From the 164s to Hammers, potential UND nicknames received an initial thumbs up or thumbs down by a committee reviewing submissions for a public vote.
Here's a list of nickname suggestions, along with the number of nickname committee members voting to keep the name on the eligible list, approved Wednesday. Committee members reviewed 501 names and plan to meet again to go through more than 600 remaining suggestions provided by the public through the submission process in April.
Eligible Names
- Aeronauts, 1
- Aeros, 1
- Arctic Blaze, 2
- Arctic Force, 1
- Aurora, 2
- Aviators, 1
- Badlanders, 1
- Big Green, 4
- Bison Slayers, 1
- Blackhawks, 3
- Blaze, 1
- Blazing Stars, 1
- Blizzard, 1
- Blizzard Dogs, 1
- Bombardiers, 1
- Bombers, 1
- Cavalry, 2
- Charging Nokota, 1
- Drillers, 1
- Energy, 1
- Explorers, 1
- Fighting Green, 3
- Fighting Green Hawks, 2
- Fighting Hawks, 2
- Fire, 2
- Flame, 1
- Flames, 4
- Flickertails, 3
- Fliers, 2
- Force, 6
- Force of North, 2
- Global Hawks, 1
- Green Bombers, 1
- Green Hawks, 2
- Green Pride 1
- Grey Hawks, 1
Ineligible names
Here's a list of names that are no longer in consideration:
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- 164's
- 2%ers
- 2's
- 39ers
- 4 x 4's
- 6ers
- 7th Cavalry
- 83ers
- 89'ers
A
- Abdominal Snowmen
- Abyss
- Aces
- Achievers
- Activists
- Aero Warriors
- Aero's
- Aerostars
- Ailerons
- Air Assault
- Airliners
- Allies
- Allsaints
- Alpha
- Alpha Wolves
- Alphas
- Altairs
- A-Mazers
- Amber Wave
- Amber Waves
- Ambush
- Ameri-Cans
- Antelope
- Antelops
- Archers
- Arctic butterflies
- Arctic Cats
- Arctic Foxes
- Arctic Freeze
- Armour
- Arrow
- Arrowheads
- Arsenal
- Artillerymen
- Astronauts
- Aurora Borealis
- Auroras
- Avengers
- Avocets
- Awares
- Axemen
B
- B 41s
- Baby Bison
- Backlashes
- Baddies
- Badlands
- Bandits
- Barn Cats
- Barn Swallows
- Barnstormer
- Barnstormers
- Barons
- Bassett Hounds
- Battle Axe
- Battle Axes
- Beast
- Beeters
- Berserker
- Berserkers
- Berserkers Berserks
- Berserkers or Berserks
- Big Game Hunters
- Big Green Mammoths
- Big Shots
- Bighorns
- Black Bears
- Black Snakes
- Blackbirds
- Blades
- Blazers
- Blazes
- Blazing Blizzards
- Blazing Northern Lights
- Blazing Settlers
- Blazing Thunder
- Blazing-Energy
- Bleating Sheep
- Blinding Blizzards
- Blistering Blizzard
- Blitz
- Blizzards
- Blue Collars
- Blue Unicorns
- Blue Warbirds
- Bonanza's
- Boom
- Boomers
- Border Collies
- Borealis
- Brazen
- Breeze
- Brilliance
- Brontops
- Bubbles
- Bucks
- Buckskins
- Buffalo
- Buffalo Skinners
- Busters
C
- Camels
- Cannon Balls
- Captains
- Carlisles
- Carnivores
- Cats
- Cattlemen
- Cavalrey
- Cavemen
- Cetan
- Challengers
- Chameleons
- Champions
- Champs
- Chaos
- Chargers
- Charging Cavalry
- Charging Champions
- Chill
- Chimera
- Chimpanzees
- Chinooks
- Chipmunks
- Chippers
- Chupacabra
- Citronaut
- Coal Runners
- Cobras
- Colts
- Combiners
- Comets
- Commanders
- Competitors
- Conestogas
- Conquerers
- Copperheads
- Corgis
- Cormorants
- Cottontails
- Cottonwoods
- Cowboys or Oilmen
- Crew
- Crocodiles
- Crusaders
- Cube
- Curlers
- Curvemasters
- CyberBlades
- Cyborgs
- Cyclones
D
- DAKOTA
- Dakota Pride
- Dakotans
- Dakotan's
- Dakotas
- Dancing Divers
- Data Miners
- Deer
- Defenders
- Diamond Cutters
- Dirt
- Dirt Sharks
- Discovery Corps
- Doers
- Dogs
- Drafters
- Dragliners
- Dragon
- Dragon Flies
- Dragons
- Dragons of Ice
- Drakes
- Dream Chasers
- Dreamers
- Drilling Crew
- Drivers
- dust devils
- Dusters
- Dusties
- Dynamo
- Dynamos
E
- Earthquakes
- Earthtillers
- Eclipse
- Edge
- Einherjar
- Elite
- Elites
- Elk
- Elkhorn
- Elm Kings
- Elms
- Embers
- Emerald
- Emerald Green
- Empire Builders
- Empire or The Empire
- Endeavors
- Endless Planes
- Energizers
- Energy Kings
