Names that haven't been used in the anime (2024)

There's a thread about names the anime has recycled, but what names haven't ever been used at all? Inquiring minds want to know. OK, just me.

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Addie
Adolf
Alexandra
Alexis
Alfred
Alison
Alma
Alton
Amanda
Ambrose
Amy
Andrew/Andy
April
Bashir
Basil
Beau
Brandy
Brenda
Bryce
Bo
Caesar
Campbell
Candida
Carlos
Carly
Carl
Carrie
Cary
Cedric
Charlie
Charlotte
Christine/Christina
Chris
Claudia
Connor
Damon
David/Dave
Derek
Denise
Donna
Dennis
Donovan
Don
Dorothy
Doug
Edward
Elton
Eric
Evan
Eva
Ezra
Frank
Fran
Gabriella/Gabrielle
Geoffrey
George
Giada
Hannah
Harold
Harry
Heather
Henry
Hugo
Isobel
Jacob/Jake
Jada/Jade
Jaime + variants
Janay
Janice
Janine
Jeff
Joan
Joel
Jodie
Jolene
Jordan
Josie
Joyce
Justin
Karen
Kari
Kathy
Karl
Kevin
Kiki
Kristen
Laurie
Leslie
Les
Lila
Lindsey
Logan
Lora
Lynette
Maddie
Mallory
Marcus
Marcy
Margaret
Mark
Marilyn
Martin
Mary-Ann
Matthew
Mayra
Mia
Michael/Mike
Mimi
Monica
Morgan
Myriah
Nancy
Nathan
Nick
Nicolas
Patrick
Patsy
Rahni
Randy
Roberta
Roger
Roman
Ronald
Rosemary
Rose
Ryan
Sarin
Sasha
Shannon
Sharon
Shea
Sonny
Stacey
Stanley
Summer
Tanya
Thadeus
Thelma
Thomas/Tom
Tristan
Turner
Tyler
Vanessa
Venus
Veronica
Wesley
Wilson
Zita
Zbyszek/Zbishek

Be a dork and help me add to the list! (As a side-note, for some reason it's way easier to come up with girl names than boy names.)

I could have sworn we've had a Hannah at one point. Weird.

Two Ponchos and no Hannah? Heh...

Jo-Jo said:

Audrey
Meredith
Robin
Victoria

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^^;; We had these, actually. Victoria's a Winstrate, Robin was a man, and there are (in theory) two Audreys. And Meredith's the mother's name in the Manaphy movie.

And we might have had an Eva? Or I might be confusing it with Eve. ;;;

There's been a Jon, but I don't think there's been a John...

I don't think these names have been used:
Jaime (or its various other spellings)
Beau/Bo
Campbell
Thaddeus
Jolene
Dennis
Denise
Carter
Roberta
Stanley
Cedric
Alton
Elton
Turner
Janay
Damon
Joan
Bryce
Rahni
Ambrose
Bashir
Zbyszek/Zbishek
Patsy
Candida
Jade
Jada
Giada
Roman
Caesar/Cesar
Adolf
Basil

Here are some names that have not been used as far as I know:

Veronica
Rachael
Eric (as has already been mentioned)
Maddie/Madelaine/Adam/Addie
Amy

Also:
Ryan
Tyler
Jacob/Jake
Mimi
Tristan
Amanda
Karen
Kevin
Tanya
Mayra
Conner
Amber
Stacey
April
George
Martin
Harry
Henry
Evan
Mark
Justin

A lot of the names in the above lists sound familiar and I do think we've seen a number of them in the anime before.

The problem is there's a gazillion characters and 400+ dubbed episodes and its hard to place the names with faces unless you recently watched the episode.

There were actually two Rebeccas. One from Kanto (the Primape goodbye ep) and that one
The names that haven't been used, eh
I'll just look at the Baby Sitters Club characters
Kristy/Christy
Claudia
Stacey/Stacy
Mary Anne/Maryann
Mallory
Logan
Shannon
Karen
Andrew (not sure on this one)
Charlie
Charlotte
Myriah (I think there was a Mariah though)
Gabriela
Margaret
Nicky/Nicolas (may have been)
Vanessa
Jordan
Adam
Shea
Hannah
Nancy
Janine
Sharon
Sonny
Amanda
Mimi

I managed to name like 75% of the BSC cast

Susan/Suzie

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Suzie the Pokemon Breeder

Richard/Rich/Richie/Rick/Ricky/Dick/Ricardo

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Richie, Ash's Pokemon rival
Mogoldmember, the top names sound like the dub cast

mogoldmember said:

Susan/Suzie

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Brock got Vulpix from Suzie.

mogoldmember said:

Susan/Suzie
Richard/Rich/Richie/Rick/Ricky/Dick/Ricardo

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We had a Suzie; she owned Brock's Vulpix.

And we had a Ritchie. Yanno, the nigh-clone rival child.

EDIT: yay! 83 So late.

