I nickname every Pokemon I use.
My current team:
Zoroark: Oliver cause I imagine him to be cheeky and naughty, so I named him after Oliver Twist 'Can I have some more, sir?' Tut tut
Mienshao: Law, after Marshal Law from Tekken
Excadrill: China, cause I was always told if you dig a hole in the ground deep enough, you'll end up in China lol
Archeops: Sybil, cause I own a parrot irl called Sybil
Chandelure: Juliet, the dead heroine from Shakespeare's masterpiece
Darmanitan: Aldo, cause it just suits him lol
Here are the name of my dragon power houses:
Dragonite: Hamlet, b/c he is brooding and philosophical, like Shakespeare's creation
Hydreigon: Faust, a character from an old anime I used to love; Shaman King
Salamence: Merlin, b/c he has 252 sp.atk EVs
Garchomp: Princess; b/c I always spoiled her
Haxorus: Auron, based on the badass from FFX
Flygon: Cairo; desert capital
Here is the team I took with me on my adventures through Sinnoh:
Gardevoir: Gabrielle, a beautiful name for a beautiful Pokemon
Marowak: Stig, Marowak never takes his skull helmet off, and neither does the Stig from Jeremy Clarkson's Top Gear! This is one of my fave NN's lol
Butterfree: Gael, the name of my beautiful wife, Butterfree is her Pokemon
Houndoom: Bella, b/c I own a chocolate Labrador irl and she'd called Bella
Absol: Zack; I just think it fits him
Some other notable powerful Pokemon I own:
Tyranitar: Bully
Porygon Z: Digit
Metagross: Glitch
Weavile: Narcissa
Scizor: Zulu, cause she is badass
Raichu: Raiden, from Mortal Kombat - Raiden has been with me for many generations ^^
Gyarados: Riot
Lucario: Zane
Skarmory: Peaches
Jellicent: Desdemona; dead heroine from Shakespeare
Ferrothorne: Grenade
Heatran: Ifrit; Final Fantasy fire god
Zebstrika: Ixion; electric horse Aeon from FFX
Azumarill: Max, just suits him
Rotom-W: Daz, the washing powder called Daz lol xD
Scrafty: Bruv
Alakazam: Neo, cause Neo bends spoons like a baws
Escavalier: Steiner, from the knights of Pluto in ff9
That's all I can think of right now