Name Rater

Name Rater 姓名判断師 Onomancer
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, Orre, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, Alola, Galar
Generation	I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII
Counterpart(s)	Jack (Galar)
Games	Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Gold, Silver, and Crystal, Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, FireRed and LeafGreen, Colosseum, XD: Gale of Darkness, Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver, Black and White, Black 2 and White 2, X and Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Sun and Moon, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, Sword and Shield, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

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 once Lavender Town's Name Rater has been rendered 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:

Region	City	Location
Kanto	Lavender Town	In a house south of Mr. Fuji's house
Johto	Goldenrod City	In a house north of the Magnet Train station
Hoenn	Slateport City	In a house south of the Contest HallRSORAS/Battle TentE
Orre	Agate Village	Inside the Day Care
Sinnoh	Eterna City	Inside Eterna Condominiums, ground floor
Unova	Castelia City	Inside a building north of Central Plaza on the leftBW Inside the Medal Office buildingB2W2
Kalos	Camphrier Town	Inside the Pokémon Center
Alola	Heahea City	Inside the Tourist Bureau
Galar	All	Inside any Pokémon Center (as one of Jack's services)

Since Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver encompass two regions, these games all have two Name Raters.

Gallery

Sprites and models

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: X and Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Sun and Moon, and Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon models

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

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 姓名判斷師 Xìngmíng Pànduànshī Danish Navneændrer French Spécialiste des Noms German Namenbewerter Italian Giudice Onomastico Korean 이름 감정사 Ireum Gamjeongsa Brazilian Portuguese Nomeador Spanish Inspector de Motes Swedish Döparen

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