Pokémon Name References

A list of Pokémon whose names are references to other things.

References to Other Media

• The Pokémon Organization XIII: All are named after the fourteen members of Organization XIII, from Kingdom Hearts.
• Aeropolis: A track from F-Zero.
• Angelica, Chariot, Hookwolf, Sundancer, Teacher, and Trainwreck: Characters from Worm.
• Airy: A fairy from Bravely Default.
• Alduin: A dragon from The Elder Scrolls.
• Amarant: Amarant Coral, a monk from Final Fantasy IX.
• Ammy: The protagonist of Okami. (As well as the goddess Amaterasu, see the Mythology section.)
• Andy and Miranda: From Andy Bear.
• Aotabo: A youkai from Nuraryhion no Mago.
• Ares: A bat from The Underland Chronicles.
• Avada and Lumos: Spells from Harry Potter.
• Ayla: A cavewoman from Chrono Trigger.
• Bahamut: Named after the reoccurring summon/ enemy in the Final Fantasy series.
• Banjo: A bear from Banjo-Kazooie.
• Banquo: A character from Macbeth.
• Belial: A common name for demons; more specifically, Belial Aensland of the Darkstalkers series.
• Blitzwing: Based on the Triple Changer Decepticon from the Transformers: Animated continuity of the franchise.
• Carbuncle: A Light elemental summon from the Final Fantasy franchise. Also a type of gemstone.
• Carlotta: Named after the vain soprano in The Phantom of the Opera (and several woks inspired by it).
• Carrie: The main character of the Stephen King book Carrie.
• Champloo: Secondary character and Home Ec. Teacher of Disgaea 3.
• Chirin: The main character of Chirin no Suzu.
• Chessur: Named for the Chesshire Cat in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.
• Christine: The main female protagonist of The Phantom Of the Opera.
• Crush: Named after one of the turtles from Finding Nemo.
• Chun-Li: A fighter from Street Fighter.
• Cirno: An ice fairy from Touhou.
• Claudus: Lion'O's father in Thundercats (2011).
• Coldsteel: An internet meme making fun of Sonic fan characters.
• Crystallux and Iris: Summons from Golden Sun.
• Deathscyther Mantisk, Polar Kamrotic and others: From the bosses of similar names from the Mega Man Zero series.
• Detritus: A troll from Discworld.
• Din: One of the three Golden Goddesses of The Legend of Zelda series.
• Dixie: Named from a member of the Kong Family from Donkey Kong
• Dood: Catch phrase of Prinnies from Disgaea.
• Doopliss: A Duplighost from Paper Mario.
• Dorfl: A golem from Discworld.
• Elsa: An ice princess from Frozen.
• El Santo: An iconic masked luchador character in popular Mexican culture.
• Eowyn: A knight from The Lord of the Rings.
• Erik: The titular character of The Phantom Of the Opera
• Feist: A panda from Sonic (the comic series).
• Foudre: A set of knives from Kingdom Hearts.
• Flo: The imaginary sister of the character Deb from "Finding Nemo".
• Frightful: Named after the peregrine falcon in the novel My Side of the Mountain (and it sequels)
• Glenn: A frog from Chrono Trigger. Also known as Frog.
• Grandleon: A sword from Chrono Trigger. Known as Masamune in the English version.
• Grayson: Dick Grayson, a.k.a. Robin from the Batman franchise.
• Hashmal: An Earth elemental summon from the Final Fantasy series.
• Hecate: Named for the character from Macbeth.
• Helmsman: After the character from Homestuck.
• Henry (Crewe): For a character from Once Upon A Time.
• Hildegarde: An airship from Final Fantasy IX.
• Hsien-Ko: A jiang-shi from the Darkstalkers series.
• Hyp: A character from Land Before Time III.
• Infinity: A reference to Infinity Edge, a sword from League of Legends.
• Jack the Chandelure: Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas.
• Jack the Spearow: Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Carribean.
• Jadis: An ice queen from The Chronicles of Narnia.
• Jaune: Jaune Arc, a hunter from RWBY. Also French for "yellow".
• Kaiju: Named for the giant monsters that appear in Japanese media.
• Kamella: The Magikoopa boss from Super Mario Galaxy.
• Kirk: A captain from Star Trek.
• Kong: Named after the Kong family from Donkey Kong.
• Kurotabo: A youkai from Nuraryhion no Mago.
• Lakitu: An enemy from the Mario series.
• Leia: A princess from Star Wars.
• LSP: Named after Lumpy Space Princess from Adventure Time
• Luciano: Luciano Pavarotti, a famous tenor.
• Lulu: A black mage from Final Fantasy X.
