What nicknames do you give to your pokemon

[HoneyBubbles]

I nickname almost all of my pokemon.
Just to name a few..
Blastoise - Godfather (I had just watched part of the movie)
Leafeon - Leaf (Oh, shut up.)
Jigglypuff - La Rock (I don't even know where this came from. It sounds kind of cool. :U )
Ferrow - Nino
Altaria - Rhythm
Blissey - HelloNurse (I love the animaniacs~ xD )
Espeon - Eru
Spheal - Mocoa

 

[The Hero Without a Name]

All kinds of random things...
My Togekiss: Tibarn, named after the Hawk King in Fire Emblem: PoR and RD.
Metagross: Metaknight.
Pikachu: Pika (named after Red's Pikachu in PokeSpecial)
Garchomp: Jaws.

 

[sabrina_diamond]

Main Pokemon Team
Ninjask- Slash Dash (F)
Swellow- Robin (M)
Azumarill- Charmreign (M)
Linoone- Lithune (M)
Mightyena- Shroudlure (F)
Swampert- Oceanreign (M)

Extra Pokemon-
Skitty (F)- Olapen
Skitty (M)- Odaxitar
Electrike (M)- Jinitas
Manetric (F)- Jinitro
Vulpix - Vesper
... and so on and so on, so how did you like them ;)

 

[Espeon Master]

I always nickname my pokemon. To me not naming a pokemon is like naming your pet dog 'dog.' Most people don't do that. xD
Some of my favorite nicknames:
Charizard: Izardash
Fearow: Solemn
Raichu: Sparkle(F) Dazzle(M)
Blastoise: King
Rapidash: Jazz
Lairon: Stryker
Torterra: Czar
Chatot: Fermata
Leafeon: Briar

 

[Ashbox]

yes

i give all of my good ones and ones i hate nicknames
here is some examples
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pokemon[description] - nickname
--------------------

quilava - moonclerk
gulpin - booger
magnaton/magnezone - Mr. DVD
deoxys[speed form] - speedy
metagross - MegaTon
chimchar[japan only] - the word leet spelled out with japanese letters ^_^
rhyperior - weight
missongno.[all game versions] - DontTrust
ghost/kabutops/aerodactal versions of missingno. [red&blue only] - ZOMGWTF?
gengar - zombie
giratina - X
darkrai - Nightmare
arceus - jebus

and the list goes on.........
as you can see i get pretty specific on some pokemon...........

 

[Artyte]

Nicknaming is not my type, but if i were to do so, I would do it on the team that I want to use. For instance, my Skarmory was call S.Jet meaning steel jet. I have gotten some nicknaming influences from pokemon special, namely Wallace's way of nicknaming his pokemon, for instance when wallace calls his Luvdisc Elizabeth, I call my Blaziken John.

 

[Ashbox]

nicknaming gives your pokemon personality......... even if there not your good pokemon.....

 

[Chives Yo]

I usually don't nickname Pokémon only because I'm too lazy to, although I do think its nice. If I do name them, I usually go with a theme, like I once went through Leaf Green giving my Pokémon names that end in "yin."

Venusaur - Leayin (Lee-yin)
Raichu - Raiyin (Rye-in)
Vaporeon - Veeyin (vee-yin)
Ninetales - Fieyin (Fye-in)
Pidgeot - Faeyin (Fay-in)
Alakazam - Psyin (Sye-in)

 

[Eucliffe]

Hmm...

My Pearl Team:

Infernape: Bane (Female, by the way)
Luxray: Sinbad (the name I give ALL Male Luxrays)
Palkia: Hydra (yes, In put legendaries on my team >.>)
Gastrodon (West): Mei (the name I give all female Shellos/Gastrodon West)
Mismagius: Fia (Female)

... I haven't played Pearl in a while, so I forgot the rest XD Same with Diamond, but my Platinum team:

Torterra: Leaf (since I can only give each Pokemon five English letters in their nicknames, Leaf is female)
Luxray: Star (because she's female, and even if she were male, it would be impossible to name her Sinbad unless I used hiragana or katakana)
Crobat: Toxin (Female)
Milotic: Saria (Female; name came from OoT, the best LoZ game ever)
Lopunny: Lina (Name came from the same game as Fia)
Espeon: Ruby (Named after my all-time fave PokeSpecial character; though my Espeon is female like the rest of my team)

But I love nicknaming Pokemon <3

 

[Haza]

Im looking for a shiny Ursaring so I can name her MoneyHoney! Green like money and eats honey, get it?

