Ultimate List of the Best Roller Derby Names

If rollerskating, competition, and non-stop action are your thing, check out the ultimate collection of Roller Derby names and team monikers.

No sport is immune to the use of nicknames for its star players. Have you heard of Gore-Ticia Addams or Jenny Jawbreaker? We’ve all heard of Roger (The Rocket) Clemens, Wilt (The Stilt) Chamberlain, (Shoeless) Joe Jackson, and, of course, Wayne (The Great One) Gretzky.

So, put on a pair of roller skates! We’re going to compile the most bone-crushing list of Roller Derby names ever seen on the internet. We’ll go over the history of these names as well as the best player and team names to ever grace the oval track.

Meaning of Roller Derby and How it Works

Roller derby is a sport played in a skating rink by people who wear roller skates. Teams, known as packs, race around the rink in an attempt to outscore the opposing team.

When a designated player on each team, known as the jammer (represented by a large star on the helmet), makes their way through the group of teammates and opponents known as the blockers, scoring occurs.

Getting past the blockers is difficult; the jammer must contend with a phalanx of hips, buttocks, and shoulders! The pivots, who set the pace for the blockers, are ahead of them.

It can get rough, but there are rules to follow and penalties for illegal blocking. Elbows, tripping, back blocking, and passing out of bounds are all examples of illegal moves. You can only block other players by touching them on the side or front from the shoulder to the thigh; touching anywhere else is prohibited in this game.

A Historical Overview of the Roller Derby Name

Roller Derby began in the mid-1930s as a competitive race held in front of a growing fan base by promoter Leo Seltzer.

However, it wasn’t until the mid to late 1940s that roller derby became a platform for players and teams to create catchy and colorful names like Toughie Brasuhn, Bonnie Thunders, and Scald Eagle, much like pro wrestling.

Names were assigned to players based on their abilities, height, weight, and even hair color. Team names were primarily based on the name of the city or region from which the team originated, combined with a menacing message to opposing teams.

The New York Chiefs, Brooklyn Red Devils, and Jersey Jolters were among the original league names. It would be a while before names like the Salty Dolls, Tent City Terrors, or Drop Kick Mollies became more colorful.

Things that Make a Good Roller Derby Name

Many factors go into creating a memorable roller derby player name. Is the team member a blocker or a jammer? Is the player a quick skater, or a powerful and intimidating force to be reckoned with? This could be a good starting point for creating a catchy name.

Other factors to consider include the team player’s personal features and characteristics, such as hair color, eye color, height, and others.

Combining the player’s characteristics and abilities with their origins and how they fit into the team dynamic can result in some of the most memorable and clever roller derby names.

Roller Derby Names By Years

The 1940s-1950s

Although roller derby player names were not as creative in the 1940s as they are now, there was still a “pro-wrestling feel” or element to them. On-track personas could be created by players to describe how they played the game.

Here are a few vintage roller derby names you might see at the oval track in this era:

• Carl ‘Moose’ Payne
• The Midge “Toughie” Brasuhn
• Josephine “Ma” Bogash
• Annabelle “Slugger” Kealey
• Jack “Toddy” Geffinger
• Kathleen “Gene” Vizena
• Marion “Red” Smartt
• George Run Run Jones
• Lewis “Punky” Gardner
• Annis “Big Red” Jensen
• “Tiny” Grosso

From the 1940s to the 1950s, the six original National Roller Derby League team names were:

• The Brooklyn Red Devils
• The Chicago Westerners
• The Jersey Jolters
• The New York Chiefs
• The Philadelphia Panthers
• The Washington-Baltimore Jets

The 1960s-1980s

Roller derby player names continued from well into the 1980s with names like:

• Russ “Rosie” Baker
• Honey Sanchez
• Skinny Minnie
• Terri Toledo
• Little Angie
• Mr. T-Bird
• Carol “Peanuts” Meyer
• Baby Rocko
• Donna Fox
• John “Big John” Johnson
• Florance “Flo” Lang

National Roller League team names were:

• Northern Hawks or Chicago Hawks
• New York Bombers
• Texas Outlaws
• Detroit Devils
• Los Angeles Thunderbirds or “T-Birds”
• Philadelphia Warriors or the Eastern Warriors
• Baltimore/Washington-based Mid-Atlantic War Cats
• The Florida Jets
• The Western Renegades

Other Roller Derby Team Names:

• Super Chiefs
• Clippers
• Pirates
• Jolters
• Rebels
• Panthers
• Pioneers
• Eagles
• Libertadores
• Plaid Mafia
• Braves
• Kangaroos
• Renegades
• Dynamite

1980s – 2000s

RollerGames was a popular television show created in 1989 by David Sams and Michael Miller, two television producers. It was an extravagant theatrical version of roller derby for a growing national audience.

