It's one thing to think of something quirky to call your team, and it's something totally different ...

1. Funny Team Names
It's one thing to think of something quirky to call your team, and it's something totally different to
deliberately think of something so outlandish that no one gets why you would want to call yourselves
that. If you sit to compile a list of funny team names, it'll probably never end. Nevertheless, here's
our list of which we think are the funniest ones. They've (unfortunately) been listed in alphabetical
order, not in order of how ridiculous they are.
*This article in no way intends to hurt anyone's sentiments. It is purely for entertainment purposes.
The images used are merely representative and are the reproductions of the author's imagination.
They are NOT the official mascots or emblems of any of the teams mentioned herein.
Atlanta Thrashers: This is definitely a name that instills trepidation in the minds of opponents. If only
it wasn't named after a bird that measures a measly 25 cms. Sigh!
Bad Axe Hatchets: Confused. Are you guys axes or hatchets? Whichever you are, if you're bad, then
you're not very good, are you?

2. Blooming Prairie Awesome Blossoms: No, this is not the name of a kindergarten ballet class. It is in
fact the name of the football team at Blooming Prairie High School. Awesome!
Bolton Wanderers: Losing can't be an option for those who obviously have mastered the art.

3. Brevard County Manatees: If you've seen a manatee or at least a picture, you'll see how adorably
harmless they look. Is that what this baseball team was aiming to be portrayed as?
Butternut Midgets: Not sure if it's politically correct to have such a team name.
Cairo Syrupmakers: This high school has named its football team the 'syrupmakers' to pay homage
to Cairo, which was home to the plant that produced Roddenberry's syrup. In 1986, ESPN thought
'syrupmakers' was a brilliant name for a sports team. Hmmm. Well, in 2013 it isn't. Oh BTW, the
boys on sports teams are called 'makers' and the girls are called 'maids'.
Cardozo Clerks: The naming of this team has something to do with Cardozo being a Justice in the
Supreme Court. But actually using 'clerks' as a team name seems unnecessary, doesn't it?

4. Casper Ghosts: They've made it too easy for opponents to call themselves things like Ghostbusters
and the like. Yup, that's what we need now. A team called The Ferocious Ghostbusters!
Chicago Sky: Here, there and everywhere!
Colorado Crush: Crush meaning the act of violently compressing something? Wouldn't Crush'ers'
make more sense then?

5. Columbia College Fighting Koalas: "The Fighting Koalas concept is to give each athlete the tools and
knowledge to achieve personal bests in the sport,..." - The official Fighting Koalas website.
Whatever they say, one simply cannot picture something as cuddly as a little koala fighting.
Fighting Missionaries: Here's an oxymoron if there ever was one. You can't picture someone in a
team called 'missionaries' fighting. So someone needs to tell them to change it if they want to be
taken seriously.
Fotballaget Fart: Need we say more?

6. Frankfort Hot Dogs: This name gives a whole new meaning to the phrase 'ate them for breakfast'.
Too easy for the opponents if you ask us.
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters: The members of this Japanese baseball team fight only ham.
Nothing else matters.
Houston Texans: This team name has taken the level of blandness, laziness, and unimaginative
behavior to a level no one can surpass.

7. Jordan Beetdiggers: Beet diggers dig beet. Athletes compete in athletic events. Who's gonna break
this to them?
Key School Obezags: Obezags is an anagram of 'gazebos'. An online tour of the school shows that the
campus has 3 gazebos. Impeccable logic!
Lansing Lugnuts: Way too weird to write anything about.

8. Las Vegas bachelorette party tutus Wranglers: Nope. They don't herd cattle. They play hockey. If
you're trying to find a relationship between that and the fact that they're from Las Vegas, good luck.
Mars Area Fighting Planets: Aaahahahhahahahahaha!
Minnesota Wild: Wild what? Wild as in the adjective? Meaning the players in the ice hockey team are
cavemen? Or wild as in the noun? Meaning...wait...that doesn't make sense either.

9. Montreal Alouettes: Pronounced ah-loo-ett, here's another team named after an extremely non-
threatening bird - a lark. If this Canadian football team thought Frenching a name up would make
them seem ferocious, boy did they get it wrong.
New Berlin Pretzels: Everyone run! The weird-shaped bread team is about to get you!
Oakland Athletics: Nope! It's not a typo. They call themselves 'athletics'. Not athletes. Hey! Don't
shoot the messenger!

10. Orlando Predators: A name as vague as their supposed violent tendencies.
Peoria Prancers: What an absolutely masculine name for an all-male hockey team. If only more
teams would take to calling themselves such names. If only...
Presbyterian College Blue Hose: Apart from sounding dirty, this name again, much like another one
below has no meaning or imagination. Lazy lazy lazy!

