to use might get a nickname in case I figure out something nice. There's not any recurring theme in their names though, so they're just something I see as fitting.

 

[HoennSeabass]

I name all of my Pokemon, but here are some of my favourites.
Alolan Raticate: Rat Ate Cake
Ariados: Ariodactyl
Alolan Persian: Sasfield
Shiny Alolan Dugtrio: Waviest Hair
Roggenrola: RoggenRolout
Carbink: Carbingo
Spinda: Bit Dizzy?
Miltank: Whitney
Morelul: Lesslol
Pinsir: Pin, Sir
Wimpod: Even Wimpier
Golisopod: Wimpy
Starmie: Stareveryone
Nosepass: Pass a Nose
Metagross: Steven Stone
Togedemaru: Pikatogechu
Krookodile: Sandude
Alolan Sandslash: Sonic
Granbull: GRAND DAD
Alolan Exeggutor: 4 2 0
Comfey: Rough
Shiny Slowbro: Slowshine
Shiny Magikarp: ⋆Magic Karp⋆

 

[Xordios]

Clarity- the primarina
frostbite- alolan ninetales
peligod- pelipper
Drugen- kommo-o
venom- salazzle
Tentacles- toxapex

 

[JoecoolsinceJohto]

I don't nickname often anymore, but I have a few
Muk: Unicorn Puke
Turtonator: Mineturtle, after the ASDF movie character
Chargabug: The Shockmaster, after the infamous wrestling fiasco

 

[Salzorrah]

So my Moon team is flower themed and I have 13 on my main team, since I rotate with them + the legendaries nicknamed.

Main Team
Iris the Primarina
Primrose the Alolan Ninetales
Wisteria the Mismagius
Muscari the Snorlax
Lily the Shiny Lilligant
Foxglove the Crabominable
Lotus the Midday Lycanroc
Holly the Umbreon
Marigold the Shiny Mudsdale
Dahlia the Tsareena
Buttercup the Ribombee
Narcissus the Electivire

Reserve
Zinnia the Smeargle

Legendaries
Nebby the Lunala*
Yellowrose the Tapu Koko
Pinkrose the Tapu Lele**
Redrose the Tapu Bulu**
Lavenderrose the Tapu Fini**

* I can't really name it other than Nebby coz I'm a sucker for keeping it in theme with the storyline. But her flower name is Moonflower. May actually rename her at some point with that name.
** Haven't caught them, but if I do, I'll name them that

 

[Owlet]

The Pokemon I use most often:

Grey - Salazzle
Foamy - Lurantis
Walter - Mimikyu
Curi - Slowbro
Janet - Clefairy (my sister nicknamed this one before trading it to me)
Caramela - Alolan Raichu

 

[Brendino]

I try to do themes for each of my Pokemon games, so this time around I decided that all of my Pokemon (in both Sun and Moon) would be named using only the Hawaiian alphabet. Very few of the names actually have any meaning in Hawaiian- I just liked the way they sounded.

Paeuei (Decidueye)
Leiani (Lycanroc Midday)
Heleina (Alolan Ninetales)
Po'koe (Slowpoke)
Ma'ane (Alolan Marowak)
Weikai (Gyarados)
Lupei (Growlithe)
Miuki'u (Pyukumuku)
Honu (Tirtouga)
Ikahu (Pichu)
Aeko (Aerodactyl)
Kaliki (Delibird)
Ei'uki (Litten)

 

[LilyGardy]

I went for a Dead or Alive theme for my Sun in-game team

- Helena the Primarina
- Ayane the Tsareena
- Ryu the Shiny Alolan Muk
- Kasumi the Alolan Ninetales
- Mila the Midday Lycanroc
- Tina the Incineroar

My current teams nicknames:

Lily-Anne the Lilligant
Marshall the Shiny Machamp (After the Elite Four Member)
Kiawe the Shiny Alolan Marowak (After the Trial Captain)
Amanda the Shiny Mandibuzz
Chocomouse the Shiny Alolan Raichu
Marla the Shiny Midday Lycanroc

Other nicknames

Ayane the Shiny Tsareena (Because Purple Hair)
Proton the Shiny Toucannon -(It is the Cannon Pokemon)
Ketchup the Pikachu

 

[FloofyIncineroar]