There was a steeply banked figure-eight track, an alligator pit, several veteran skaters, and younger participants with outrageous gameplay and names to boot. The names of the six roller derby teams were as follows:

• The T-Birds
• Violators
• Bad Attitude
• Rockers
• Hot Flash
• Maniacs

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, names began to be a little more creative. Here are some of the more popular roller derby player names from the TV show RolerGames:

• Dyn-o-mite” Darryle Davis
• Bill “Blockbuster” Bibbus
• Gina “Go-Go” Gonzales
• Adam “Speedy” Gonzales
• Debbie “the Corker” McCorkell
• Matt “Stars & Stripes” Bickham
• “Electric Randi” Whitman
• Robert “the Icebox” Smith
• Mike “the California Kid” Flaningam
• Darlene “Dar the Star” Langlois
• “Rockin’ Ray” Robles
• “Lady D” Donna Young
• “Deadly” Debbie Van Doren
• “Rolling Rocker” Brian Jacobson
• “Queenie” Maeve Crommie
• Art “Bam Bam” May
• Bren “Flash” Futura
• Vicki “Sly Fox” McEwan
• Jerry “Kahuna” Reis
• “Party Pattie” Frazier
• Robert “Cass” McEntee
• “Sassy” Gina Valladares
• Harold “Ice Man” Caldwell
• “Irish” Mary Monahan
• “Windy” Wendy Holbert
• Billy “Hot Wheels” Marshall
• Bernie “Monster Man” Jackson
• “Latin Spitfire” Patsy Delgado
• David “Dr. Fu” Arizmendez
• Lyle “the Brat” Morse
• “Bulldog” Scott Casto
• “The Bopper” Gale Bowers
• Pete “Ninja” Christensen
• Margaret “Hot Rod” Christopher
• “The Tank” Marnie Smith

The Beginnings of Creative Roller Derby Names

Roller derby was making a comeback in the early to mid-2000s. With the growing popularity of roller derby on a local level, it wasn’t long before teams sprouted up all over.

Finding unique roller derby team names and roller derby player names was becoming more difficult with so many teams from various states and countries. With pop culture, media, the internet, and 24-hour entertainment, players had a plethora of new references for some of the best roller derby names ever created.

Despite the fact that many of these names will fit into almost any category, let’s break down some of the more obvious names and the category that best fits them.

From fun to puns, these roller derby team names are memorable, creative, and colorful, and they give fans and the sport a new reason to love roller derby!

The Best Roller Derby Name List of All Time!

Creative Roller Derby Team Names

Naming a derby team might be more challenging than naming individual team players. For a great team name, you have to consider all the players, what they bring to the team, their location, and how the team functions as a unit.

Names like Queen Bees and Chocolate Thunder are created to reflect how the team plays, scores, and also how to stop the other teams from scoring. Here are some of the best names for these fast-and-furious sports teams:

