Sandkitty-Nya
Kekekekeh!
I name just about every single Pokemon I actually use. Mostly because I RP a lot, so most of my Pokemon become OCs for RP. <3
I definitely have too many to give a full list of, but here's some examples.
SoulSilver:
Ghost Girl the Umbreon (Named for an old nickname of mine, and because she's a Delta Species. Being half Ghost type, of course. (Sounds a lot more OP than it actually is. XP))
Pantheris the Raikou (Named for the scientific name of some big cats; Panthera. He's mostly just referred to as Pan, though.)
Rhythym the Suicune (Because her ribbon tails are like the ribbons used in rhythmic gymnastics. And yes, her name is supposed to be miss-spelled.)
Physis the Tyranitar (Named after a dinosaur; Coelophysis.)
Taronga the Typhlosion (Named after the Taronga Zoo in Australia, since that's where me and parents first saw an echidna. XD)
Insomnia the Noctowl (This one.. I don't think needs too much explaining. I had always wanted a Noctowl named Insomnia, but no matter how many Noctowls or Hoothoots I caught before SoulSilver, none of the ones I named that ever had the Insomnia ability. XD)
Rust the Umbreon (Ghost's son in RP, he was named Rust because it made some odd sense since his mom is Ghost, while his dad is Ironskull. XD)
Quinn the Entei (Not much of a reason for him, actually. I think my mom suggested the name because there was a character with the name in a book she was reading at the time.)
Ravi the Murkrow (Sort of obvious. Ravi sounds a lot like raven. *Shrugs*)
Luna the Cresselia (Okay this one is cliche but in RP she's the adopted daughter of two characters who aren't the best at coming up with names. XD And no she is NOT named after Princess Luna. >:C)
Black:
Lyell the Samurott (...Okay I admit I don't even remember why he was named this.)
Maya the Chandelure (Okay again just a random name. XD)
Felicity the Whimsicott (Aaand another just random name. Ha.)
Tuari the Shiny Braviary (Finally a name that has a reason. If I remember correctly, the name means 'young eagle' in some Native American language. Yup.)
Stormie the Mienshao (This is an odd name, as it was originally just a nickname for her original name. Her name was supposed to be Brainstorm, a long long time ago, being based on the fact that it made some sort of weird sense to me because in my mind, Mienshao was a Fighting type who looked a LOT like a Psychic type. ...Yeah. Either way, she's just Stormie now.)
Antares the Espeon (Oh jeez I seriously cannot remember the meaning of this name, but I swear it had something to do with the sun? Don't quote me on that. I'm probably wrong.)
Saskia the Dragonite (Named after a character from the game The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. In the game, Saskia is introduced as a peasant girl-turned warrior who has taken up arms against a king, leading the non-humans (dwarves and elves) against him in war. And although you only find out in one storyline path, she is actually a dragon who has taken mortal form. She's one of my favourite characters from the game, so I figured I'd name the Dragonite I had been planning on using after her.)
Baine the Reshiram (I'm fairly sure I named him this because the name meant white. Or something like that. Again, don't quote me on it. XD)
The only Pokemon I actively use that I never nicknamed are the Legendary Musketeers, since I figured that the concept of nicknaming seemed like something that was too connected to humans for a group of Legendary who supposedly hate humans. Granted, the four were originally supposed to be one-off RP characters for me, and I never expected them to become such well-loved characters and Pokemon for me. XD Either way, they're the only Pokemon I use that retain their species names.
I definitely have too many to give a full list of, but here's some examples.
SoulSilver:
Ghost Girl the Umbreon (Named for an old nickname of mine, and because she's a Delta Species. Being half Ghost type, of course. (Sounds a lot more OP than it actually is. XP))
Pantheris the Raikou (Named for the scientific name of some big cats; Panthera. He's mostly just referred to as Pan, though.)
Rhythym the Suicune (Because her ribbon tails are like the ribbons used in rhythmic gymnastics. And yes, her name is supposed to be miss-spelled.)
Physis the Tyranitar (Named after a dinosaur; Coelophysis.)
Taronga the Typhlosion (Named after the Taronga Zoo in Australia, since that's where me and parents first saw an echidna. XD)
Insomnia the Noctowl (This one.. I don't think needs too much explaining. I had always wanted a Noctowl named Insomnia, but no matter how many Noctowls or Hoothoots I caught before SoulSilver, none of the ones I named that ever had the Insomnia ability. XD)
Rust the Umbreon (Ghost's son in RP, he was named Rust because it made some odd sense since his mom is Ghost, while his dad is Ironskull. XD)
Quinn the Entei (Not much of a reason for him, actually. I think my mom suggested the name because there was a character with the name in a book she was reading at the time.)
Ravi the Murkrow (Sort of obvious. Ravi sounds a lot like raven. *Shrugs*)
Luna the Cresselia (Okay this one is cliche but in RP she's the adopted daughter of two characters who aren't the best at coming up with names. XD And no she is NOT named after Princess Luna. >:C)
Black:
Lyell the Samurott (...Okay I admit I don't even remember why he was named this.)
Maya the Chandelure (Okay again just a random name. XD)
Felicity the Whimsicott (Aaand another just random name. Ha.)
Tuari the Shiny Braviary (Finally a name that has a reason. If I remember correctly, the name means 'young eagle' in some Native American language. Yup.)
Stormie the Mienshao (This is an odd name, as it was originally just a nickname for her original name. Her name was supposed to be Brainstorm, a long long time ago, being based on the fact that it made some sort of weird sense to me because in my mind, Mienshao was a Fighting type who looked a LOT like a Psychic type. ...Yeah. Either way, she's just Stormie now.)
Antares the Espeon (Oh jeez I seriously cannot remember the meaning of this name, but I swear it had something to do with the sun? Don't quote me on that. I'm probably wrong.)
Saskia the Dragonite (Named after a character from the game The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. In the game, Saskia is introduced as a peasant girl-turned warrior who has taken up arms against a king, leading the non-humans (dwarves and elves) against him in war. And although you only find out in one storyline path, she is actually a dragon who has taken mortal form. She's one of my favourite characters from the game, so I figured I'd name the Dragonite I had been planning on using after her.)
Baine the Reshiram (I'm fairly sure I named him this because the name meant white. Or something like that. Again, don't quote me on it. XD)
The only Pokemon I actively use that I never nicknamed are the Legendary Musketeers, since I figured that the concept of nicknaming seemed like something that was too connected to humans for a group of Legendary who supposedly hate humans. Granted, the four were originally supposed to be one-off RP characters for me, and I never expected them to become such well-loved characters and Pokemon for me. XD Either way, they're the only Pokemon I use that retain their species names.