Thanks Missingno. Master for writing this up based on the list we leaked yesterday. Obviously IGN confirmed these and the upcoming issue of Nintendo Power will as well. Can’t believe the full list leaked this early. Sorry that I pulled it while I wasn’t sure. [Please note that I am treating this list as unconfirmed rumor at this point]
UPD: Bell’s official English name is Bianca, and Cheren will keep his name!
UPD2: Added in explanations for fun :3 Feel free to suggest better ones. For the most part I think I did pretty well and YES I did the original list myself. [Been updating list with comment ideas as I see fit]
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494 Victini Victini – Victory + Teeny
495 Snivy Tsutarja – Snake + Ivy
496 Servine Janobii – Serpent + Vine
497 Serperior Jaroda – Serpent + Surperior
498 Tepig Pokabu – Tepid + Pig
499 Pignite Chaobuu – Pig + Ignite
500 Emboar Emboar – Ember + Boar
501 Oshawott Mijumaru – Ocean Water + Otter
502 Dewott Futachimaru – Dew + Otter
503 Samurott Daikenki – Samurai + Otter
504 Patrat Minezumi – Patrol + Rat
505 Watchog Miruhoggu – Watch + Groundhog
506 Lillipup Yooterii – Lil’ + Pup
507 Herdier Haderia – Herd + Terrier
508 Stoutland Muurando – Stout + Highland (terrier breed)
509 Purrloin Choroneko – Purr + Purloin
510 Liepard Leperasudu – Lie + Leopard
511 Pansage Yanappu – ChimPANzee + Sage (plant)
512 Simisage Yanakki – SIMIan (primate type) + Sage
513 Pansear Boappu – PAN + Sear
514 Simisear Baokki – SIMI + Sear
515 Panpour Hiyappu – PAN + Pour
516 Simipour Hiyakki – SIMI + Pour
517 Munna Munna – Kept name
518 Musharna Musharna – Kept name
519 Pidove Mamepato – Pidgeon + Dove
520 Tranquill Hatoopoo – Tranquil + Quill (pen made from feather)
521 Unfezant Kenhorou – Unfazed + Pheasant
522 Blitzle Shimama – Name based off ‘Blitz’
523 Zebstrika Zeburaika – Zebra + Striker
524 Roggenrola Dangoro – Rock ‘n Roll (er)
525 Boldore Gantoru – Respelling of Boulder
526 Gigalith Gigaiasu – Giga + Monolith
527 Woobat Koromori – (to “Woo” someone) + bat
528 Swoobat Kokoromori – Swoon + bat
529 Drilbur Mogurew – Drill + Burrow
530 Excadrill Doryuzu – Excavate + Drill
531 Audino Tabunne – Play on Audio, ears being a signature of this pkmn
532 Timburr Dokkora – Play on “Timberrrrr”
533 Gurdurr Dotekkotsu – Play on “Girder”, steel structure
534 Conkeldurr Roopushin – Concrete + durr
535 Tympole Otamaru – Tympanic membrane (ear thing) + Tadpole
536 Palpitoad Gamagaru – Palpitation (vibration) + Toad
537 Seismitoad Gamageroge – Seismic + Toad
538 Throh Nageki – “Throw”
539 Sawk Dageki – “Sock” (As in punch)
540 Sewaddle Kurumiru – Serotinella (classification of caterpillar that uses leaves) + Swaddle
541 Swadloon Kurumayu – Swaddle + Cocoon
542 Leavanny Hahakurimo – Leaves + Nanny
543 Venipede Futsude – Venom + Centipede
544 Whirlipede Hoiiga – Whirl + Centipede
545 Scolipede Pendoraa – Scolopendra (class of centipedes, also where Japanese name came from) + Centipede
546 Cottonee Monmen – Cottony
547 Whimsicott Erufuun – Whimsical + Cotton
548 Petilil Churine – Petit / Petal + Lily
549 Lilligant Doreida – Lily + Elegant
550 Basculin Basurao – Bass + Masculine
551 Sandile Meguroko – Sand + Crocodile
552 Krokorok Warubiru – Crocodile + Rock
553 Krookodile Warubiaru – Nixon
554 Darumaka Darumakka – Kept name