11. Scottsdale Community College Fighting Artichokes: This has GOT to be one of the funniest team
names ever. And for all those wondering if their mascot is actually an artichoke, YES IT IS! A pretty
mean looking one at that. So, that's how they do it: they scare their opposition with their mean-eyed,
perennial thistle of a mascot!
Sidney Lanier Poets: This football team rhymes its opponents into defeat.
St. Louis College of Pharmacy Eutectic: The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word 'eutectic'
as of an alloy or solution: having the lowest melting point possible. The only reason the college
athletics team came up with this name is probably to prove their vocabulary skills, along with the
fact that they're all going to be super-rich, prescription handlers after they graduate.

12. Teutopolis Wooden Shoes: All one can imagine a team with this name doing is clobbering someone.
But apparently that's not what they do. What or who can someone blame such an unimaginative
name on? Sigh!
Thailand Tobacco Monopoly: This is the name of a Thai soccer club. The name is based on a
government-owned enterprise that had the 'monopoly' in the manufacture and distribution of
tobacco. Don't bother trying to figure this one out.
The Georgetown Hoyas: The hoya plant is a sub-tropical plant which is native to Asian nations like
China, India, Malaysia, etc. But that's not what these hoyas stand for. These hoyas are named after a
Greek/Latin phrase that has means 'What Rocks!', as per their official website.

13. The Poca High Dots: Bah! Scottsdale's Fighting Artichokes have some serious competition here.
DOTS! The mascot is a brawny DOT. That's definitely enough to scare the bejesus out of anyone, let
alone a sports team.
The Portland Wet Sox: This team has secret ammo that they keep handy just in case their talent on
the field doesn't help; their stinky wet socks!
Tillamook Cheesemakers: First we had the syrupmakers, then the beetdiggers, now the
cheesemakers. Maybe they should all consider alternate professions, what say?

14. UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs: Banana slugs. We rest our case.
University of Idaho Vandals: This team is named after a considerably formidable tribe of
barbarians...in Europe. *Trying to find the connection between that little tidbit and the naming of a
college athletics team in Idaho. None established!*
Yuma Criminals: Here's a truly intimidating name. If the word 'criminals' doesn't scare the
opponents, the history might do the job. The school's former premises were a state prison.
Assemblies were held in the prison hospital and classes, in the cell block.
And It Continues...
Amherst College Lord Jeffs: Field Marshall Jeffery Amherst, a war veteran, was whom the school was
named after. Someone needs to explain the point of naming every team member a Lord Jeff (and in
case of females, a Lady Jeff).
Braintree Town: You'd think having the word 'brain' in the name of the town would help them come

15. up with a better name. Nope!
Centralia Orphans: The basketball team got this tragic name during a game in which they were
forced to wear mis-matched uniforms due to shortage of funds. It still doesn't justify why it couldn't
be changed when they did.
F.C. KooTeePee: The person who finds out what KooTeePee means will be the...oh I see you don't
care. Hmmm. Neither do we.
Hiroshima Toyo Carp: Leave it to the Japanese to come up with a ridiculous name just so they can
use an English word in it. Just in case you were wondering, toyo is not a type of carp. It's the name
of the team's sponsor. So if it wasn't for Toyo, they'd just be a team of baseball playing, oily,
freshwater fish, that let's face it, no one is afraid of.
King Faisal Babies: Babies! Yes, BABIES! That's what this football team is called. There's just too
much astonishment to say anything further.
Point Pleasant Big Blacks: Again, not sure if it's politically correct to have such a team name.
Sydney Swans: Quite apt, if you're in water or...wearing tutus..doing a ballet recital...not playing
football.
Toronto Maple Leafs: OK first of all, the plural of leaf is leaves not leafs. Second of all, if your ice
hockey team is named after something as flimsy as a leaf, the opposition may not be very
intimidated.
Webster University Gorloks: A Gorlok is an imaginary creature that won the honor of being the
school mascot by, get this, winning a contest at the school. Its physical appearance: face of a St.
Bernard, paws of a cheetah and horns of a buffalo. WHAT were they thinking??
Wikki Tourists of Bauchi: This is a Nigerian football team. Once you get over the fact that they call
themselves tourists, what cannot fail to befuddle you is the meaning and the necessity of the word
'Wikki' in it. What does Wikki mean? Is it a secret adjective meant to frighten opponents? Or is it
used just to perplex them because the meaning is so obviously unapparent?
Do you know of any more teams that can make it to this list? Feel free to leave a comment.