Crystal Clair said:

Adam

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We had an Adam in Hoenn. ^_^; Married guy with a sub.

Well I probably edited out my last post at least a dozen times. I'm especially embaressed that I put Suzie since she's also one of Brock's sisters.

Mogoldmember, the top names sound like the dub cast

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Yes, I did notice that none in the previous main cast has had their names used in the Anime thus far. As for the current cast, I know both Sarah and Bill have been used. Don't know about Michelle though.

Anyway, I checked the character list over at Serebii.net. It can be helpful as it lists the characters that have appeared thus far in the Anime. However, it only has human characters with Pokemon, and some of the characters have not been updated with their Dub names yet.

mogoldmember said:

Amber

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I'm pretty sure the girl from the thing with young Mewtwo was named Amber.

mogoldmember said:

Don't know about Michelle though.

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What's her name? The guide says "Mitchell," but that seems terribly strange to me.... Wasn't it Michelle?

Bp08 said:

Bryn has not been used...(yes my name is strange)...

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Heh, I once drew opposite sex versions Ash, Misty, and Brock, and I think I named girl-Brock Bryn (or Brynn). But that's neither here nor there....

mogoldmember said:

Anyway, I checked the character list over at Serebii.net. It can be helpful as it lists the characters that have appeared thus far in the Anime. However, it only has human characters with Pokemon, and some of the characters have not been updated with their Dub names yet.

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Considering it's hardly updated with english names and oh-so-disorganized, I'd go here.

Kthleen said:

What's her name? The guide says "Mitchell," but that seems terribly strange to me.... Wasn't it Michelle?

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Her Japanese name was romanized as Mitchell. Her English name is Michelle.

Kthleen said:

Carter

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Carter was the name of the guy who gave the kids the ride to Ecruteak from Bulbasaur...the Ambassador.

mogoldmember said:

Rachael
Maddie/Madelaine/Adam/Addie

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Rachel (albeit spelled differently) was Tate & Liza's mother. Madeleine was the nun from Enlighten Up and a little girl from Clamperl of Wisdom. Adam was the guy from The Relicanth Really Can.

Crystal Clair said:

Andrew (not sure on this one)
Myriah (I think there was a Mariah though)
Nicky/Nicolas (may have been)
Nancy
Janine
Sonny

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There wasn't an Andrew, but there was an Andi (from The Bicker the Better). Although I've heard that Andrew was her Japanese name.

There have actually been three Mariahs in the series. One in Johto (Hoppip girl), one in Hoenn (little girl from second Camerupt episode) and I've heard there was one in Battle Frontier (haven't seen any episodes, so I can't confirm it.)

Nicky was the boy from Absol-Ute Disaster.

Nancy was one of the girls from The Evolutionary War.

No Janine, but there was a Janina (Jasmine's assistant).

Sonny was a coordinator in one of May's Hoenn contests. I can't remember which one off the top of my head.

I can think of a couple names they haven't used:

Carly
Kathy
Christine
Mia
Lindsey
Heather
Alexandra
Nathan
Doug
Donna
Marilyn
David
Mark
Caroline
Kiki
Frank

PAK Man said:

Sonny was a coordinator in one of May's Hoenn contests. I can't remember which one off the top of my head.

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Yeah, he was a kid with a Girafarig that Drew KO'd if I remember correctly.

I can think of a couple names they haven't used:

Caroline

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Huh? Have you forgotten May's mother is named Caroline? She was in 8 AG episodes, y'know.

Scott85 said:

The problem is there's a gazillion characters and 400+ dubbed episodes and its hard to place the names with faces unless you recently watched the episode.

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Heh....

That's why I'm here. XD

I've seen every dubbed episode (seasons 1 through 8) about a gazillilon times each. And since I've memorized the titles, I think it's safe to assume I've memorized most of the characters-of-the-day as well. XD

Of course, it's only natural that would happen, cause I've been watching Pokemon reruns every day as my hobby ever since the show began airing. ^_^

Not to mention, I've recorded just about every single dubbed episode that ever aired on TV.

Heh, I'm a dub fanatic like no other. XD

Don't mind me, I like to brag about stuff like that (even though everyone else has probably done the same thing). ^^o

Anyway, as for names that haven't been used in the anime, here's a list that I made:

Lora (my sister's name)
David (my brother's name)
Dave
Les (my dad's name)
Leslie
Joyce
Rose
Rosemary
Thelma
Alexis
Venus (one of my friends has that name)
Dorothy
Harold
Harry
Cary
Carrie
Joe
Jacob
Mike
Michael
Ryan
Morgan
Sarin
Summer
Brandy
Christina
Kristen
Tom
Thomas
Nathan
Ronald
Rodger
Don
Derrick
Edward
Matthew
Andrew
Andy
Westley
Nick
Nicholas
Chris
Christopher
Jeff
Geoffery
Carl
Carlos

And that's all the names-they-haven't-used that I can think of for the moment. ^^o