[X] My Assistant

[Durppie]

If I plan on keeping any Pokemon, they get a name. Shinies are definitely keepers.

[Wastelander]

I nickname most of the shinies I hatch on GPX+. Usually I give them random names, though sometines I'll name them after video game characters or songs.

[Spoovo The Pirat...]

I make it a thing to nickname my shinies. Even if the nicknames are awful, every shiny gets one. Though I try to go for puns.

[Easley]

Me too! I always give my shinies a name. Usually I name it based on events that relate to its birthday or any event around me that's in. XD

[Lucca Majere]

I nickname all my shinies and all of the pokemon I've determined to keep in general, actually.

I used to name every single pokemon I got on site, but as you can imagine, that stopped before too long LOL.

As for a theme, the vast majority of my shinies have Homestuck names.

[Cycrum]

I do nickname my shinies. Usually, I either nickname my shinies something random on the spot, something related with what the Pokemon is based off of, or after a character from a video game or television or web series.

[Mars Adept Enten]

I always nickname my shinies. Usually after the predominant color. And I'll use foreign language words for colors as well.

Here's a list of all the shinies I have currently and what language their names derive from (if I remember, that is. )
Azul, male Yanmega: Spanish for blue
Goldenrod, female Drifblim: English
Violet, Cresselia: English
Bleu, female Zangoose: French for blue
Cerulean, Braviary: English
Citrine, female Kricketune: English
Xanthe, Klink: Greek for yellow/gold
Cyan, female Corsola: English
Indigo, male Zoroark: English
Fuchsia, female Ariados: English
Aquamarine, male Ludicolo: English
Lila, female Lapras: French(?) for lilac
Blau, male Zangoose: I... honestly don't remember what language, but it's supposed to be the word for blue.
Lapis, female Reuniclus: English
Aqua, male Feraligatr: English
Cinnamon, male Vespiquen: English
Whyte, male Winter Vulpix: corrupted English
Lavender, male Kingdra: English
Midori, male Serperior: Japanese
Jaune, female Galvantula: French for yellow
Saffron, female Girafarig: English
Amethyst, female Gigalith: English
Navy, female Carracosta: English
Aura, female Mismagius: Latin for gold
Ora, female Electivire: Spanish for gold, feminized.

[Numpty]

Do any of you ever nickname your shinies? I always name mine because to me, naming them helps me feel like I have a closer connection to them. I name some of mine after deceased pets, and some I name whatever they remind me of. For example, I named my Furfrou and Mightyena George and Tula Belle, respectively. I also named my Meowstic Missy, because that's who she reminded me of.

Then your Black Furfrou is so suave!

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YES.

HECK YES.

I name them after a gem of that color, or a gem relating to Steven Universe.

For instance, come Octoberfest, I plan to rename my shiny Dusknoir Garnet because Garnet in Steven Universe is a fusion of a red gem and a blue gem, and Shiny Dusclopes go from red to blue upon evolving.

I also have a shiny Mega Lucario named Topaz, a shiny Psyduck named Sapphire, a shiny Pumpkaboo named Amethyst Star (as in the Unicorn pony), and a shiny Skitty named Ruby (previously the unoriginal Bling).

[AregularFrankief...]

I nickname most of my Pokemon, not just shinies. Sometimes I have names planned out already, sometimes I just call them whatever springs to mind first.

My nicknames tend to vary in origin, if you haven't guessed. (I mean, I named my shiny Duskull Bill Cipher, my fake Groudon Francis [if I remember correctly], and I'm planning to name my hopefully male shiny Misdreavus after an OC of mine-a stripey, color-changing demon dude named Icaruba.)

[bufu12]

I nickname mostly my Shiny Pokemon instead of my normal ones. The Pokemon in my signatures have nicknames: Shiny Ruru (Shiny Gardevoir), Shiny Ryu (Shiny Gallade), Kid Goku (Shiny Lucario), Pollo Campero (Shiny Blaziken), and Pollo Jr. (Shiny Combusken).

It's better for me to nickname shiny Pokemon it seems worth it to name something that you completed from the shiny hunt.

[Cherubi Problema...]

