Picking a good nickname for Pikachu, the most well-known and beloved character in the Pokemon universe, is an important job!
Below, you'll find a variety of different name ideas for Pikachu ranging from cute, to scientific, to serious, and even some references to old Pokemon folklore!
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Good Nicknames for Pikachu
Tazer
Kilobyte
Megabyte
Gigabyte
Terabyte
Charge
Thunder
Pixel
Zap
Nitro
ThomasEdison
Photon
Nuke
Sparky [the name of Ritchie's (one of Ash's rivals from the anime series) Pikachu]
Lightning
Static
Bolt
Eurika
Ion
Pikaboo
Battery
Tesla
Chu
ChooChoo
Sparkplug
Xray
Thor (the Norse god of thunder)
Mjolnir (Thor's mighty hammer)
Proton
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LtSurge (the Vermillion City Gym leader)
Storm
Zeus (the Greek god of thunder)
Neutron
Pikablu
Android
Raiden (like from Mortal Kombat)
Zippy
Zappy
Raijin (the Japanese god of lightning)
Volt
Sparkle
Pikasso
Static
Voltron
Electra
Electro
Overdrive
Joule
Shocker
Detective
RyanReynolds
Wire
Watts
Ray
Duracell
Energizer
Volkner (the Sunnyshore City Gym leader)
Wattson (the Mauville City Gym leader)
Pokemon Nicknames by Type
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