• Angels of Anger
• Arizona Rollergirls
• Babe City Jammers
• Bay City Brawlers
• Beltway Beauties
• Beverly Killbillies
• Big Easy Hip Whippers
• Billings Beauties
• Blood Drawer
• Bloodsoaked Skateboarders
• Blue Arrows
• Boise Beauties
• Bomb Shells
• Boulder County Bombers
• Brewcity Bruisers
• Cedar Rapids Whippers
• Cheerfully Disastrous
• Cherry Bombers Team
• Chesty Smurf
• Cheyenne Cuties
• Chief of Skate
• Chocolate Thunder
• Cincinnati Blockers
• Circle City Socialites
• Columbia Quad Squad
• Como Derby Dames
• Connecticut Roller Derbettes
• Contagious
• Cork City Firebirds
• Dark Water Skaters
• Derby Dolls
• Diamond State Derby Girls
• Diesel Chicks
• Dixie Derby Girls
• Duke City Derby Dames
• Fairbanks Rollergirls
• Fifty Shades of Mayhem
• Fighting Chipmunks
• Fighting Fritters
• Fire Fliers
• Flow Skateboards
• Flying Squirrels
• Furrocious Cats
• Gate Crashers
• Gotham All-Stars
• Grand Slammers
• Heels in Wheels
• Hellmilton Roller Ghosts
• Hit and Run
• Hot Sauce Hotties
• Hurricanes on Ice
• Hurtful Hooligans
• Kalamazoo Derby Darlins
• Kansas City Roller Warriors
• Knee High Sox
• Lakeland Derby Dames
• Lucky Ladies
• Manchester Man-Eaters
• Mason Dixon Roller Vixens
• Majestic Skate Team
• Meany Skateboarders
• Mentor Ice Diamonds
• Moon Possums
• Moonlight Skater Team
• No Coast Derby Girls
• Nottingham Hellfire Harlots
• Oklahoma Victory Dolls
• One Hit Wonders
• Peanut Rollers
• Pinup Punks
• Pippi Longstompings
• Providence Snowplows
• Pucker Punchers
• Quadzilla and The Good
• Rage City Rollergirls
• Red Thunder
• Renegade Rollergirls
• Reno Rollers
• Richter City Roller Derby
• Rink Rashers
• Rock Coast Rollers
• Royal Windsor Whiplash
• Roller Derby Barbie
• Roller Derby Dolls
• Rolling Bones
• Road Warriors
• Roadie Fosters
• Rockin’ Rollers
• Roller Derby World
• Roller Girls of the Apocalypse
• Rusty Nails
• Santa Fe Skaters
• Sioux City Roller Dames
• Skates N’ Derby
• Skating Sea Urchins
• Slammin’ Jammin Roller Babes
• Smack Ops
• Smash Mouth Girlz
• Soul City Sirens
• Space Chimps
• Split Lip Sallies
• Sugar Skulls
• Swamp City Roller Rats
• Team Montana
• Tess of the DerbyWheels
• Texas Rollergirls
• The Atomic Splitters
• The Bad and The Furious
• The Devastators
• The Mountain Bullies
• The Pro Chicks
• The Rockland Boulders
• The Rockland Brawlers
• The Rockland Bruisers
• The Rockland Brutes
• The Rockland Chuckers
• The Rockland Crushers
• The Rockland Destroyers
• The Rocky Mountain Rollerboys
• The Seedy Underbellies
• The Snowplows
• Tragic City Rollers
• Truck and Trailers
• Vermont Vixens
• Wet Dream Team
• Wichita Witches

Book-Inspired Roller Derby Names

Many players look to books and the authors who wrote them when deciding on a great roller derby name. Here are some of the most popular player names based on books, authors, and literary characters:

• 1/2 Blood Princess
• Agatha Crushdie
• Alice in Rollerland
• Alice in Wounderland
• Anais Ninja
• Arya Snark
• Beatrix Slaughter
• Danielle Steal
• Danielle Steel Wheels
• Emily Deck’erson
• Fifty Shades of Mayhem
• Grimm Scarytales
• Hermione Danger
• Hurt Vonneguts
• Infernal Myrtle
• JayK Rolling
• Killbo Baggins
• Killer Mockingbird
• Lady MacDeath
• Little Grrroller-Maid
• Luna Shovegood
• Luscious Malfoy
• Mad Splatter
• Malice in Wonderland
• Malice Walker
• Pain Eyre
• Rapunzel
• Rita Skater
• Rudyard Crippling
• Scratcher in the Eye
• Sherblock Bones
• Sherlock Bones
• SinderHella
• Sir Skates A Lot
• Sylvia Wrath
• Tackleberry Finn
• Tell-Tale Tarts
• Tess of the DerbyWheels
• Velveteen Rabbits
• Vladimir Naboobkov
• Wilma Shakesfear
• Wuthering Frights
• Zack Lunch

Names for Roller Derby Founded on Music

Music and roller derby go hand in hand. The majority of modern roller derby teams emerged from alternative rock, metal, punk, and underground music scenes.

