I've decided to post my list of the names I (do/would) use for my PCs and their rivals in the Pokemon RPG series:

Pokemon Red and Blue
RED
PC Name: RED
Rival Name: BLUE
BLUE
PC Name: BLUE
Rival Name: RED

Pokemon Yellow
YELLOW A
PC Name: YELLOW
Rival Name: BLUE
YELLOW B
PC Name: ASH
Rival Name: GARY

Pokemon Gold and Silver
GOLD
PC Name: GOLD
Rival Name: SILVER
SILVER
PC Name: SILVER
Rival Name: GOLD

Pokemon Crystal
CRYSTAL
Male Trainer: JIMMY
Female Trainer: KRIS
Rival: VINCENT

Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald
RUBY
Male Trainer: LANDON
Female Trainer: TERRA
SAPPHIRE
Male Trainer: SEAN
Female Trainer: MARINA
EMERALD
Male Trainer: RALD
Female Trainer: EMY

Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen
FIRERED
Male Trainer: COLE
Female Trainer: EMBER
Rival: GARY
LEAFGREEN
Male Trainer: LIEF
Female Trainer: LILY
Rival: GARY

Pokemon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum
DIAMOND
Male Trainer: Chronus
Female Trainer: Tempera
Rival: Barry
PEARL
Male Trainer: Galileo
Female Trainer: Astrid
Rival: Barry
PLATINUM
Male Trainer: Plato
Female Trainer: Tina
Rival: Barry

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky
Player Character: A human name
Partner Pokemon: A cool nickname (examples include Azurin (my Prinplup in Diamond) and Magpelle (my Murkrow in Diamond)); or the Pokemon's species name.

Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver
HEARTGOLD
Male Trainer: Tarkin
Female Trainer: Glimmer
Rival: Paul
SOULSILVER
Male Trainer: Seamus
Female Trainer: Ginny
Rival: Paul

Well, that's my comprehensive list of names I currently like for the PCs and rivals. Which names do you prefer? Share your thoughts

I use either my real name, Jonas, or as of late when it comes with online play, my screen name, KoKoO_Psy.
My original Red version I called myself JONTRE because I didn't wanna use my real name, and i didn't have a screen name when I was 8, so I made something up.

I have the tendancy to use female characters when giving the chance (which makes me the unfair butt of a lot of jokes), so all of my names are for female trainers. Whenever I use a male, I just use my name, so that's not very interesting anyway. I'll start with Ruby, since I don't remember what I named people before then (though it was probably ASH and GARY):

Ruby:
Player: Sami

FireRed:
Player: Cass
Rival: Gary

Emerald:
Player: Sami (Again)

Platinum (My Diamond names are boring and I wish I could change them)
Player: Amy
Rival: Paul (Believe it or not, I didn't get the name from the anime. I wanted something similar-sounding to Pearl that was actually a real name.)

SoulSilver:
Player: Toss up between Jenna/Sylvia
Rival: Not sure. Probably something Italian-sounding since its starting to look like this rival is the son of Giovanni.

Why did they get rid of Kris for the remakes, yet still keep the original Gold and Silver? That is, the trainer Gold and his rival Silver, not the games
Ah, never mind...

By the way, does anybody know why I picked the names Tarkin and Ginny for the male and female trainer, respectively? Here's a hint: Tar-KIN
GIN-ny
In Japanese, Kin is gold and Gin is silver! Bet you didn't know that (if you don't know the Japanese language past 'sakuranbo' )

Today's assignment: Translate 'sakuranbo' into English! Five gold stars if you get it right!
Actually, I could use the translation as the FireRed or LeafGreen female's name...wow...

My PC name is always the same, it's Josh, cause that's my real name.
But, here are my rival names.

Game:Leafgreen
R. Name:Gary

Game:Gold
R. Name:Jackson

Game:Platinum
R. Name:Connor (Cause that's my best friends name, who is crazy and blonde, like my rival!)

Game:Soul Silver
R. Name:His name will be Jackson, cause that was my Gold rivals name. Like it or not.

Every Pokemon I play, I call my rival Butface - it still amuses me to this date... probably shouldn't thought.

I always use the names of my Pokemon characters in my very own Pokemon series of stories I like writing; yes I like writing stories & I like Pokemon that much to do so! The Pokemon story series I've been writing is about me & my friends having our own Pokemon journeys; & eventually growing up & having a crossover Yu-Gi-Oh story but in my own Pokemon style!

I always use my real name in my Pokemon games I play; my name is Joshua! Other names I use for the main character are the friends & family I have as my characters in my Pokemon series: Zack being my cousin, Matt was my high school friend, Lindsey my old girlfriend in Middle School, & Sara my old swing dancing friend!

For rivals I usually pick one of those names to go with mine; or if I'm using one of their names I use mine as the rivals! Other than that I also use the names Darik (my Pokemon version of Marik from Yu-Gi-Oh), & Vekura (my Pokemon version of Bakura from Yu-Gi-Oh)! Other than the handheld games I use these names for my Pokemon Colosseum game on the GameCube!

Trivia: my Vekura name was inspired my merging the personalities & hair style's of Baruka with Vegeta of Dragonball Z! Sounds majorly cool huh?!

In Platinum my name is Natalie and the "Rival" (rather best friend lol) is called Tim. Simply because that's how I would name my children lol