555 Darmanitan Hihidaruma – Dharma + Titan
556 Maractus Marakacchi – Maraca + Cactus
557 Dwebble Ishizumai – Dwell + Pebble
558 Crustle Iwaparesu – Crustacean + Castle
559 Scraggy Zuruggu – “Scraggy” can mean a thin person (negative)
560 Scrafty Zuruzukin – Scraggy + crafty
561 Sigilyph Shinpora – Sigil (magic glyph) + Glyph
562 Yamask Desumasu – Play on Mask
563 Cofagrigus Desukan – Coffin + Sarcophagus
564 Tirtouga Purotooga – Turtle + Tortuga (Spanish word for turtle)
565 Carracosta Abagoora – Carpace + Coast
566 Archen Aaken – Archaeopteryx + Ancient
567 Archeops Aakeosu – Archaeopteryx + Cheops?
568 Trubbish Yabakuron – Trash + Rubbish
569 Garbodor Dasutodasu – Garbage + Odor
570 Zorua Zorua – Kept name
571 Zoroark Zoroark – Kept name
572 Minccino Chillarmy – Mini + Chincilla
573 Cinccino Chirachiino – Sincere + Chincilla
574 Gothita Gochimu – Gothic + Lolita
575 Gothorita Gochimiru – Gothic + Lolita
576 Gothitelle Gochiruzeru – Gothic + Celestial
577 Solosis Yuniran – Solo + Mitosis
578 Duosion Daburan – Duo + Fusion
579 Reuniclus Rankurusu – Reunion + Nucleous
580 Ducklett Koaruhii – Like a piglet, but it’s a duck
581 Swanna Swanna – Swan
582 Vanillite Banipucchi – Vanilla + Lite
583 Vanillish Baniricchi – Vanilla-ish
584 Vanilluxe Baibanira – Vanilla + Deluxe
585 Deerling Shikijika – Like a duckling, but it’s a deer
586 Sawsbuck Mebukijika – Summer Autumn Winter Spring + Buck
587 Emolga Emonga – Electric + Japanese name for flying squirrel is Momonga
588 Karrablast Kapurumo – Carapace + Blast
589 Escavalier Shubarugo – Escargo (snail in French) + Chevalier (knight in French)
590 Foongus Tamagetake – Respelling of fungus
591 Amoonguss Morobareru – Amoora (type of plant) + Fungus
592 Frillish Pururiru – Frill + Jellyfish
593 Jellicent Burunkeru – Jellyfish + Magnificent
594 Alomomola Mamanbou – Mola Mola
595 Joltik Bachuru – Jolt + Tick
596 Galvantula Denchura – Galvanization (electrochemical process) + Tarantula
597 Ferroseed Tesshiido – Ferro + Seed
598 Ferrothorn Nattorei – Ferro + Thorn
599 Klink Gear – Obvious
600 Klang Gigear – Obvious
601 Klinklang Gigigear – Obvious
602 Tynamo Shibishirasu – Tiny + Dynamo
603 Eelektrik Shibibiiru – Eel + Electric
604 Eelektross Shibirudon – Eel + Electric + Cross
605 Elgyem Riguree – LGM
606 Beheeyem Oobemu – BEM
607 Litwick Hitomoshi – Lit + Wick
608 Lampent Ranpuraa – Lamp + Lament
609 Chandelure Shanderaa – Chandelier + Luminescence
610 Axew Kibago – Axe + Chew
611 Fraxure Onondo – Fracture respelling
612 Haxorus Ononokus – Hack + sauros (dinosaur)
613 Cubchoo Kumashun – Cub + Ah-choo
614 Beartic Tsunbeaa – Bear + Artic
615 Cryogonal Furiijio – Cryogenic + Hexagonal
616 Shelmet Chobomaki – Shell + Helmet
617 Accelgor Agirudaa – Accelerate + GOOOOOORE
618 Stunfisk Maggyo – Stun + Flatfish
619 Mienfoo Kojofuu – Kung foo
620 Mienshao Kojondo – Asian fighting art
621 Druddigon Kurimugan – Dragon + Dig + Ruddy
622 Golett Gobitto – Golem + let (piglet)
623 Golurk Goruggo – Golem + Lurk
624 Pawniard Komatana – Pwn + Rapier
625 Bisharp Kirikizan – Bishop + Sharp
626 Bouffalant Baffuron – Buffalo + Bouffant
627 Rufflet Washibon – Ruffle + let
628 Braviary Wargle – Brave + Aviation
629 Vullaby Baruchai – Vulture + Baby
630 Mandibuzz Barujiina – Mandibles + Buzzard
631 Heatmor Kuitaran – “Heat more”
