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Last Names

I kept Harrison as Brock's last name for my fics, but I decided to use Waters as Misty's last name (I used her MN as Raine - a theme, I guess?).

Some characters that have nicknames for their names probably have real names to go with them. For example, Morty is probably short for Mortimer, Nate is short for Nathan, Will is short for William, and Roxie is short for Roxanne. However, I think Liza's name is just Liza. Goes better with the theme. (Some real-life Lizas are just Liza. I think Liza Minnelli is.)

Other characters probably have pseudonyms. These are the real names I gave some characters:

Elesa - Elizabeth Germano (reference to Stefani Germanotta)
Brycen - Daniel Li (my stories have it that Brycen thought up his stage name to be as different from his real name as possible)
Bugsy - Jack Webb (Webb as in spider web)
Brawly - Michael Brawley Norton (Brawley being his mother's maiden name)
Fantina - Fantine Marechal (Fantine is the proper French form)
Drayden - John Rourke (Drayden sounds too young for an old man, so I think he has something else; Rourke means something like "champion" in Irish)
Colress - Anthony Lindquist (There's no way Colress is his real name. It has to be a pseudonym. I chose the name at random.)
Ghetsis - William Harmon (Harmon is a real last name that sounds like Harmonia. Ghetsis might have changed it when he was young.)

On the topic, I thought of some other theme names:

Sidney - Geyer (means "vulture" in German)
Roxanne - Petros (means "rock" in Greek)
Erika - Hana (means "flower" in Japanese)
Flint - Tyson (the surname means "firebrand")
Aaron - Mosca (means "fly" in Italian)
Winona - Swan (self-explanatory)
Alder - Underwood (his house is well, under the woods - the Pledge Grove)
Mars - Catt ("cat" with an extra T - she has a Purugly)
Jupiter - Pepe (after Pepe Le Pew; Pepe is a skunk and Jupiter has a Skuntank)
Saturn - Zabka (means "little frog" in Czech/Polish; he has Toxicroak)

Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are all code names.
 
@Feanor I just lolled by the Saturns last name, because "Žabka" or just "žaba" in Slovak means not only (little) frog, but it is also the old-fashioned way of adressing young, probably attractive, girl/woman. And because Saturn is not one of the manliest...
 
WHY is everyone dead-set on making May's last name "Maple?" That's the only one I ever see in fanfics, and it bugs the living daylights out of me! It's a TREE. Having a type of tree for your last name is pretty much reserved for Pokémon Professors. Besides, when choosing a surname for these characters, you also have to take their family members into account. And personally, I don't think "Norman Maple" sounds like a person. It sounds more like a personalized syrup brand.

Personally, I'd try and think of a surname that's related to her Japanese name, Haruka, which is Japanese for either "spring flower" or "far away," depending on which kanji you use to write it out with. How about "Gardener?" I actually think that sounds pretty decent.

Well, c'mon, does anything else really fit? He's a crime boss named Giovanni. Wheres the fun in something like...Giovanni Jones?

Now I can't stop picturing Giovanni in a brown fedora.
 
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This is my theory of Gym Leaders Gen I to V.

Brock Harrison
Misty Waterflower
Lily Waterflower
Daisy Waterflower
Violet Waterflower
Todd Snap
Ash "Red" Ketchum
Paula "Leaf" Mitchell
Prof. Samuel Oak
Gary "Blue" Oak
Lt. Kelvin Surge
Erika Dudley
Koga Shiro
Janine Shiro
Sabrina Edwards
Blaine De Costa
Giovanni Todarelli
Agatha Stevens
Lorelei Smith
Bruno Jefferson
Lance Middleton
Clair Middleton
Jeremy Falkner
Fraser "Bugsy" Gibbons
Whitney Svensson
Caleb "Morty" Mortlock
Chuck Richards
Jasmine Porter
Harold Pryce
Jacob "Silver" Todarelli
Ethan "Gold" Fitzpatrick
Kristina "Kris" Allen
Lyra Parkinson
Michael Eusine
Yuri Petrel
Zachary "Proton" Wilmott
Stephen Archer
Ariana Van Kagen
William "Will" Dimitriadis
Karen Yuki
Prof. Bradley Elm
Brendan Birch
May Howard
Maximillian "Max" Howard
Norman Howard
Caroline Howard
Prof. Oliver Birch
Wally McMillan
Roxanne Stubbs
Thomas Brawly
Benji Wattson
Flannery Moore
Winona Samuels
Tate Corrigan
Liza Corrigan
Wallace Ford
Juan Della Rosa
Sidney Johnson
Phoebe Irvine
Glacia Doyle
Drake Bartels
Steven Stone
Tabitha Aitken
Courtney O'Brien
Matt McAllister
Maxie Unwin
Archibald "Archie" Toukashi
Scott Daniels
Lucy Viperia
Greta Kofojuu
Brandon Pickle
Shannan Tucker
Henry Noland
Dawn Eckersley
Johanna Eckersley
Lucas Farrell
Paul Willacy
Reginald "Reggie" Willacy
Barry Dixon
Palmer Dixon
Prof. Clark Rowan
Cheryl Harris
Riley De Souza
Mira Souzanne
Lachlan Buck
Marley Sherman
Roark Stone
Byron Stone
Gardenia Lindsay
Fantina Le Mons
Maylene Cox
George "Crasher Wake" Wake
Candice Robin
Simon Volkner
Aaron Younan
Bertha Oldfield
Jarryd Flint
Lucian Dubois
Cynthia Kubanski
Alistair "Looker" Quick
Darach Vale
Caitlin Goddard
Dahlia Hinds
Argenta McLean
Julian Thorton
Hilbert Ferris
Hilda Ronson
Bianca Delmage
Cheren Zeaiter
Prof. Aurea Juniper
Cedric Juniper
Nathan "N" Ghetsis
Ulrich Ghetsis
Richard "Cilan" McMahon
Darren "Chili" McMahon
Ezekiel "Cress" McMahon
Iris Palau
Drayden Palau
David "Burgh" Burgman
Lenora Seabring
Hamish "Hawes" Seabring
Clayton "Clay" Oliver
Dennis Brycen
Skyla Holt
Elesa Corden
Graham Alder
Edward Grimsley
Shauntal Bay
Bruce Marshal
Emmet Poulter
Ingo Poulter
3 questions:
1. What about Jessie and James?
2. Can you do characters from Gen VI-VIII?
3. Will you try Horizons?
 
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