So, I've noticed that the way people nickname their pokemon tend to fall in one of the next categories:
>wordplays
>person names
>weird or pet names
>references

I'm stupidly bad when it comes to word play (plus english is not my mother tongue).
Hell, I'm too bad even to come up with normal names or do references.
So I normally just mix words that reflect something about the pokemon, kinda like you'd do with a superhero, and end up with things like:
Magnezone - Summerstorm
Aggron - Metalcoat
Metagross - Shycore (ingame timid nature)

Awful, I know.
And the only reference I remember doing was a Torterra named CaptainBravo.

That's why I'm curious, rather of the nicknames you use, why you like/use those and how you usually come up with them.
Also, which of the categories are you in? Of course, don't refrain from posting examples.