Pokémon Nicknames

[Noblejanobii]

Do you have a preferred way to nickname your Pokémon? Do you try to follow a theme of sorts? Do you just pick a random name that you think fits them? Or do you not bother at all?

[Shruikan]

The first playthough of each game I tend to go with whatever name seems to fit the pokemon, almost always named after other fictional characters.

In my second playthroughs onwards I always picka theme beforehand, such as naming the all after mythological characters, or naming them the surnames of Fire Emblem Three Houses characters.

[EmeraldSky]

I tend to name my Pokemon:

--references to the Pokeworld itself (Misty the Togetic, Serena the Persian)
--other anime characters (Lita the Pikachu, Amy the Dewgong)
--other game characters (Zelda the Gardevoir, Diddy the Infernape, Tails the Floatzel)
--Disney characters (Ariel the Vaporeon, Meeko the Linoone)
--other American cartoon characters (Garfield the Snorlax)
--foreign words that fit the Pokemon (Yuki the Alolan Ninetales, Luce the Ampharos)