Pokemon is a media franchise owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1995.

A piece of information is circulating on social media: the word Pokemon means "I'm Jewish". It is said that the name Pokemon is taken from the Syriac language (Syrian language) which in Indonesian means "I am Jewish".

However, this is disputed, according to Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid of the Q&A Islamic Q&A site, the correct understanding of Pokemon is an abbreviation of "Pocket monster", which is an animal small enough to fit in a pocket.

The correct view is that this is a name that comes from Japan. It is taken from the (English) words “Pocket monster” and means an animal that is small enough to fit in one's pocket. “Pokemon” is an abbreviation of these two words. (Islamic Q&A)

According to the Oxford English dictionary, Pokemon (Pronunciation: /'poki?män/) is a video game featuring Japanese cartoon characters. Originally, Pokemon was the name of a Japanese video game from the word "pocket monster".

On the Reference page, the word "Pokemon" in Japanese comes from the words "Poketto" and "Monsut" or "Pocket Monsters" in English.