• Luthia: An incoruptus knight in White Knight Chronicles II.
• M. Bush: An enemy from Paper Mario.
• Makoto: Makoto Kino (aka Sailor Jupiter) of Sailor Moon.
• Marceline: Named after the Vampire Princess from Adventure Time
• Margaret: Boss from No More Heroes 2.
• Maul, Sidious, and Revan: Sith Lords from Star Wars.
• Mayonaka, Taisho and several Nidoran characters in Johto are named after characters in Black Albino.
• Merasmus: A sorcerer from Team Fortress 2.
• Moogle and Tonberry: Recurring species from Final Fantasy.
• Molly: A character from Pact.
• Morgana: After the anatagonist in The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea.
• Morrigan: A succubus from the Darkstalkers series of fighting games.
• Mr. Fish: A Gyarados in Manly Guys Doing Manly Things.
• Mufasa: Named after the character in The Lion King franchise.
• Muhammad: Named after the famous Boxer Muhammad Ali, and the Prophet Muhammad of Islam lore.
• Nadia: A princess from Chrono Trigger. Also known as Marle.
• Nora: Nora Valkyrie, a hunter from RWBY.
• Oersted: A knight from Live a Live.
• Odette: Named after the princess who is transformed into a swan from The Swan Princess.
• Omega: A robot from Sonic.
• Phoenix: Character from X-Men.
• Pierre: The son of Christine and Erik that appears in The Phantom Of the Manhattan
• Piglet: Named after a Piglet from Winnie the Pooh.
• Pokéteco: From Pokéteca, the Spanish-language Bulbapedia sister site.
• Ponzi: After the model for pyramidal scams of the same name.
• Prinny: A species of penguin from Disgaea.
• Rain: The title character of the webcomic Rain.
• Rascal: The Rascal Flame Keyblade from Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep.
• Ridley and Kraid: Recurring bosses from Metroid.
• Rikuo: A youkai from Nuraryhion no Mago.
• Rouge: A bat from Sonic.
• Rook Bartley: The character of the same name from Robotech.
• Ruto: A Zora from The Legend of Zelda.
• Samus: A bounty hunter from Metroid.
• Sasorina: One of the villains from HeartCatch Pretty Cure.
• Scarlett: A Southern Belle from Gone With The Wind.
• Shiva: An Ice elemental summon from the Final Fantasy franchise.
• Shinobu: A character from No More Heroes and No More Heroes 2.
• Silver: A psychic hedgehog from Sonic.
• Silvermist: One of the fairies from the Tinkerbell movies.
• Shantotto: A black mage from Final Fantasy XI.
• Sho: A Reaper from The World Ends With You.
• Slightly: One of the Lost Boys from Disney's Peter Pan.
• Snow: Snow Villiers, a fist fighter from Final Fantasy XIII.
• Spike: The bounty hunter from Cowboy Bebop.
• Squall: The male protagonist of Final Fantasy Ⅷ.
• Stoatine Officer Stokes: After investigator Nick Stokes from C.S.I.
• Strahl: An airship from Final Fantasy XII.
• Straybow: A mage from Live a Live
• Sunstrider: Kael'thas Sunstrider, a Blood Elf prince from Warcraft.
• Sunny(Colton): After the titular character from Sonny with a Chance.
• Sylph and other "elementals": Summon spirits from the Tales of series of games.
• Terry: Terry McGinnis, a.k.a. Batman from Batman Beyond.
• Thoreau: Named after one of the Pixls from Super Paper Mario.
• Tifa: Tifa Lockhart, a fist fighter from Final Fantasy VII.
• Titan: An Earth elemental summon from the Final Fantasy franchise. Also a reference to the Titans of Greek myth.
• Tinny Tim: Named after a Robot from Futurama who is designed after Tiny Tim from A Christmas Carol.
• Tricky: A dinosaur prince from Star Fox Adventures.
• Tsurara: A yuki-onna from Nuraryhion no Mago.
• Vanamonde: Named after the coffee-loving character from the webcomic Girl Genius.
• Vayne: Vayne Solidor, a prince from Final Fantasy XII.
• Vega: Spanish ninja and secondary villain in the Street Fighter series.
• Vivi: A black mage from Final Fantasy IX.
• WHITEBEARD: The pirate of the same name from One Piece.
• Wilbur: A pig from Charlotte's Web
• Wolvie: A diminutive form of Wolverine of the X-Men.
• Wrex: A Krogan from Mass Effect.
• Xel'lotath: An eldritch abomination from Eternal Darkness.
• Yomi: A schoolgirl from Azumanga Daioh.
• Yukikaze and Kagero: Weapon skills from Final Fantasy XI.
• Yuna: A summoner from Final Fantasy X.
• Zell: Zell Dincht, a fist fighter from Final Fantasy VIII.
• Zorro: The titular character of the 1919 comic Zorro (and all the other media it inspired).
• 9: Named after the Tim Burton produced movie.

