A pikachu called Watt,(which I still have), I had pokemon yellow as part of a bundle with my bright yellow gameboy colour.I had no idea what the hell was going on, Brock kicked my arse all over the place the first time and then I evolved a caterpie into a butterfree and it was plain sailing from there.
I seem to be unusual in naming my pokemon, I tend to use either puns,(for example I named a roselia Gypsy last night)OK really bad puns, or the names of something associated with them, such as gardeners for grass types. So if you see a trainer called Ted offering a pokemon in the GTS with a name that makes you groan you know who to blame!