
If the player is a Pokémon's Original Trainer, they can change or give it a nickname, unless that Pokémon was met in a fateful encounter. In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu!, Let's Go, Eevee!, Legends: Arceus, Scarlet, and Violet, a Pokémon can be given a nickname or have its nickname changed at any time on its status screen.

In most games, the player can change a Pokémon's nickname by taking it to the Name Rater.

In Generation VIII and IX, the player can disable being prompted to nickname Pokémon in the settings menu.
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In all core series games except Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! and Pokémon Legends: Arceus, the player is given the option to nickname their Pokémon immediately after obtaining them: upon catching a Pokémon, receiving a Pokémon as a gift from an NPC, or hatching a Pokémon from an Egg. Reason: All instances in which the player is given the opportunity to nickname a Pokémon after receiving it Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. In the core series games Setting nicknames Initial nickname