References to Mythology

• Ajax: Greek hero of the Trojan War.
• Arthur: The English king of legend.
• Ammy: Short for Amaterasu, Japanese goddess of the sun. (Also a reference to a video game character, see above)
• Ao: Maori light deity.
• Anhur: Egyptian god of war.
• Aquarius: The constellation depicting a water bearer in the Greek zodiac.
• Barsamin: Armenian sky god.
• Boreas: God of the north wind from Greek myth.
• Caitsidhe: A fairy cat from Celtic myth.
• Caliburn: Sword from Arthurian legend.
• Cerberus: Three-headed hound from Greek myth.
• Cetus: Sea monster from Greek myth.
• Charybdis: Sea monster from Greek myth.
• Cun Annwn: Spectral hounds of the Wild Hunt from Welsh myth.
• Dolos: Greek trickster spirit.
• Fafnir: A dragon from Norse mythology.
• Fenrir: The chained wolf from Norse mythology.
• Florea: A portmanteau of "flora" and "Rea", the latter being a greek goddess who would grant flowers as a blessing.
• Fortuna: After the Roman goddess of fortune and luck.
• Galahad: Named after one of the Knights of the Round Table.
• Garuda: Divine bird from Hindu myth.
• Gaia: Named after the Greek titan.
• Gnowee: Australian solar goddess.
• Goblin: European monster.
• Hadur: Hungarian god of fire and war.
• Hecate (the Zoroark): Named for the Greek goddess of magic.
• Hel: The Norse goddess of one of the Underworlds.
• Helios: Named after the sun god of Greek myth.
• Hercules: Hero from Greek myth.
• Hermes: Messenger of the gods from Greek myth.
• Hildr: One of the Valkyries of Norse myth. Lit. "Strength".
• Hitodama: After the Japanese variant of the will o' wisp.
• Hysmine: Greek personification of battle.
• Kitsune: Named for the common English way of referring to the Kyūbi no Kitsune
• Khione: Named for the Goddess of Snow in Greek Mythology.
• Ku: Hawaiian god of war.
• Lern: The Lernian Hydra.
• Lethe: Named after the Underworld river of oblivion in Greek Mythology.
• Mercury: Messenger of the gods from Roman myth.
• Merlin: Wizard of Arthurian legend.
• Mordred: Infamous knight of Arthurian legend.
• Noah: The man who built an ark to survive the great flood in the Christian Bible.
• Neptune: God of the sea from Roman myth.
• Nimue: The Lady of the Lake of Arthurian legend.
• Pankaja: "Born of mud," also a name of the Hindu deity Brahma.
• Peng: Giant birds from Chinese mythology.
• Phlegethon: Named after the Underworld river of fire in Greek Mythology.
• Psychopomp: A guide to the afterlife.
• Roc: The giant birds from Persian and Arabic Mythology
• Sandy: A Reference to the Mythical Sandman.
• Selene (all of them): Named for the Titan of the Moon in Greek Mythology.
• Serket: Goddess of scorpions from Egyptian myth.
• Thesan: Etruscan goddess of dawn.
• Vahagn: Armenian god of war and victory.
• Wendi: A foreshortening of wendigo, a man-eating, yeti-like monster.
• Zeus: God of thunder from Greek myth.

