What do you nickname your pokemon?

The obligatory pokemon nickname thread. I'm a little surprised we don't have one yet.
I personally don't nickname too many of my pokemon, but the ones I do name are especially close to me. A number of my pokemon names are based on Japanese words, mainly my Eevee evolutions:

Vaporeon = "Unabara", ocean
Jolteon = "Shuurai", lightning strike
Flareon = "Kogasu", burn (verb)
Espeon = "Kokoro", soul
Umbreon = "Kage", shadow
Leafeon = "Shinrin", forest
Glaceon = "Yuki", snow

And a few others also are Japanese:

Absol = "Hayate", gale (of wind)
Lucario = "Hikaru", shine (verb)

And a few more are not Japanese, just names I thought were cool:

Lucario (female) = "Luca"
Feraligatr = "Deepblue"
Nidoking = "Leon"
Nidoqueen = "Leona"
They're so cute. ^_^;

Oh! I nickname everything.

Here are a few:

My new Diamond Team:

Hoshi-Starly: "Star"

Hano-Budew: "Flower" but Hano instead of Hana to make it masculine.

Kotan-Monferno: Either "Elegent Simplicety" or "Burning desire"

Ichigi-Bidoof: "A reason"

(I have a Pikachu, but it has no nickname because I downloaded it from PBR)

A few random ones from Pearl:

Havic the Mawile

Fatel the Sneasel

Jubili the Togekiss

Hihigh the Combusken

"Eglantine" and "Twilight" the Taillow. After Owls from one of my favorite book series.

Hayata the Swellow

Umbra the Giratina.

Great thread.... let's see...

I nickname most of my pokemon through books, greek gods, or tv shows.

Shikamaru the Charmander
Sakura the Torchic
Artemis the Teddiursa
Ino the Dragonite
Pendragon the Salamence
Choji the Marill
Aja the Pichu
Shika the Espeon

And then the weird ones...
Wiggles the Poliwhirl
Do the Dodrio