Name Rater

Name Rater 姓名判断師 Full name judgement master
The Name Rater in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Age	Unknown
Gender	Male
Eye color	Varies
Hair color	Varies
Hometown	Varies
Region	Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, Alola Galar (as Jack) Orre
Generation	I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII
Games	Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, Crystal, Ruby, Sapphire, FireRed, LeafGreen, Emerald, Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, SoulSilver, Black, White, Black 2, White 2, X, Y, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire, Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon, Let's Go, Pikachu!, Let's Go, Eevee!, Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl Sword, Shield (as Jack) Colosseum, XD: Gale of Darkness

A Name Rater (Japanese: 姓名判断師 Onomancer) is a man who judges how suitable Pokémon nicknames are. Name Raters allow the players to change the nicknames of their Pokémon, as long as they are the Original Trainer.

Renamable Pokémon

If the player shows the Name Rater a Pokémon they are the Original Trainer of, the Name Rater will offer to give it a nickname or change its existing nickname.

If the player shows the Name Rater an outsider Pokémon, he will normally refuse to change its nickname. In Pokémon Sword and Shield the Name Rater can give a nickname to an unnicknamed outsider Pokémon, but will still refuse to change the name of an outsider Pokémon if it has a nickname.

The Name Rater in Orre will also refuse to rename a Shadow Pokémon until it has been purified.

The method by which the game validates whether the player is a Pokémon's Original Trainer varies between generations:

• In Generations I and II, a Pokémon can only be renamed if its Original Trainer name and Trainer ID number match the player's.
• In Generation III, a Pokémon can only be renamed if its Original Trainer name, Trainer ID number, and secret ID match the player's.
• In Generation IV, only the player's Trainer ID number needs to match in order to rename a Pokémon.
• From Generation V onward, a Pokémon can only be renamed if its Original Trainer name, Original Trainer gender, Trainer ID number, and secret ID match the player's.

Renaming

In Generation I, if the player presses End with no characters in the nickname space, the process will proceed as if the player canceled the nicknaming process, giving the Pokémon its species name. In later games, this is treated as giving the Pokémon the same nickname as before.

In Generations V and VII, tapping the Pokémon's sprite on the nickname screen replaces the currently entered text with the Pokémon's species name. In Generation VI, this replaces the currently entered text with the Pokémon's current nickname.

In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Pokémon Legends: Arceus, and Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, there is no Name Rater and the player can freely nickname their Pokémon at any time instead. In Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, the man who was Lavender Town's Name Rater in previous games instead appears as a normal NPC, who advises the player not to give their Pokémon a silly nickname.

Locations

Pokémon Name Raters can be found in the following locations:

Since Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver include both Johto and Kanto, these games have two Name Raters.

Gallery

Sprites and models

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Overworld sprites
Kanto
	Generation I	Generation II	Generation III	Generation IV
Johto
	Generation II	Generation IV
Hoenn
	Generation III
Sinnoh
	Generation IV
Unova
	Generation V

Quotes

Main article: Name Rater/Quotes

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Black 2 & White 2 arc

The Name Rater was mentioned by one of Cheren's students in Angry Boy.

In other languages

Related articles

• Jack (Galar)

This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.