As some of you can tell, I name my pokemon a lot, not just because it's fun to do but also because names can be creative or unique. I take the approach of naming most of my pokemon after characters from cartoons or anime I watch. I have named some legendaries after deities in mythology too. When i name my pokemon after characters i try to find a pokemon that closely matches them whenever possible, either in appearance (i.e. colours they wear, way they look) or personality
Anyway here are some favourite names of mine and very unlikely to have been predictable names too.
I've been playing pokemon showdown and I named quite a lot of my pokemon. I have also included the genders of each pokemon where needed. Here are some names I came up with:
Dialga- Primal Cartman- named after my YouTube channel name since Dialga is my mascot pokemon for my channel
Shiny Mega Rayquaza- Nobunaga- named after one of the main antagonists in Pokemon Conquest, who owns a shiny Rayquaza
Giratina- Damien- named after the son of Satan in South Park
Eternatus- Goma- named after a villain in the Japanese version of the Dinosaur King arcade game. he lives in another dimension
Palkia- Galaxy- based on the fact that Palkia is the legendary pokemon of space
Mega Rayquaza- Shenron- named after the dragon in Dragon Ball Z
Luxray (male)- Sasuke- named after one of the main characters in Naruto
Zeraora- Naruto- named after the main character from the anime Naruto
Hydreigon (male)- Sakon & Ukon- named after one of the sound four ninja in the Naruto series
Hydreigon (female)- Gwen- named after a character from the Total Drama series. She's the goth girl, plus the colours of her hair and clothing are close to Hydreigon
Kyurem- Stewie- named after a Family Guy character, who attempted to plot world domination. I had a Kyurem on Black with the same nickname too
Zekrom- Lightning- named after a character who appeared in Total Drama Revenge of the Island. Makes sense since he looks very bulky and has a lightning bolt necklace, like Zekrom has a lightning bolt crest. Sha-Lightning!
Reshiram- Shiron- named after a white dragon from the anime Legendz Tale of the Dragon Kings
Zoroark (male)- Mal- named after the evil alternate personality of Mike in Total Drama All Stars
Salamence (male)- Stan- named after one of the main South Park characters
Mega Charizard X (male)- Fire Style- generic nickname for a fire type
Silvally- Silver- used this name because of the metallic parts on Silvally's armour
Sceptile (male)- Kyle- named after one of the main South Park characters
Dragapult (female)- Leslie- named after the creepy advert girl in South Park
I have Arceus on showdown too but didn't name it. There's a few other pokemon i have there too but these i listed here are just some of them