Indeed, much of the modern-day revival of the 2000s was derived from local Indie band scenes around the world. Some great roller derby names are inspired by bands, musicians, and songs.

• A Boy Named Sue
• Banana Slamma’s
• Block N’ Roll
• Block Rockin’ Beast
• Civil Warriors
• Dropkick Mollys
• Eves Of Destruction
• Iron Maidens
• Maul McCartney
• One Hit Wonder
• Pearl Jammers
• Phunky Bitch
• Platinum Block Divas
• Polly Wanna Smack Her
• Pumpkin’ Smasher
• Rock and Roller Queens
• Roller Toaster
• Sabotage
• Smash Mouth Girlz
• Tequila Shella
• The Foo Foo Fighters

Names of Roller Derby Players Inspired by Celebrities

Whether you’re picking a roller derby team name or a name for yourself as a player, celebrities and public figures will provide plenty of inspiration.

Names can be inspired by historical figures as well as modern-day film and television stars. The options are limitless! Here are some of the most well-known names in this category:

• Artillery Clinton
• Audrey Deathburn
• Chevy Chase-Her
• Coco Carnage
• Crush Limbaugh
• Hellions of Troy
• Moanin’ O’Brien
• Naomi Cannibal
• Nasty Pelosi
• Princess Of Wheels
• Rollin’ Polanski
• Sandra Day O’Clobber
• Skate Hudson
• Skate Winslet
• Sigourney Reaper
• Susan B. Agony
• Wolf Blitzthem

Pop Culture-Inspired Names

Movies, television, social media, and pop culture have just as much influence as any other source of inspiration when it comes to naming a roller derby team or player.

Here are a few of the names that made the amusing and creative name scoreboard:

• Asajj Skatetress
• Bambi Hunter
• Barbie Beaters
• Beverly Killbillies
• Blockwork Orange
• Chaotic Neutral
• Chevrolegs
• Chevy Impaler
• Chopbuster
• Crazy Skates
• Dirty Coyotes
• Give ’em Hell Vetica
• Gore-ticia Addams
• Hannibal’s Cannibals
• Harlot O’Scara
• Jersey Leshore
• Lords of the Skate
• Mary Choppins
• Mobba Blunt
• Naughty Nutcracker
• O Hell No Kitty
• Pippi Longstompings
• S Scar Go
• Saber Skater
• Smack Ops
• Spandex Spoiler
• Sweet N’ Sour
• The Lady and The Tramp Stamp
• United Intergalactic Federations Of Super Babes
• We Recycle
• Wikibleedia
• Zombie Dearest
• Zombie Skater

Names that are Bad to the Bone

Any roller derby team will tell you that the longer the name, the more dangerous the game. Badass roller derby names are a staple of this full-contact sport, whether it’s the roller derby team name or individual players.

Let’s take a look at some of the most terrifying skate names you’ll ever come across:

• Angels of Anger
• Avatar of Despair
• Ax Wackers
• Banshee Bitch
• Beautifully Brutal
• Begon for Mercy
• Bells Of The Brawl
• Betty Brawllipop
• Beware of Bitch
• Bitchy Butcher
• Black Death
• Block N Tackle
• Blood Drawer
• Bloodsoaked Skater
• Blood Suckers
• Breakneck Beauties
• Bruiser Babes
• Brutal Beauties
• Buxom Bruisers
• Contagious
• Crash Test Lovelies
• Crazy Skaters
• Crippling Conch Shells
• Crusher Cuties
• Cutthroat Pandas
• Damsels Of Distress
• Darkside Skaters
• Dead End Derby
• Deathrow Roller
• Derby Demons
• Dollface Smasher
• Doom Purveyors
• Drop Kick Damsels
• Fighting Females
• Fighting Thongs
• Furrocious Cats
• Gate Crashers
• Grave Diggers
• Grim Reaper
• Hit and Run
• Holly GoBiteMe
• Honey Punchers
• Hurt Roller
• Hurt Rolls
• Hurtful Hooligans
• I Wanna Smack Her
• Ice Breakers
• Jenny Jawbreaker
• Jezebella Jammer
• Ladies of the Fight
• Left Hook Hunnies
• Mad Mommy
• Mad Mummy
• Meanhattan
• Miss Fortune
• Murderous Mamas
• Naughty Knockouts
• One Hit Wonder
• Punching Poodles
• Rioting Rollers
• Roller Derby Hater
• Rosie and the Knockouts
• Rosie the Ruiner
• Rusty Nails
• Sadistic Sweethearts
• Skate Splatter
• Scorched Skaters
• Smash Skater
• Split Lip Sallies
• The Blood Stains
• The Fat Lips
• The Gruesome Twosome
• The Lady Punchers
• The Lug Nuts
• Toxic Cherries
• Tragic City Rollers
• Trauma Queen
• Twisted Nippers
• Unholy Roller
• Vancouver Murder
• Vicious Venus
• Victoria VonDoom
• Wheels of Mayhem
• WickedWheels
• Women of Mass Destruction

