5th Gen Official English Name Discussion

[OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire]

Alomomola is the same thing backwards!

Alomomola
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oh yeah it's a Palindrome like Eevee, Ho-oh and Girafarig :)

 

[Neiko Star]

Oh God...so many of these are horrible. There are a few I like too, like Gigalith. They've got to learn that while some easily put together names like Sandile work, stuff like TRANQUILL does not. Seriously.

 

[OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire]

Tranquill works in my head, to me the names aren't awful at all...

 

[The Red Chain]

Spoiler:

Snivy - This one's okay, I'm fine with it.
Servine - Ooo, now that's interesting.
Seperior - XDDD I couldn't stop laughing at the awesomeness.
Tepig - Getting more used to it.
Pignite - Love it. <3
Oshawott - Still not used to it.
Dewott - It's okay.
Samurott - Too bad that Futachi didn't get this name! It's cool! XD

Patrat - Fun to say! I like. :3
Watchog - This would be better if I didn't automatically say "watch dog" instead. XD
Lillipup - Eh, it's okay. Reminds me too much of the word lily.
Herdier - Love it! :3
Stoutland - ... Kinda odd, but it's alright.
Purrloin - ... BAHAHA WUT XDDD
Liepard - Awesome. <3

Pidove - Still adore this one.
Tranquill - I can't quit figure out how to say this one.. it reminds me of Milotic. D:
Unfezant - Couldn't stop laughing XDD That is amazing.
Blitzle - It's alright.
Zebstrika - Adore it like mad! Sounds just like the Japanese name but better!
Roggenrola - XDDD
Boldore - Hahahaha.
Gigalith - Still cool to me. <3

Woobat - Aaaaa so cute <33
Swoobat - Same as above!
Drillbur - The last part sounds odd.
Excadrill - Awesome!
Audino - .. Pun on Tabunne? [maybe in Japanese] Neat-o!
Timburr - Nice pun!
Gurdurr - Same with this one~
Conkeldurr - Saying this NEVER gets old. XDD
Tympole - /Shrug
Palpitoad - It's alright.
Seismitoad - I keep thinking of sesame seeds. o.o;

Throh - ...
Sawk - ........
Sewaddle - Heheheheh I bet this is a pun on it waddling to get around too. Cute!
Swadloon - Swaddle like.. a baby swaddling in a blanket? Also cute!
Leavanny - Awwwww. <3
Venipede - Awesome.
Whirlipede - Also awesome!
Scolipede - I just like the "pede" at the end of all their names. Adds to the coolness.
Cottonee - B'aww. :33
Whimsicott - Hahaha! Clever!

Petilil - So much fun to say also <3
Lilligant - The gant part gets me.. it sounds odd.
Basculin - Reminds me of the word "bask".. not fitting for a fish really.
Sandile - Still love it. :3
Krokorok - XDD
Krookodile - Oh this one is just hilarious.
Darmanitan - Ohh now the "manitan" part makes sense. Cool~
Maractus - <333

Dwebble - Eh. Not too fond of it.
Crustle - ... -shivers-
Scraggy - XDDD awesome.
Scrafty - These two names together sound like a cheesy "duo" cartoon.
Sigilyph - Not sure how to pronounce it, but nice.
Yamask - Huh.
Cofagrigus - .... XDDD STILL can't say it.
Tirtouga - <33
Carracosta - Awesome meaning!

Archen - Kinda cool.
Archeops - I like Archeos more.
Trubbish - Bahah! Win!
Garodor - If it wasn't for the meaning it would sound like a warrior's name.. at least how I pronounce it. XD
Minccino - Still reminds me of cappuccino. XD
Cinccino - Same as above.

Gothita - /shrug
Gothorita - Like it more~
Gothitelle - Very pretty~
Solosis - Sweeeeeeeet. :3
Duosion - Ahhhh keeps getting better.
Reuniclus - BAH <33333
Ducklett - XDD
Vanillite - Omggg
Vanillish - OMGGGGG
Vanilluxe - <3333

Deerling - I kinda like it~
Sawsbuck - .... Now THAT is a great meaning. The SAWS part. <33
Emolga - I prefer Emonga.
Karrablast - The blast part saves it~
Escavalier - XDDD I never thought of it being a snail till now.
Foongus - Fitting.
Amoonguss - ROFL
Frillish - Ew no.
Jellicent - Better. XDD
Alomomola - Amazing to say. <3