Normal Pokemon:
Pinsir--Stag (after the stag beetle)
Cosmog (one obtained from the post game)--Mist (Nebula, which Nebby is derived from, is also mist in Latin. I have a Nebby and a Mist now.)
Tapu Koko--Tonitrui (Latin for Thunder)
Pheromosa--Mistress
Smeargle--Georgia (after a female artist)

Shiny Pokemon:
Shiny Palossand--Soot (black sand is colored by ashes from a nearby volcano)
Shiny Umbreon--Mani (named after the German god of the moon)
Shiny Ribombee--Liidae (The last part of bombyliidae, part of the scientific name for the bee fly)
Shiny Smeargle--Kusama (also after a female artist)
Shiny Marowak--Ossis (after the Latin word for bone)

 

[mireka]

sometimes i nickname sometimes i don't
cyndaquil: cyn'yo
bulbasaur: bulbango
incineroar: harold
crobat: mulder
gyrados: lena dunham (traded)

 

[TCB]

I nicknamed my team after various SEGA characters...except Incineroar, which I named after a popular Japanese pro wrestler. And my Raichu...which I just named Melody randomly.

Incineroar - Chono
Raichu - Melody
Tsareena - Jeanne
Araquanid - Ecco
Lycanroc - Majima
Kommo-o - Kiryu

 

[pastelspectre]

i can't remember a lot of their names but i typically name my pokemon the first thing that pops in my head. like...the most weird ones are a haunter named daddy and a mismagus named mommy. i'm weird.

 

[Headphonix]

Pyukumuku: Pickles (it's a sea cucumber, and pickles are cucumbers)

You are a genious! Best nickname ever!

 

[quiter2812]

Lycanroc (Midday Form): Rocky. (I know it's a bad nickname but oh well)
Gengar: Hex (at least it doesn't use the attack Hex)
Araquanid: Waternaut (because it has a water helmet, I instantly thought that name)
Clefable: Monokuma (from Danganronpa. I wanted to call it Usami but Clefable is male)
Incineroar: Infernus (yeah... not very imaginative)
Braviary: Courage (I couldn't think of anything else...)

In short, I like my nicknames but they could be much, MUCH better.

 

[Kawaii Shoujo Duskull]

Primarina: Marina
Toucannon: unnamed(no ideas haha)
Lycanroc(midday): also unnamed(because again, no ideas)
Lycanroc(midnight): Grunge(my sister named hers Punk, so I decided to name mine a music name too)
Ribbombee: Flutters
Salazzle: Gila(My sister's idea, I think it had something to do with poisonous lizzards or something)
Tsereena: Serena
Solgaleo: Nebby(forever Nebby)
Lunaala: Luna
Silvally: Omneo(combination of "Omni"(meaning all) and "neo"(meaning new), because it's a new pokemon that can be all types)
Kartana: Ow the Edge


Eventually I'll also rename a pyukumuku I've got "Danish"(because sister named one Pastry), and I wanna get a drampa and name it "Grand Dad".

 

[Khoshi]

Two I'm proud of:
Normies, my Salazzle. Named that due to it being a reptile and the US Government being reptilian. Maybe I have an official, I dunno.
One of my Celesteela, called Kaguya. This is after the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, and a rocket nicknamed "Kaguya". Celesteela is a rocket and is called the Launch Pokemon, so it makes sense.

 

[Count]

Nicknames are an important part of the game to me. In the sense that not nicknaming quite ruins the fun. I try to nickname every single one, except while breeding when I still did that (though sometimes I would name them) and also I skipped nicknaming the UB. I'll name a few:

My final in game team:

Decidueye: Humores (Greek for the four bodily fluids, thought it fit the somewhat ghostly, sinister vibe)
Vikavolt: Tyke
Shiinotic: Fiore
Lumineon: Furore
Marowak: Sullivan
Ninetales: Myrrh (Definitely my favourite, it somehow feels very fitting to me)

Some that were on my team temporarily:

Rattata: Southpaw (Some semi badass movie character from what I remember)
Cutiefly: Saffron
Solgaleo: Zyban

And my current team that I use to complete my dex with:

Lycanroc midday: Ruette (named after some wine)
Torkoal: Macadamia (named after the nut)
Toxapex: Mundugumor (named after a tribe of Papua New Guinea)
Togedamaru: Tierra
Comfey: O'hana (Hawaiian word for family, she creates a family of flowers in a way)
Hakamo-o: Draguns

Coming up with a good name can be so satisfying <3

 

[PageEmp]

Eh, basically whatever word/name/whatever that comes into my mind when I catch that mon