Names Inspired by the Sport of Roller Derby

It’s simple to come up with a name for a team or a skater if you incorporate words from the sport itself. Many new team and skate names are based on roller derby terms, such as Deathrow Roller, Derby Demons, and New York Stock Exchange.

Let’s take a look at some of the more popular skate name concepts derived from roller derby terms:

• All Jammed Up
• Arizona Rollergirls
• Bekah Body Chekah
• Block Headz
• Block N’ Cover
• Block N’ Jam
• Chief of Skate
• Cinnamon Roller
• Crazy Skaters
• Curvy Derby
• Derby Divas
• Derby Devils
• Derby Dolls
• Flashy Wheels
• Glass City Rollers
• Gold Coast Roller Girls
• Grim Reaper Rollers
• Holly Roller
• Intoxiskate
• Jammin’ and Rammin
• Lehigh Valley Rollergirls
• Max Penalty
• Mindless Skaters
• Mineral Skaters
• Ninja Roller
• Pack Crashers
• Pack Punchers
• Pirate City Rollers
• Pivotal Mistake
• Princesses on Wheels
• Rainy City Roller Derby
• Red Hot Rock n Roller
• Rock Coast Rollers
• Rocktown Rollers
• Roller Babes
• Rolling For Soup
• Rolling Mosquitoes
• Rolling Queens
• Rushin’ Rolletes
• Santa Fe Skaters
• Shock Squad
• Skaterbrained
• Skaterina Skulls
• Skaters That Slay
• Skates N’ Tiaras
• Space Jammers
• Squid Skate Squad
• Steel Skater
• Strawberry Jam
• Swiss Cake Rollers

Roller Derby Names that are Simply Awesome

Most team names are inspired by pop culture, classic references, game rules and play, and sports references, such as Infernal Myrtle, Lord of the Rinks, Max Penalty, and Betty Block.

Some names, on the other hand, are just extremely creative on their own. Here are some names that we thought were clever, creative, and cool:

• Baby Cakes
• Baby Chicks
• Banana Slamma’s
• Beauty and Attitude
• Big Rig
• Biting Ticks
• Bomb Shells
• Breakless Endangerment
• Bucket Kickers
• Cement Freaks Skateboards
• Chastity Pelt
• Cheetah Chicks
• Chihuahua Cuties
• Comet Jockeys
• Corn Shuckers
• Crabby Crustaceans
• Crazy Daisies
• Creepy Hitchhikers
• Cupcake Crunchers
• Dagger Skateboarder
• Daisy Pushers
• Daisy Unchained
• Dark Divas
• Dazzling Divas
• DeceptiConnie
• Deer Flies
• Diesel Chicks
• Dirty Birdies
• Down N’ Outs
• Eye Candy Chicks
• Femme Fatals
• Fire on Ice
• Flim Flams
• Giant Slayers
• Girlz of Fury
• Girlz Rule Boys Drool
• Give ‘Em Hells
• Glamazons
• Gold Diggers
• Green Country Goats
• Gunner Girlz
• Haunted Skateboards
• Heels in Wheels
• Hell’s Ballerinas
• High Maintenance
• Hissin’ Kittens
• Hot Sauce Hotties
• Hot Shots
• Howling Dogs
• Hussle Hussies
• Jumbo Shrimp
• Junk in the Trunk
• Kappa Jamma Slamma
• Knee Scrapes
• Ladies of Steel
• Lip Smackers
• Lucha Libre Chupacabras
• Lucky Ladies
• Mangy Wolves
• Make-up Mavens
• Murder City Kitties
• Murder Maids
• Naughty Not Nice
• Pepper Spray
• Pink Panthers
• Pinup Punks
• Pixie Dusters
• Platinum Divas
• Pucker Ups
• Punky Bruiser
• Purple Minions
• Queen Bees
• Rainbow Bite
• Raw Eggz
• Red Hot
• Road Ranger
• Rocket Queens
• Runaway Brides
• Salty Dolls
• Salty Dogs
• Sassy Sistahs
• Screamin’ Banshees
• Screaming Divas
• Shooting Stars
• Skating Sea Urchins
• Slammin’ Jammin’ Roller Babes
• Sod Busters
• Sore Losers
• Squid Squad
• Suicide Squad
• Sweet and Sweaty
• Tara Nippleoff
• Terrible Turtles
• The Baby Makers
• The Bond Girls
• The Flaming Pink Flamingos
• The G.I. Janes
• The Inhuman League
• The Jelly Rolls
• The Slammin’ Jammers
• The Stop, Drop, & Rollers
• The Undertakers
• Thigh Masters
• Thunder Sharks
• Thunder Thorns
• Thundering Herd
• Trauma Authority
• Trophy Wives
• Unforgiving Unicorns
• Untamed Chicks
• Vicious and Delicious
• Victory Vixens
• Whip Crackers
• Wise Witches
• Wonder Women
• Yard Goats
• Yoga Goat Girlz