Joltik - Cuteeeee :33
Galvantula - I was hoping for something more.. electric. <<< Denchura.
Ferroseed - Pretty nice.
Ferrothorn - Also alright.
Klink - <3
Klang - <33
Klinklang - All three names are way better than the Japanese ones.
Tynomo - XDD Awwwwww. Perfect name!
Eelektrik - These are really nice!
Eelektross - ^

Elgyem - No comment.
Beheeyem - No comment.
Litwick - XDDDD awww wut
Lampent - Epic.
Chandelure - Prolly the most epic pun name so far. <3
Axew - Still hate it. Seems uninspired.
Fraxure - ^
Haxorus - MUCH better. :3
Cubchoo - Ahhh the meaning, lol.
Beartic - Uninspired.

Cryogonal - ... I get the wrong idea with that last word.
Shelmet - Ewwww.
Accelgor - Sounds better. XD
Stunfisk - Better than Maggyo, though I wanted Flounderp. -shot-
Mienfoo - Ahhhh <333
Mienshao - This pair of names is amazing. Period.
Druddigon - Some of these names are such weird clashes.. this being one.
Golett - Eh.
Golurk - Ehhhhh.
Pawniard - Last part again, I'm not liking.
Bisharp - Sharp... really? >:

Bouffalant - Buffalon was better.
Rufflet - Aww <3
Braviary - Interesting, but not too fond yet.
Vullaby - Sounds like lullaby.
Mandibuzz - XDD I like.
Heatmor - .... I don't get the meaning of the last part.
Durant - Aianto is superior.
Deino - I like this combo~
Zweilous - FUN TO SAY <333
Hydreigon - Prolly the best combination of words so far.
Larvesta - Adore it. <3
Volcarona - Sounds like an alcohol. XDD

Tornadus - This goes for all three genies : Jap names are better.
Thundurus - ^
Landorus - ^

Went ahead and spoiler-tagged since it's a huge list~.
But yeah! Those are all my comments on the English names! I took out all the names that were kept from Japanese since there is no need to comment on those. XD
Oh and the monkeys since they are all pretty much self-explanatory.
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[Storm_has_formed]

its gonna take a while to get used to some of them... but Scraggy will always be Zuruggu to me =)

 

[Zelda]

I actually find it easier to memorize Scraggy from Zuruggu but moreover from that I always used to call it Pants anyway. ;x

I do agree though, after going through all the rumors, speculations and unconfirmed information since early 2010, it will take time getting adjusted to all of the confirmed English names.

 

[Dillon_68]

I like the name Alomomola. Bulbapedia broke it down for me: it comes from Aloha, Mom, and Mola Mola. So it would be pronounced....Al-Oh-Ma-Mo-La

 

[Gymnotide]

I like the name Alomomola. Bulbapedia broke it down for me: it comes from Aloha, Mom, and Mola Mola. So it would be pronounced....Al-Oh-Ma-Mo-La

lol I wrote that article.

I actually find it easier to memorize Scraggy from Zuruggu but moreover from that I always used to call it Pants anyway. ;x

I do agree though, after going through all the rumors, speculations and unconfirmed information since early 2010, it will take time getting adjusted to all of the confirmed English names.

Agreed. I've been keeping too close of a check on the Japanese names and it'll be hard to associate the faces with new names :(

 

[Pops]

Jolly good show! I am glad that Emboar ended up as.. Emboar! GOOD SHOW SIR! GOOD SHOW! :D

 

[PlatinumDude]

I'm happy that Excadrill is 100% confirmed now thanks to Nintendo Magazine. It's such a cool name.

 

[Dillon_68]

lol I wrote that article.

Thanks, that was a very informative article. XD

 

[SargeantMajorKururu]

meh...

So those leaked names ARE real? That's cool, but one of the only names I don't like is Bouffalant. It sounds like Buffalo + Gallant to me. I know what a bouffant is, but I just was hoping for something like Bull + Afro or Buffalo + Afro.

 

[Gymnotide]

So those leaked names ARE real? That's cool, but one of the only names I don't like is Bouffalant. It sounds like Buffalo + Gallant to me. I know what a bouffant is, but I just was hoping for something like Bull + Afro or Buffalo + Afro.

lol Bufflafro sounds funny.
As far as we know, only about a dozen of them are confirmed.

