Holy wow, I just went on a rampage with my Poke'mon Red game for the good old Gameboy Color. How fun it is. ;-)
Normally I would name the main character after myself, but this time I thought differently. Who would I rather be; a poke'mon, or some guy who tries to catch poke'mon? The choice was obvious. Therefore, I named the main character "A Guy" and my brand-spanking new squirtle after me! :) And I decided to name every other poke'mon I caught after one of my friends. The way I decided upon this was by looking at the poke'mon that I was fighting, and thinking of whether or not they reminded me of one of my friends. If they did, they're poke'ball food.
So far I have:
Wartortle (me): Level 19
Ratatata: Level 17
Pidgeoto: Level 19
Wigglytuff: Level 11
Zubat: Level 11