632 Durant Aianto – Durable + Ant
633 Deino Monozu – Respelling of Dino + Ein (1 in German)
634 Zweilous Jiheddo – Zwei (2 in German) +
635 Hydreigon Sazando – Hydra + Dragon + Drei (3 in German)
636 Larvesta Meraruba – Larva + Infestation
637 Volcarona Urugamosu – Volcano + Corona
638 Cobalion Kobaruon – Colbat + Its Japanese name
639 Terrakion Terakion – Terra
640 Virizion Birijion – Verdan + Vivid
641 Tornadus Torunerosu – Tornado
642 Thundurus Borutorosu – Thunder
643 Reshiram Reshiram – Kept Japanese name
644 Zekrom Zekrom – Kept Japanese name
645 Landorus Randorosu – Land
646 Kyurem Kyurem – Kept Japanese name[/spoiler]
<3 pokejungle
ps- Let the complaining in the comments officially START! Allow me to be the first to say there are some terrible names. I mean terrible.
They’re not so bad now that I understand some of them.
Ones I guessed:
Eelectrik
Chandelure
Scrafty (well sort of. I guessed Scruffian)
Love Gothita!!!! It sounds just like “little drop” in Spanish!! (gotita)
I looks like a lot of these names are almost unpronounceable for a native Spanish speaker! It will be fun to watch the spanish dub XD
It’s funny you say spanish because I believe her name is Goth and Bonita. But isnt Ponyta a play on bonita already? I might be wrong.
I think it’s more like goth+ lolita
but I might be wrong too!
And yes, ponyta has always been “bonita” for me since I am from El Salvador XD
Anxious to nickname my Gothita “Little Drop”
Well in spanish we usually use -ita and -ito as a diminutive for stuff. So Gothita is like saying little goth, also mixed in there lolita, like goth lolita which is what the line is partially based on.
Purrloin makes me think of tenderloin XD
I kind of like Scraggy….. but…. ah…. some of the other names are trainwrecks…
Lurking and loving.
I’m really happy to see that I’m not the only one that thinks these names are great. I really like Klink’s line (so fun!), but I’m kind of sad that Zuruzukin doesn’t get to stay at the bottom of the list. Oh, well, I guess I can allow Zweilous to do that, too.
Haha, I barely even know all the Japanese names! This will take some getting used to!
such ugly names!
…..God….. what a lot of shitty names….. some are good but…. are in the shade of the ones that are pure shit……
know what? the owrst part is that someone has been payed for that names….
At least zebstrika sounds cool…..
Gloom Golem Electrode Jynx Ditto Psyduck Geodude Slowpoke Slowbro Farfetch’d Seel Muk Onix Hitmonlee Hitmonchan Hitmontop Chansey Mr. Mime Sudowoodo Smoochum Treecko Mudkip Wingull Nosepass Lunatone Solrock Baltoy Gorebyss Bidoof Buneary Lopunny Glameow Stunky Spiritomb Munchlax Abomasnow Lickilicky
^Some one got paid for all of those too. You mad?
I don’t see nothing wrong with those names… maybe Bidoof sounds a bit stupid and Buneary and Lopunny a bit akward but other than that, the names you listed sound perfectly fine to me… For me, It’s not about what they are based on, it’s about how they sound…
i think that the names sound good because you got used to them. that’s like when the sinnoh pokemon came out. you thought they were stupid. but, as time flew, the leaves fell to the floor as the mad-cow disease broke loose, thus creating devestatting effects on the world, causing all wom–pokemon to go extinct beca–
OBJECTION!!!