- Enforcers
- Engineers
- Enlighten
- Envy
- Epic Prairie Stars
- Epic Stars
- Ermines
- Eskers
- Eternal Blaze
- Eternal Flame
- Exaltation
- Excellence
- Exceptionalists
- Expedition
- Expeditioners
- Explosion
- Express
- Xpress
- Exterminators
- Extreme
F
- Falcons Peregrine
- Fantasies
- Farmers
- Fierce
- Fierce Flames
- Fight
- Fighters
- Fighting 89ers
- Fighting Dakotans
- Fighting Farmers
- Fighting Fierce
- Fighting Firemen
- Fighting Fishers
- Fighting Flames
- Fighting Flaxseeds
- Fighting Force
- Fighting Foxes
- Fighting Frackers
- Fighting Frontiersman
- Fighting Fury
- Fighting Legends
- Fighting Mallards
- Fighting Martens
- Fighting Meadowlark
- Fighting Moles
- Fighting Mongeese
- Fighting Snakes
- Fighting Sodbusters
- Fighting Spirits
- Fighting Squirrels
- Fighting Stallions
- Fighting Sundogs
- Fighting Swedes
- Fighting Teutons
- Fighting trees
- Fighting Tsunami's
- Fighting Valiants
- Fighting Warhawks
- Fighting Warriors
- Fighting Aviators
- Fighting Roughnecks
- FIRE AND ICE
- Fire Ants
- Fire Blaze
- Fire Faisons
- Fireballs
- Firebirds
- Firestorm
- FireThorns
- Fishers
- Fiskers
- Flaming green
- Flaming Phoenix
- Flaming Snow
- Flaming Stars
- Flaming Thunder
- Flamingos
- Flares
- Flat
- Flatboatmen
- flatlanders
- Fliers.
- Flight
- Flighters
- Flood
- Flood Fighters
- Flood Plains
- Flurry
- Flying Aces
- Flying Aces or Aces
- Flying Aeros
- Flying Arrows
- Flying Aviators
- Flying Carp
- Flying Drones
- Flying Fairies
- Flying Flyin Norskies
- Flying Hawks
- Flying Mallards
- Flying Monkeys
- Flying PhoenIx
- Flying Warriors
- Foragers
- Force of the Norse
- Foreigners
- Forever
- Forever Flames
- Forge
- Forkers
- Forks
- Fox
- Foxes
- Frackers
- Free
- Free Spirits
- Freedom
- Freedom Fighters
- Freezing Winds
- Freight Trains
- Frenzy
- Friends
- Friesians
- Frigid flickers
- Frontier
- Frontier Spirit
- Frontiers
- Frost
- Frost Fangs
- Frost Giants
- Frost Men Frost Maids
- Frozen
- Frozen Chosen
- Frozen Fighters
- Frozen Fliers
- Frozen force
- Frozen Fury
- Frozen Giants
- Frozen Hawks
- Frozen SunDogs
- Frozen Tundras
- Fryse
- Fuel
- Furious Flatlanders
- Fury
- Futuristics
- Futurists
G
- Galaxies
- Gamers
- Gargoyles
- Gateway
- Gazelles
- Geckos
- Geese
- Generals
- Generation
- Geos
- Geysers
- Ghost Riders
- Glacial Lakes
- Glaciers
- Gladiators
- Goats
- Goblins
- Golden Feathers
- Golden Larks
- Golden Retrievers
- Golds
- Grand
- Grand Forks
- Grand Forks Frozen
- Grand Green
- Grangers
- Grasshoppers
- Gravediggers
- Gray Wolf
- Great North Wind
- Great Northern
- Great Northerners
- Great Plains
- Great Plains Riders
- Great Plains Storm
- Great White North
- Great White Owls
- green prairie
- Green Aces
- Green Aeros or Aeros
- Green Army
- Green Arrows
- Green Atomic Snowflakes
- Green barons
- Green Blizzard
- Green Comets
- Green Elms
- Green Empire
- Green Fangs
- Green Feathers
- Green Flame
- Green Flood
- Green Flyers
- Green Freeze
- Green Fury
- Green Giants
- Green Goblins
- Green Guardians
- Green Heron
- Green Herons
- Green Hue
- Green Ice
- Green Keen
- Green Knights
- Green Lightning
- Green Machine
- Green Mammoths
- Green Meadowlarks
- Green Men
- Green Monsters
- Green Pipes
- Green Plague
- Green Raiders
- Green Reapers
- Green Riders
- Green Sea
- Green Speed
- Green Stag's
- Green Stampede
- Green Stars
- Green Storm
- Green Swarm
- Green Thunder
- Green Tribe
- Green Wings
- Green Zephyr
- Green Zephyrs
- Greenbacks
- GreenBucks
- Greenies
- Greenline
- Greenmen Lady Green
- Greens
- Greenway
- Gremlins
- Grey wolves
- Grinders
- Ground Hog
- Ground Hogs
- Ground Squirrels
- Guardians
- Guardians of Flame
- Guardians of Spirit
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- Hackers
- Hammerheads
- Hammers