 

[burgiju]

i dnt really feel like giving nicknames to pokemon

 

[Mezase Master]

I did for just about all of them on Diamond. Before that, I did for a few files, but after trying so hard sometimes with Diamond I vowed to never do it again.

When Gold and Silver came out, I called my Marill "Pikablu" just because I liked that name better.

 

[The Jewel of Life]

Nicknames

I nickname my legendaries their name only instead of ARCEUS it is Arceus

The names of my best six on Pearl are:

Houndoom- HellHound
MissingNo.- Singney
Rotom- Plasma
Castform- Anemometer
Giratina- Giratina
Dusknoir- Darkrai Jr.



The names of my best six on Leaf Green are:

Charizard- Flash
Beedrill- Sting
Nidoking- Spike
Victreebell- Root
Sandslash- Tunnel
Vaporeon- Mist

 

[Red Lily]

i just have a crapload of random names for them. sometimes they make sense for the pokemon, like Nettlebud is my shiny bellossom, or sometimes theyre a play on words like Connosewer, my Swalot. more recently, ive been naming them japanese names because i happened to stumble upon an english to japanese dictionary :-0

 

[Zennerick]

Here are some of mine:
^{Note: click the linked names to see what the Pokemon is named after.}
Gallade - Gallium
Swampert - ILkeMudkip
Lucario - Anubis
Infernape Monchichi
Milktank -BigMac
Ralts - AvantGarde
Rotom - Pulse (Rotom's design is based off of "Pulseman")

Froslass-Anastasia

You named your Frosslass after Anastasia
Nikolayevna, daughter of Czar Nicholas II? 0_o

 

[Limey-chan]

Currently on my Monotype Challenge (Pokémon Blue) i'm giving my team Electric-based nicknames:

Raichu -> Sergio

Electrode -> Joules

Jolteon -> Sparky

I also have a Bellsprout called 'Cut'. No prizes for anyone that manages to guess why he's called that.

 

[Ninetales1]

And now, here is a complete list of all my Pokemon's nicknames from Emerald and Diamond! With explanations for some!
(Pokemon with red species names are female; blue ones are male; green ones are genderless.)
Note: You can find a lot of the following especially:
-Harry Potter characters (their nicknames have an asterisk next to them, in case you're confused)
-People's names which sound like a characteristic of the Pokemon (their explanations have asterisks at the end)
-Pokemon trainers (I think you'll be able to identify these, as each is named after someone who has that Pokemon)
Note: My Pokemon who have lousy in-game-trade names or are unnamed as a result of trades/events are not included. That would be an Alakazam (Kazza), Chatot (Charap), Darkrai, Deoxys, Manaphy, Snorlax, Infernape, Empoleon, Bastiodon, and Purugly.