 

[RYOUKI]

I'll write what I wrote on FB's B&W fan page.

Serperior -> Epic win.

Also, Foongus. XD!! Although some names are quite weird like Tirtouga..!?

 

[Neptune Vasilias]

I think a good name for Hitomonshi's evolution, the Lamp Pokemon, would be Tamptura. It's a play between it's Japanese name and the words 'lamp' and 'tempt' or 'temptation', since Shandera is known as the Temptation Pokemon, I thought maybe it's pre-evolve would be related to that too. :)

 

[Ho-Oh]

I think a good name for Hitomonshi's evolution, the Lamp Pokemon, would be Tamptura. It's a play between it's Japanese name and the words 'lamp' and 'tempt' or 'temptation', since Shandera is known as the Temptation Pokemon, I thought maybe it's pre-evolve would be related to that too. :)

But the English names are ~almost~ confirmed.

And that name just makes me think of Tempura... as in the food. XD Plus I do like the names that are still rumoured for Hitomoshi's line. :)

 

[インフェルノの津波]

You know...the moment I saw Serperior's name, I kinda got pissed. This Pokemon line looks so cool...but even in the storyline they suck, even with Perversity. And they have cool names to top it off.

THIS. ISN'T. FAIR. ;;

 

[Platinum Lucario]

OK, after thinking about the English names... I've realized the other name origins for the legendaries. Landorus is a combination of Lando (pun of the Japanese pronouncation of rando, meaning 'Land') and rustle. Thundurus is a combination of thundur (pun on thunder) and rustle. As for Tornadus is a combination of tornado and dust.

But anyways, for anyone who is thinking about "Sawk", I'm pretty sure it is not pronounced "sock", I think it's actually pronounced the same way as you say "saw" and "c" sound at the end. I figured that out myself, just as soon as I realized Dewott was pronounced "Dew-ott" not "do what". xD

But yeah... I can already feel the Pokémon Company's loss... I do feel sorry for the staff there... they had such a short development time, I've read it in one of the articles. It says how they've had such a short development time and didn't get around into putting more things into the game. So I do assume they might have been lazy in some ways... other than that... I still do feel how this is going to impact on everyone... the only good feature in the game is the Dream World, that's about it. Once you've been around in there and been doing this and that... people will get sick and tired of the game after a while... except for the ones that battle and trade alot of course.

 

[The Red Chain]

But yeah... I can already feel the Pokémon Company's loss... I do feel sorry for the staff there... they had such a short development time, I've read it in one of the articles. It says how they've had such a short development time and didn't get around into putting more things into the game. So I do assume they might have been lazy in some ways... other than that... I still do feel how this is going to impact on everyone... the only good feature in the game is the Dream World, that's about it. Once you've been around in there and been doing this and that... people will get sick and tired of the game after a while... except for the ones that battle and trade alot of course.

Honestly, I never really felt that lack of development during my play-through of White. I think it depends on your own personal perspective of effort and lazyness, but for me it had a good amount of things to do. Near the end it felt a bit rushed I admit, but really, it wasn't as bad as that article is making it sound. Try it out yourself if you get the chance! It really is a great addition to the Pokemon series, and I'm fully satisfied.

I think I finally picked out my favorite English names : Mienfoo and Mienshao.
Something about how they flow and what they pun is great stuff. <3
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[Vrai]

OK, after thinking about the English names... I've realized the other name origins for the legendaries. Landorus is a combination of Lando (pun of the Japanese pronouncation of rando, meaning 'Land') and rustle. Thundurus is a combination of thundur (pun on thunder) and rustle. As for Tornadus is a combination of tornado and dust.

But anyways, for anyone who is thinking about "Sawk", I'm pretty sure it is not pronounced "sock", I think it's actually pronounced the same way as you say "saw" and "c" sound at the end.

I'm pretty sure that Landorus and stuff were just alterations to the Romanizations of the names. I mean, one of the translations for Landorus was Landlos, so I mean... and I dunno why the words "rustle" and "dust" would be a part of their names anyway; it seems like they don't fit them at all.

Alsoooo I'm pretty sure that it is indeed pronounced "sock", unless your pronunciation of "sock" is like "soh-ahk". A "saw" sound followed by a sharp "ck" sound at the end like you said basically is how you pronounce "sock"...