-Phoenix Wright
Yeah, sure im mad,all the trollfaces in the world cant even try to troll me about this, they have plenety of time to get good names, even most of the japanese names are more readable XD
I know that just ill get used to them, like everyone else, though. But the most part of names are awfoul.
Swoobat, try to say that without making it sounds like zubat…. Volcarona just sound stupid, sawsbuck, there goes all the coolnes of mebukijika, KLINKLANG, COMEON! gigigear was bad but… KLINKLANG?! XD and why the figthing line of ropushin have all the names finished with the suffix durr? That they dont even know a little of the popular culture on internet?
(note apart: the half of the names you mentioned, are good names to me, aparently where not going to agree on this XD)
some of these names are soooooooooo GAY…
… like pokejungle!
LOL
I KNEW Unfezant was a based on pheasant !! Woo! So seen as pheasants don’t fly to much…i wonder if this will effect how it’s portrayed if Ash is to ever get one, as more of a walking bird!
Aianto ALWAYS reminds me of Kevin Durant that plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder. 🙂 GOOOOO MAGIC!! 🙂
I love how some of the names are so bad that we can’t possibly nickname them at all
/Sarcasm
Let’s see, what was that cool, psychic-fighting guy with a horn on his chest and back and sword arms?
Gal. Laid.
Ed Zachary my point
I think the reason everyone ends up hating the names is that if you don’t know Japanese, their Japanese names don’t sound like puns or just combinations of words, so they sound like their actual NAME, but with the English names, they just sound stupid because they’re mostly lame puns and awkward sounding words.
I don’t think that makes as much sense as it did in my head. 😛
I forgot to add that most of the names are for the most part okay, except for the Pokemon I like and want on my team. xD Conkledurr? WHAT? XD Seriously, if any Pokemon should have durr in its name, it’s Maggyo/Stunfisk.
Sawsbuck is AWESOME!!
S=Summer
A=Autumn
W=Winter
S=Spring
Buck=A male deer
Awesome, creative name.
thanks for pointing that out because tbh i couldnt figure out what words it used xD now that i know what it means i must say i love it
OH MY GOD i love that one now! thanks for pointing that out
Someone really needs to photoshop Durant (Aianto) onto a Duran Duran album. Durant Durant. xD
Yeah, these names are amongst my favorite in all of Pokemon, but you really have to enjoy/see the puns to get to appreciate them. Galvantula is the most obscure pun ever though (tried to think what gal- word would make sense, so I checked dictionary.com, where it presented Luigi Galvani, an important physicist that proved that electricity can come from chemical reactions).
I just absolutely adore Braviary, Gurdurr (Gurdurr is holding a girder), Tynamo, and Tirtouga. Definitely the best puns Pokemon has to offer.
orrr galvanize, which means to run an electric current through. this is one of my favorite puns out of all of them!
which i just realized was actually was named after Luigi Galvani so you’re right xD
The names were sort of strange at first, but I’ve already grown to like them. Except for that handful of horribly named Pokemon( I can’t believe they actually went with Eelektrik…) However, the coolest name by far is definately Elgyem, which is the word form of LGM, which stands for Little Green Man. Ingenious. His evolution, however, I don’t get.
Beheeyem=B.E.M.=Bug-Eyed Monster. Another thing used to describe aliens.
Oh yeah, thank you!
Axew
Fraxure
Haxorus
This is amazing.
I don’t like Krookodile. Waruvial/Warubiaru is just an awesome name I got attached to 🙁
I like ’em. :3
I like me. :2
I was sad that wagle did not keep his name but some names are shit but most are good
The names will eventually grown to the acception of the fans or you can be one of those . Samurott L. Jackson Emboar nice.
Litwick sounds funny reminds me of airwick candles. Serperior awsome. Panpour and Simipour would have sound better as Pansoak and Simisoak, rolls right off the tounge Oh well. I guess I can give them those nicknames.