References to Science

• Allia: Named for the scientific name for onions.
• Ana: Short for anaphase.
• Anguis: The scientific genus for a group of limbless lizards.
• Atlas: Named after David Atlas, a pioneer of radar forecasting.
• Arbor: Latin for tree
• Artemia: The scientific genus for brine shrimp, aka sea monkeys.
• Bohr: After the famous chemist, Niels Bohr.
• Chrome: The metal and the internet browser.
• Cobalt: After the metal of the same name.
• Conifer: Named after the division of woody plants that are known for producing cones and is mostly comprised of evergreens.
• Coulomb: After the SI unit for electric charge.
• Galvani: Named for Luigi Galvani, Italian inventor and physicist.
• Gamma: Named for gamma correction.
• Lepi: Short for Lepidoptera, the order that contains butterflies and moths.
• Limna: Short for Limnophila, a genus of aquatic plants with a spicy aroma.
• Lucani: Named after the stag beetle family, Lucanidae.
• Mastio: Short for mastiodon.
• Nudi: After nudibranch.
• Ovis: After the scientific name for domestic sheep, Ovis aries.
• Pallad: Short for the element Palladium.
• Pica: A disease whose sufferers are known to eat rocks.
• Pici: Named after the scientific order Piciformes, which includes toucans and woodpeckers.
• Röntgen: Named after Wilhelm Röntgen, the German physicist who first produced and detected X-rays.
• Tyto: After the scientific name of the common barn owl, Tyto alba.

Other

• Akiko: Named after the Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer Akiko Yosano.
• Ali: After the boxer Muhammad Ali.
• Aliroz: After a troper.
• Aya: Hebrew for falcon.
• Baleno: Italian for spark or flash.
• Butterscotch, Minty, Cinnamon, Vanilla, and Bubblegum: All named after flavors of candy.
• Brun: French for brown.
• Canis: After the scientific name for domestic dogs, Canis lupus domesticus.
• Copperfield: Named after the illusionist David Copperfield.
• Dirus: Latin for dread.
• Felis: After the scientific name for domestic cats, Felis catus.
• Florence: The lead singer of Florence and the Machine.
• Glossa: Means language in Greek.
• Fulmen: Latin for lightning.
• Habakkuk: After Project Habakkuk, which had the goal of making an aircraft carrier out of pykrete.
• Hoarfrost: After the type of frost.
• Joan: Named after Joan of Arc.
• Kaminari: Means thunder in Japanese.
• Keys: Named after the troper, Keys2tkingdom.
• Lua and Python: Named after programming languages.
• Monochrome: Named for the fact that he has a black and white color scheme.
• Musashi: After the famous samurai Miyamoto Musashi.
• Nix: The Latin word for ice.
• Pyra: Latin for bonfire.
• Rei: Japanese for “zero”.
• Rey Veneno: Means "Poison King" in Spainish.
• Rio Spanish for river or stream (in regards to the fact the Riolu line learns many "flowing" attacks - particular beam type moves.)
• Seamstress: A lady who earns her living by sewing.
• Sage Lee: Name based on an incorrect naming of a troper in a newspaper.
• Solus: Double meaning. Latin for "solitary" and Old Irish for "shining light".
• Una: Icelandic for "happiness".
• Zanna: Italian for fang.