Raichu: Raiha
Raichu: Lt. Surge
Clefable: Cupid
Ninetales: Naruto
Jigglypuff: Purin (Jigglypuff's Japanese name)
Vileplume: Fleur (French for flower)
Golduck: Ruby (because of the gem on her forehead)
Alakazam: Hermione*
Tentacruel: Ursula (The sea witch in Little Mermaid)
Tentacruel: Neptune
Rapidash: Cinderella (emphasis on the "cinder"*)
Magneton: Gamma (One of the Magnet Warriors in Yu-Gi-Oh)
Gengar: Seirei (Japanese for spirit)
Electrode: Pokeball (I often LOL when this Pokemon comes out in battle--"Go Pokeball!")
Seadra: Misty
Seaking: Elan
Starmie: Hoshi (Japanese for star)
Mr. Mime: Marceau (named after Marcel Marceau, a famous mime)
Gyarados: Serpentina
Noctowl: Frau Nacht (in German, it means something like "Ms. Night")
Crobat: Lilith
Xatu: Clair (As in short for clairvoyance, not the gym leader.)
Bellossom: Benito
Azumarill: Bunny
Azumarill: Bob (because his tail bobs up and down on the water*)
Quagsire: Marsha (Quagsire lives in a marsh*)
Wobbuffet: Retalia
Girafarig: Giuffrida (Sounds like giraffe*)
Girafarig: Primrose
Steelix: Platinum
Heracross: Tsunoko (making a Japanese girl's name out of the word "tsuno"--horn)
Heracross: Prongs* (Although technically, the name makes more literal sense--horn = prong?)
Sneasel: Fred* (Yes, I also have one named George!)
Corsola: Kaminda (In a language I sort of created, it means "pink")
Octillery: Octavian (I know it's ridiculous for an octopus to rule Rome, but at least the "Oct" makes sense!*)
Mantine: Katie (Sort of looks like "kite"*)
Skarmory: Knightwing
Donphan: Fanta (Not to be confused with the soda. Ellie is too cliche anyway.)
Blissey: Florentine (Also an egg dish)
Blaziken: Doodle (Short for ****-a-doodle-doo)
Mightyena: Artemis
Linoone: Hufflepuff*
Beautifly: May
Beautifly: Shumi (Anagram of "mushi", Japanese for bug)
Dustox: Doxy* (It's more of a creature than a character per se, but...)
Dustox: Pesto (Because a moth is a pest! Oh! Sauce? 0_e)
Lombre: Lolita (Spanish name that looks like "Lotad"*)
Nuzleaf: Pinocchio
Swellow: Robin (Seems to resemble a robin, doesn't she...?*)
Pelipper: Phyllis (A pelican from Animal Crossing)
Gardevoir: Sigmund (As in Freud, but the last name sounds too weird to put in a nickname)
Masquerain: Drew
Breloom: Portabella (because Portobello sounds too masculine)
Ninjask: Arya (the elf from Eragon--don't ask why I named a Ninjask after an elf...)
Shedinja: Fiari (In a language I sort of created, it means "ephemeral" or "not quite there")
Exploud: Muffliato* (actually a spell that prevents you from hearing something)
Hariyama: Luchadora (Spanish for wrestler)
Delcatty: Tom-Tom
Sableye: Gollum (shiny-object-lover from Lord of the Rings)
Lairon: Haganiwa (from the Japanese "hagani"--steel and "iwa"--rock)
Medicham: Satori (a sudden spiritual awakening or vision)
Medicham: Mahatma
Manectric: Leona (Spanish for lion, which Manectric seems to resemble)
Plusle: Rachel (named after my stepniece, who is a cheerleader)
Minun: Cheerum
Volbeat: Hikaru (similar to hikari, which means "light"*)
Illumise: Starlet
Roselia: Rosemary (I know that's a spice, not a flower, but girls are made of spice... right?)
Sharpedo: Amazon (Leftover from when she was a Carvanha, obviously)
Wailmer: Moby Dick
Camerupt: Magmus (Just sounded more, erm, sophisticated... than "Magma")
Torkoal: Pele (Hawaiian volcano goddess)
Grumpig: Miss Piggy
Spinda: Confundus* (Another spell, which causes confusion)
Vibrava: Sylph (Flying mythological creature)
Cacturne: Harley
Altaria: Cumulus (type of cloud)
Seviper: Nagini*
Lunatone: Yue (Chinese for moon... I think)
Solrock: Domingo (Spanish for Sunday)
Barboach: Feely
Whiscash: Quaker (Not to be confused with the religion or the oats!)
Crawdaunt: Langosta (Spanish for lobster)
Claydol: Clayton
Anorith: Sebastian (The lobster or whatever from Little Mermaid)
Milotic: Venus (Also makes sense because of the famous statue Venus de Milo...tic)
Castform: Weatherman
Kecleon: Nymphadora*
Banette: Severus*
Dusclops: Samara (the girl from The Ring)
Tropius: Fern
Chimecho: Tinkerbell
Chimecho: Belle
Absol: Sirius* (It can also be noted that the Egyptians used to see the star Sirius as a warning that the Nile will flood)
Glalie: Yukiko (in Japanese it literally means "snow child"*)
Sealeo: Saki (a famous sea lion who appeared on television)
Luvdisc: Roxie (because of a character in the musical "Chicago" named Roxie Hart)
Torterra: Pangaia (A dub name I came up with for this Pokemon, from the continent of Pangaea and the goddess Gaia)
Staraptor: Silverling (A dub name I came up with for Staravia, short for "silver starling")
Bibarel: Beatrice (sounds similar to beaver)
Kricketune: Katydid
Luxray: Godric*
Roserade: William (because his nature says "strong willed"*)
Rampardos: Yoshi
Wormadam-Grass: Mistletoe (Burmy's appearance reminded me of mistletoe)
Wormadam-Ground: Cleopatra
Wormadam-Steel: Jasmine (Jasmine doesn't have a Wormadam, but she likes Steel Pokemon nevertheless...)
Mothim: Thatcher (Has nothing to do with Margaret Thatcher. The name just sounds cool, and includes "hatch", which is sort of what Burmy does when it evolves.)
Vespiquen: Elizabeth (Okay, but I feel justified in naming a Pokemon after an English queen for some reason.)
Pachirisu: Chip (I do have another named Dale!)
Floatzel: Ginny*
Cherrim: Shigatsu (Japanese for April, when cherry blossoms bloom)
Gastrodon: Slughorn* (Like Prongs, it makes more literal sense, as Gastrodon is a slug and appears to have horns)
Ambipom: Nimble
Drifblim: Inflotion (A dub name I came up with for this Pokemon, putting "float" inside "inflation")
Lopunny: Peter (after Peter Rabbit)
Mismagius: Maleficent
Honchkrow: Raven
Skuntank: Nox* (Yeah, I know it's a spell--one to put out light, appropriately--but it's actually short for "noxious")
Bronzong: Simuri (In a language I sort of created, it means "mirror"; I named it when it was a Bronzor)
Spiritomb: Morticia (from the Addams Family)
Garchomp: Saphira (Eragon's dragon)
Lucario: Zorro (Spanish for fox, as Lucario looks foxlike to me)
Hippowdon: Sandy
Drapion: Claudia (includes "claw"*)
Toxicroak: Bellatrix* (because Toxicroak's cry sounds like how she might laugh)
Carnivine: Maude (includes "maw"*)
Lumineon: Butterfin (a dub name I came up with for this Pokemon--"butterfly fin")
Abomasnow: Tannenbaum (German for Christmas tree, as far as I know)
Dialga: Kingmond (A dub name I came up with for this Pokemon--"king diamond")
Uxie: Zelda
Mesprit: Link
Azelf: Ganondorf
Phione: Aqua