I dont understand why they would give a hispanic name to Belle… she is very white.. haha
Bro, in the 6th generation, the region has to be based off of south america. Make one of the rivals Colombian!!!
Bianca’s an Italian name. It means ‘white.’
…Where are you not seeing the whiteness?
It might be an Italian name, but a lot of hispanics use it.. (my family) lol
Blanca is the spanish version of Bianca (which is an Italian name).
And lol on not knowing that, since ur hispanic XD
Im not saying that no one is right. haha im just saying that you see a lot more hispanic people with the name of Bianca than you do Italian. lol and yah… i am very white for a hispanic.
There’s a character in an english soap called Bianca, and she’s not hispanic. I’ve heard of some celeb Bianca’s who aren’t Hispanic too.
Hispanics don’t own the copyright to Bianca or something. :p
and FY’allI, Bianca is very used in Portugal/Brasil too. dumbf….
bianca is a common name i lots of countries
i’m from romania and here is VERY common name
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Ok, IGN only released 10 names. Where are you getting the rest from?
-_-
…
IGN.
i was reading through this list last night and decided i really like a lot of the names. so im pretty satisfied xD
ps. i LOVE the name bianca! like the prostitute from othello xD
uh…huh.
-___-
Im liking the names now 😀 Butttt what i really would to see is the pokemon rap like in season1 but using these name lol all i say is Good luck!!
I decided I’mma make a list of all the ones I love.
UNFEZANT – because it just sounds cool. and z is an awesome letter to throw in randomly.
ROGGENROLA – hahahaha!
WOOBAt and SWOOBAT – i like the woo and swoon references to love/the heart nose.
EXCADRILL – because x is a quality letter
(side note, conkeldurr reminds me of the metallic taste you get when you hit your head hard on the ground D:)
PALPITOAD – because palpitate is a sexy word. i also like the earthquake references in this line, but can’t figure out tympole…
THROH – i think this name looks cool. sawk not so much though…
VENIPEDE and SCOLIPEDE – just great in general
WHIMSICOTT – this name is so fluffy.
LILLIGANT – hate the pokemon but love the name
(side note, krookodile is disappoint D:)
MARACTUS – so crunchy!
SIGILPYH – possibly the coolest and most-fun-to-say pokemon name ever! sigil + glyph = awesome
COFAGRIGUS – mucho creativo
CARRACOSTA – reminds me of turtles hatching in costa rica <3
SOLOSIS, DUOSION, REUNICLUS – love how its all alone and split up 🙁 (solo + mitosis) then becomes two and together (duo + fusion) then is a together being (reunite + homonculus)
VANILLUXE – i would eat it.
SAWSBUCK – as (i forgot your name sorry D:) pointed out, summer-autumn-winter-spring is supa cool
EMOLGA – don't know what it means but i like 🙂
ESCAVALIER – perfect!
FOONGUS and AMOONGUSS – INCUBUS!!! and they're just funny names anyway
ALOMOMOLA – alohomora? lots of m's is silly and makes me smile.
GALVANTULA – soooo cool! galvanize + tarantula is sexy. plus it's fun to say.
FERROSEED and FERROTHORN – reference to ferrum = cool
ELGYEM and BEHEEYEM – whoever pointed out the LGM and BEM, i salute you
LITWICK – professor flitwick? chandelure is pretty cool too i spose
FRAXURE = axe + fracture (i think) = cool
CUBCHOO – lil' sneeze-bear <3
CRYOGONAL – fits it perfectly! such an angular name
STUNFISH – reminds me of fruit snacks? i dunno why
PAWNIARD and BISHARP – chessss. i hate chess but these names are luscious
MANDIBUZZ – mandible + buzzard? it sounds good
VOLCARONA – again, it fits the pokemon perfectly
(side note, i don't like any of the legendaries' names D: except zekrom)
Ok I'm done. I think this post is long enough maybe?
should say stunfisk 😛
ugh they are baaaaad
That is amazingly informative, intricate, well-based, and constructive.
Well done.