700+ Good Pokemon Nicknames

Updated: Dec 31, 2020

Picking a good nickname for Pokemon is the first step in your journey together! You'll spend hours leveling up in the fields, on the streets and battling against gym leaders so it's important to make sure you get their name right!

Below, you'll find good Pokemon nickname ideas for specific Pokemon, followed by a ton of ideas for each Pokemon type in alphabetical order.

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Good Nicknames for Specific Pokemon

Stitch (like from Lilo & Stitch) - for sableye
Mojo-Jojo (like from Powerpuff Girls) - for monkey Pokemon like infernape, primape, slaking, grookey and rillaboom
Lumiere (like from Beauty & the Beast) - for litwick and chandelure
Goldylocks - for klefki
RobinHoot - for the noctowl and decidueye lines
HMSLAVE - for bidoof, of course
Lipton - for sinistea & polteageist
JamesPond - for inteleon
Hanson - for Alolan dugtrio
Loaf - for lazy pokemon like snorlax or slaking
Pixel - for the porygons
Thumper - for any bunny Pokemon like scorbunny & buneary
Bambi - for any deer Pokemon like sawsbuck, stantler or Xerneas
CookieMonster - for fat Pokemon like snorlax, lickilicky & hariyama
Patrick (like from Spongebob) - for staryu and starmie
Splash - for magikarp
Dumbo - for phanpy, donphan and copperajah
Pooch or Pup - for any dog-like Pokemon
Noodles - for tangela & tangrowth or even octillery
Cyclops - for duskull, dusclops and dusknoir
Teddy - for any bear Pokemon like teddiursa, pancham and cubchoo
Whiskers - for any cat-like Pokemon or whiscash, raticate or dedenne
McNugget - for torchic, blaziken, Ho-Oh, archeops
Tiny or Teeny - for any little Pokemon like joltik
Piglet - for tepig, emboar, grumpig or any pig Pokemon
Toof or Tooth - for any Pokemon with big teeth
Boo-Loon - for drifloon & drifblim
Garfield - for any cat-like Pokemon
FlygonJinn - homage to the great Quigon-Jinn from STAR WARS
Baloo - for any bear Pokemon like ursaring, bewear & beartic
Trike - for dodrio, magneton & hydreigon
LordHelix - for omastar

Boyfriend & Girlfriend or Hubby & Wifey- for the nidoking and nidoqueen lines
FreeWilly - for wailmer, wailord & kyogre
Simba, Nala, Mufasa, Skar or Pride - for litleo, pyroar, entei, solgaleo, luxray, and growlithe
Zazu (like from Disney's The Lion King) - for toucannon
Pegasus - for ponyta and rapidash
TreeStooges - for exeggutor
Tigger - for any cat-like Pokemon
Snoopy - for any dog-like Pokemon
Horton (like from Horton Hears a Who) - for elephant Pokemon
KingTut - for cofagrigus
Aspirin - for psyduck
Squidward (like from Spongebob) - for malmar, tentacruel and omastar
Michelangelo (like from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) - for turtle Pokemon like squirtle, blastoise, & chewtle
Kermet - for frog Pokemon like poliwag, politoad & greninja
Sonic - for hedgehog pokemon like shaymin or togedemaru
Arthur (like from the children's show) - for drowzee or hypno
Peppa - for any pig-like Pokemon
Chomper - for any Pokemon with big teeth
BugsBunny - for scorbunny, bunnelby, and buneary
Tails (like from Sonic the Hedgehog) - for vulpix, ninetails & theivul
Batman - for golbat, noivern, gliscor and lunala
Fatso - self explanatory
Dufus or Derpy - for derpy looking Pokemon
CareBear - for any bear-like Pokemon
Onixpected - for Onix
KFC - especially good for fire/flying types OR the blaziken line
Toto (like from the Wizard of Oz) - for any dog-like Pokemon
Smurf - for any blue Pokemon
MissingNo (homage to the original red/blue versions) - for porygon
Barbie - for jynx, gardevoir, tsareena & lilligant
America - for rufflet & braviary
Scooby - for any dog Pokemon
Madagascar - for piplup and empoleon
DonaldDuck - for ducklett, psyduck and golduck
DaffyDuck - for ducklet, psyduck and golduck
Shortcake - for alcremie
Behemoth - for any huge Pokemon like wailord, snorlax, gyarados or steelix
Goliath - for any strong Pokemon
Excalibur - for aegislash, sirfetch'd and zacian
Kirby - for jigglypuff and clefable
CaptainAmerica - for zamazenta & braviary
Sultan - for cofagrigus, persian, lucario, espeon and heracross
Kraken - for malmar, tentacruel and omastar
BirdJesus - for pidgeot
Clifford - for big dog Pokemon like arcanine or entei
Predator - for alien-like Pokemon like deoxys and beheeyem
SailorMoon - for gardevoir, jynx, tsareena or lilligant
Phoenix - for talonflame, moltres, Ho-Oh and blaziken
Hermes (the Greek god of speed) - for fast Pokemon
PewPew - for any Pokemon that shoots something like blastoise and magmortar
Shellshocker (homage to the first Pokemon movie) - for blastoise
BruteRoot (homage to the first Pokemon movie) - for venusaur
Nebby - for the Pokemon who will not stay in the bag