While I give names to most of my pokémon, my shinies have a naming theme: WoW lore characters. Their description also has a paragraph on the character the pokémon is named after

[ShrapnelStars]

I tend to have a theme for each box that I start on. My first box was named after typefaces, and right now I'm doing song titles.

[Vande]

Sometimes I nick name them, but for most of the time I don't.

[Shadow Fennekin]

I've never nicknamed a Pokemon in my life. On the games or here. I just can't think of anything cool enough to give them

[Mangepic]

I always nickname my shinies, ususally for a reason, sometimes for no reason at all :P I name pokemon after foods a lot too
I've named a shiny Gyrados shashimi
Duskull named dawn
Ninetales names snowfox
Marshtomp named Muddle (Mud+puddle)
And a moltres named turkey
Also name a few non-shinie, but not as often

[Takodachi]

Pretty much all of my Shinies are nicknamed in reference to something. You'll have to figure out the three in my sig by yourself.

Music:

Golem (STP)
Zoroark (Deep Purple)
Drifblim (Robert Plant)
Excadrill (Slash)
Lucario (Glenn Danzig)
Mismagius-Master of Illusions (Mr. Grieves, from the Pixies song)
Vileplume (Agent Orange)
Seadra (Joan Jett)
Summer Mamoswine (Unearth)
Zigzagoon (Ziggy Stardust)
Lilligant (Cio-Cio San, from Madame Butterfly)
Manectric (Tesla; I had the band in mind, though the scientist also fits)

Stuff that references other users, I think:

Milotic (Aquarelle)
Gardevoir (Laura, as in Walking on Sunshine)
Venomoth (Sam)
Octillery (Doctorok, as in Doctor Octopus)
Chandelure (Euchalynn)
Girafarig (Giraffe a Laugh)

Random references, some of which are dank:

Rapidash (HARMONY HARMONY)
Beheeyem (A. Ella Mayo; sound it out)
Duskull (so spooky)
Mega Banette (Spooky, as in Spooky's House of Jumpscares)
Bibarel (Strong Bad)
Sharpedo (Sips)
Mudkip (HuskyMUDKIPZ)
Luxray (Cecil; RIP Cecil the Lion)
Cinccino (Tiffany -- in my sig; formerly Shiny Chiipii)
Meowstic (Audrey -- in my sig; formerly THE DESTROYER)
Flygon (Nikki -- in my sig; formerly Desert Angel)
Bronzong (Bronzino, like the painter)
Golurk (Robo-Pounder, from an enemy from a Minecraft mod)
Arcanine (Argininette, because my username was Arginine at the time, and because of how similar that amino acid sounds to Arcanine)
Carracosta (MasterOogway, b/c Kung Fu Panda)

References to IRL friends:

Servine (Hayley)
Vulpix (Katie)
Furret (Pucho, a silly nickname Miss resetti came up with for Furret. Gawd, I miss 10th grade.)

Nicknames I chose because they sounded cool, or some other lame reason -- I'm hopefully gonna change all these at some point:

Yanmega (Razorshot)
Starmie (Saphira)
Froslass (Freezeflash)
Cloyster (BLU Fortress)
Porygon-Z (Core Corruption)
Plusle (Sparklers)
Venusaur (First of 2012)
Clawitzer (Massive Weapon)
Aegislash (Marianna)
Shuppet (Fabric)

This post has been edited by Ayy Lmao: Oct 11 2015, 05:57 PM

[papyrus]

I would if I remembered

[MysticFalls]

Not that much tbh~

[imonmyway]

My Charizard is Kostbar (means precious, as I just snatched a random egg) and my Togetic is Dragonsbane for an obvious reason.

[Vialuna]

Do any of you ever nickname your shinies? I always name mine because to me, naming them helps me feel like I have a closer connection to them. I name some of mine after deceased pets, and some I name whatever they remind me of. For example, I named my Furfrou and Mightyena George and Tula Belle, respectively. I also named my Meowstic Missy, because that's who she reminded me of.

I don't have a shiny yet (joined pretty recently) but I look forward to it! Shinies seem like a lot of effort, and I'll want to name mine because I think I'll feel closer to them, like you said. When I first started playing pokemon (Blue on the Gameboy, way back in the day) I named every single poke! I think I may reuse some of those names (at least the ones I can remember) for nostalgia.