And some nicknames of other Pokemon from my other games I like:

Empoleon: Ukio (the emperor from Samurai 7)
Wobbuffet: Jessie
Chimecho: James
Happiny: Sunny Side
Banette: Lucius*
Buizel: Ron*
Sneasel: Percy*
Uxie: Dumbledore*
Azelf: Dobby*
Purugly: Minerva*
Gible: Draco* (although technically, it makes sense because Gible is draconic)
Kadabra: Sabrina

I also have a full Unown alphabet in Diamond, and all of them are nicknamed. But their nicknames start with their letter and represent their Hidden Power type. For example, a J Unown with HP Psychic would be Jean Grey, an A Unown with HP Steel would be Aluminum, a Q Unown with HP Bug would be Queen Bee, and a n H Unown with HP Flying would be Hikou. Sometimes I can't come up with a good name and end up with something like Z-Rock. My question-mark Unown is Flying? and my exclamation Unown is Fighting!.

 

[Azumi]

I name them by their type and name at first...
Now I TRY to name them after nature, but it usually applies for the starter, cuz you can see the nature early.
All the others are random. Yeah.
But here's what I came up with:

Infernape - Sebastian (Sassy)
Staraptor - Stanford
Luxray - Tails (this has no relation to nature at all, just named him after the Sonic character, just because the Shinx family has a tail.)
Kadabra - Wes (After the Pokemon Colosseum guy)
Gastrodon - Hearts (THE ONLY FEMALE IN MA TEAM. DAMN YOU NINTENDO.)
Bidoof/Bibarel - HM Slave (Obviously...)
Eevee - Neil (Total randomness.)

That's all.

 

[Get Away From That Outlet Pikachu!]

Pikachu: Peekachoo
Infernape: Monkey
Floatzel: Enkai
Gengar: Shadou

 

[lukefonfabre]

i give mine there Japanese names