★『The Pokemon Nicknames Thread!』☆

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I nicknamed my Alakazam 'Dumbledore', after Albus Dumbledore from 'Harry Potter'.

My Lucario and Chansey in Pearl are now called Gen and Tamago.

The majority of my Pokemon nicknames are references to things I like, the rest are names I like, or names that the Pokemon or its name makes me think of.

Lately I've been catching so many Pokemon via wormholes that I haven't nicknamed them. Time for that later. I think thoroughly about nicknames, names are important to me.

I just beat the Elite Four (Ultra Sun) this morning with the following team:

Sander (Palossand; because sand)
Buzzwole (still unnamed, my first ultra beast unless you count Poipole),
ZzZzZzZz (Latias, I got her in a trade, I would personally not have named her that)
Ali-Cata (Incineroar; named after a misunderstanding: As a kid I had a comic. Its title was written in a strange font so I misread it and thought it said "Ali-Catas Skrekk" which sounded so exciting and dark, while it really said "Ali - gatas skrekk". I still think Ali-Cata is a great name, and even more so for a cat Pokemon)
Chakka (Leafeon, named after the pet wolf of Beverly Gravlin, whose book I'm still currently reading)
Nebby (Solgaleo; I didn't have the heart to name him anything else, although I kinda think I might do so eventually - I really wanna name him Sanasol, or Solaire)

It was a good team, but it was heartbreaking that I couldn't find space for Lycanroc in that important battle. Nikai was with me since Ha'Ouli City, and would have been extremely useful in the battle against Kahili. I must find a spot for him in the rematch.

I nicknamed my female Scyther "Midori", and my male Scizor "Asugi".

My main Pokemon nicknames are:

Cardgage!
Geebee!
Don lino!
Dax!
Goodyear!
Jigsaw!

The inspiration for these nicknames came from goldenboltlp!

Lavi

Back when I was playing Pokémon, I would give nicknames to my Pokémon that sounded like original names.

For example:

Aeromander - Salamence
Algemoat - Swampert
Pandizz - Spinda
Emeraldra - Rayquaza
Cravicious - Crawdaunt
Cactcrow - Cacturne
Sandragon - Flygon
Ponskate - Surskit
Stormoth - Masquerain

I always try to find real names that sound similar to their actual names. Eevees are Evelyn, Charmanders are Charlena or Charlie, Flygon is Flynn, etc.

i have a venusaur called joxer i usaully name them after my fave characters on tv and films and books