Pokemon Name Origins

[Psychospacecow]

Its way too late for me to start this right now but its a random though really.

All the Pokemon have a clever little thing behind them in most cases, yeah?

Well, we could get a big ol' post for those I'd imagine. Maybe quarter them off by region and then again by language.

[SERIOUSLY THOUGH*]

I'll kick things off -

Empoleon has something to do with Napoleon IIRC

[Psychospacecow]

I'll get this in mass via bulbapedia, Serebii, whatever I can work with after E3 if I can find the time.