Coming up with creative names for teams is sometimes a lot harder than it sounds – especially if you are trying to come up with something that everyone on the team agrees on. The best thing to do is to sit down and brainstorm a list of creative names for your team. Here are a few tips to get you started:

#1: GET IDEAS FROM THE CORE GROUP.
A lot of times the team has a core group – the ones who are always hanging out together, and they may have even been the ones who decided to get a team together in the first place. The core group usually has a lot of stupid jokes that they always laugh about when they’re hanging out with each other, right? Well what if you made one of those stupid jokes into a team name?

By sharing the core group’s inside joke, you also make people who aren’t in the core group feel like they’re becoming a part of the group. If your team doesn’t really have a core group, then its probably not going to be a very good team because they won’t interact as well. I recommend naming your team “The Eagles”, because that is a crappy name, and it is probably fitting of your team.

#2: TRY COMBINING AN ADJECTIVE AND A LAST NAME.
Some of the most creative names for teams can be made up by choosing a random descriptive word and pairing it with the last name of a president. For example — “The Unpleasant Lincolns” would be an awesome name for a soccer team — Don’t you think?

#3: RIP OFF A FAVORITE BAND NAME.
If you just think of some of your favorite band names and change some of the words around, you’ll be able to come up with tons of creative team names. For example, instead of Pink Floyd, you could be “The Blue Mangiones”.

#4: USE MORE THAN ONE WORD.
One word team names usually sound less creative than longer names because they aren’t very specific. Feel free to try it if you don’t believe me. Which sounds more creative? “The Waffles”, or “The Diabetic Waffle Sauces”?

#5: EVERYONE LIKES SEX.
Try making up names that are secretly about sex. “The Red Rockets”, “The Stinky Pinkies”, etc. These will probably be the easiest for everyone to brainstorm, but it gets harder if you’re trying to find a name that isn’t too suggestive.

#6: No animals
Only first graders, high schools and colleges name their teams after animals. When a bunch of people who don’t know each other are trying to work together, it’s easier to have some vague symbol, like a tiger, because people are used to having animals as their mascots. Since you’re trying to think of CREATIVE team names though, you should probably steer clear of animal names unless you think of one that is either really funny or really cool like “The Laser Sharks”.

#7: Don’t make fun of yourselves too much
If you choose a self-deprecating name like “The Geek Faces” or “The Turd-Burglars”, it might be funny for a while, but eventually its going to get old when its used against you by other teams. You don’t want to have to come home every night and prove to yourself that you’re not a turd burglar – that’s not something anyone should have to go through.

#8: Puns aren’t funny
Maybe I’m alone on this, but I hate team names with puns in them. You could call your team “The Cream Toughs” instead of cream puffs … see? Puns are terrible.

#9: No academic names (unless it is an academic team)
If you are a sports team, then it is useful to have everyone think you’re crazy barbarians. Calling your team “The Scholars” might be funny to a college professor, but it won’t make any other team think that your team can beat them at a sport.

#10: Pokemon
If you still can’t think of any good names, then just name your team after some random Pokemon. Everyone’s going to hate your team because of the name, but maybe they should hate your team because you can’t even think of a good name for yourselves.

CONCLUSION
If you apply all or some of these criteria, you will be able to come up with some totally excellent team names. Feel free to use any of the awesome team names mentioned in this article.

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