Don’t Forget About the Men!

Men have been a part of the game since its inception until the present day. Women did not begin to dominate the sport until the last 40 years.

There are, however, some men’s teams out there, and their names are just as inventive as the ladies. Let’s take a look at some of the best male names for athletes and teams:

Roller Derby Team Names for Men

• 8 Wheeled Assassins
• All Out Annihilators
• Bad to the Bone
• Bashing Blockers
• Blazing Blasters
• Blazing Knights
• Brew Masters
• Brute Force
• Butchers
• Deathwish
• Demolition Crew
• Dominators
• Dynamite Dudes
• Energy Explosion
• Exterminators
• Fire Starters
• Game Changers
• Ghastly Gargoyles
• Gorillas on Skates
• Hammerheads
• Hangmen
• Hurricane Blades
• Jawbreakers
• Lethal Jammers
• Mean Machine
• Mercenaries
• Neck Breakers
• Outright Fear
• Powerful Choices
• Robin Hoods
• Rocketeers
• Roller Geeks
• Rough N’ Tough
• Shock and Awe
• Slayers
• Speed Demons
• Stone Crushers
• Team Chaos
• Team Tsunami
• The Chosen Ones
• The Flamethrowers
• The Hit List
• The Legacy
• The Pitbulls
• The Professionals
• The Messiahs
• The Tribe
• The Xtreme
• Tidal Waves
• Vicious Vikings
• War Lords
• Warmongers
• Wicked Werewolves
• Some League Names For Men
• Austin Anarchy
• Barrow Inferno
• Bototos Banditos
• Brisbane City Rollers
• Capital City Hooligans
• Carolina Wrecking Balls
• Chicago Bruise Brothers
• Collision Roller Derby
• Crash Test Brummies
• Denver’s Ground Control
• Flour City Fear
• Glasgow Men’s Roller Derby
• Golden State Heat
• Granite City Brawlers
• Harm City Havoc
• Lane County Concussion
• Mad Riders Men’s Roller Derby
• Magic City Misfits
• Manneken Beasts
• Mass Maelstrom
• Mohawk Valley Quadfathers
• New Orleans Brass
• New York Shock Exchange
• Panam Squad
• Philadelphia Hooligans
• Pittsburg Blue Streaks
• Puget Sound Outcast
• Race City Rebels
• San Diego Aftershocks
• Southern Discomfort
• St. Louis Gatekeepers
• Super Smash Rollers
• Sydney City Smash
• Tampere Rollin’ Bros
• Texas Outlaws
• Your Mom Men’s Derby

Final Thought

The Roller derby is still going strong. Teams are springing up everywhere. It is not uncommon to see a game at your local arena or sports complex. With the continued popularity of roller derby, a new crop of names for players and teams will emerge.

We hope you enjoyed our list of the best roller derby names of all time. Please let us know if you have any suggestions for cool team or skater names!