Way early New Toronto WNBA team name

[Many7695]

If you review all the professional sports leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, CFL, WNBA, NLL) in North America expect for the MLS (Major League Soccer) teams with FC for football club, Sporting, Real, or SC for soccer club for a team name, there are 28 cities with names that do not end with the letter S:

NBA - Miami Heat (est. 1988)
NBA - Orlando Magic (est. 1989)
NBA - New Orleans/Utah Jazz (est. 1974)
NBA - Oklahoma City Thunder (est. 2008)

MLB - Boston Red Sox (est. 1901)
MLB - Chicago White Sox (est. 1904)

NHL - Colorado Avalanche (est. 1994)
NHL - Tampa Bay Lightning (est. 1992)
NHL - Minnesota Wild (est. 2000)
NHL - Seattle Kraken (est. 2021)

WNBA - Atlanta Dream (est. 2008)
WNBA - Chicago Sky (est. 2006)
WNBA - Connecticut Sun (est. 1999)
WNBA - Indiana Fever (est. 2000)
WNBA - New York Liberty (est. 1997)
WNBA - Minnesota Lynx (est. 1999)
WNBA - Phoenix Mercury (est. 1997)
WNBA - Seattle Storm (est. 2000)

MLS - Columbus Crew (est. 1996)
MLS - DC United (est. 1996)
MLS - New England Revolution (est. 1996)
MLS - New York Red Bulls (est. 1996)
MLS - Philadelphia Union (est. 2010)
MLS - LA Galaxy (est. 1996)

NLL - Colorado Mammoth (est. 2003)
NLL - Georgia Storm (est. 2016)
NLL - Edmonton/Saskatchewan Rush (est. 2005)
NLL - Toronto Rock (est. 1998)

Since 75% of the WNBA cities have team names that do not end with the letter S, it's possible the Toronto WNBA team will follow that trend rather than the trend at large amongst all professional sports leagues.

If so, these could be among the names considered:

Toronto Aurora
Toronto Arsenal
Toronto Athena
Toronto Aura
Toronto Brigade
Toronto Battalion
Toronto Breeze
Toronto Blizzard
Toronto Blaze
Toronto Express
Toronto Freeze
Toronto Rapture
Toronto Snowstorm
Toronto Tempest
Toronto T-Rex

Any others you can think of?

I like Arsenal although I am not sure about a the same name as a famous football club . But I low key like that name .

As for Aurora, northern lights I had a bit of fun with the AI

This one looks awesome, especially if u don’t want to use the blue/white like most Toronto teams have, two changes instead of using trees use the Toronto skyline or CN Tower and instead of Toronto being on the bottom on the top and use the same green u used for Northern Lights

[LoveMyRaps]

Toronto Angry Geese

Toronto Beaver Tails

Toronto Rowdy Racoons

[Grew]

If you review all the professional sports leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, CFL, WNBA, NLL) in North America expect for the MLS (Major League Soccer) teams with FC for football club, Sporting, Real, or SC for soccer club for a team name, there are 28 cities with names that do not end with the letter S:

NBA - Miami Heat (est. 1988)
NBA - Orlando Magic (est. 1989)
NBA - New Orleans/Utah Jazz (est. 1974)
NBA - Oklahoma City Thunder (est. 2008)

MLB - Boston Red Sox (est. 1901)
MLB - Chicago White Sox (est. 1904)

NHL - Colorado Avalanche (est. 1994)
NHL - Tampa Bay Lightning (est. 1992)
NHL - Minnesota Wild (est. 2000)
NHL - Seattle Kraken (est. 2021)

WNBA - Atlanta Dream (est. 2008)
WNBA - Chicago Sky (est. 2006)
WNBA - Connecticut Sun (est. 1999)
WNBA - Indiana Fever (est. 2000)
WNBA - New York Liberty (est. 1997)
WNBA - Minnesota Lynx (est. 1999)
WNBA - Phoenix Mercury (est. 1997)
WNBA - Seattle Storm (est. 2000)

MLS - Columbus Crew (est. 1996)
MLS - DC United (est. 1996)
MLS - New England Revolution (est. 1996)
MLS - New York Red Bulls (est. 1996)
MLS - Philadelphia Union (est. 2010)
MLS - LA Galaxy (est. 1996)

NLL - Colorado Mammoth (est. 2003)
NLL - Georgia Storm (est. 2016)
NLL - Edmonton/Saskatchewan Rush (est. 2005)
NLL - Toronto Rock (est. 1998)

Since 75% of the WNBA cities have team names that do not end with the letter S, it's possible the Toronto WNBA team will follow that trend rather than the trend at large amongst all professional sports leagues.

If so, these could be among the names considered:

Toronto Aurora
Toronto Arsenal
Toronto Athena
Toronto Aura
Toronto Brigade
Toronto Battalion
Toronto Breeze
Toronto Blizzard
Toronto Blaze
Toronto Express
Toronto Freeze
Toronto Rapture
Toronto Snowstorm
Toronto Tempest
Toronto T-Rex

Any others you can think of?

I like Arsenal although I am not sure about a the same name as a famous football club . But I low key like that name .

As for Aurora, northern lights I had a bit of fun with the AI

This would actually be so cool. 100 percent they don't come up with a name and logo near as cool as this in the end.

[xAIRNESSx]

Spoiler:

If you review all the professional sports leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, CFL, WNBA, NLL) in North America expect for the MLS (Major League Soccer) teams with FC for football club, Sporting, Real, or SC for soccer club for a team name, there are 28 cities with names that do not end with the letter S:

NBA - Miami Heat (est. 1988)
NBA - Orlando Magic (est. 1989)
NBA - New Orleans/Utah Jazz (est. 1974)
NBA - Oklahoma City Thunder (est. 2008)

MLB - Boston Red Sox (est. 1901)
MLB - Chicago White Sox (est. 1904)

NHL - Colorado Avalanche (est. 1994)
NHL - Tampa Bay Lightning (est. 1992)
NHL - Minnesota Wild (est. 2000)
NHL - Seattle Kraken (est. 2021)

WNBA - Atlanta Dream (est. 2008)
WNBA - Chicago Sky (est. 2006)
WNBA - Connecticut Sun (est. 1999)
WNBA - Indiana Fever (est. 2000)
WNBA - New York Liberty (est. 1997)
WNBA - Minnesota Lynx (est. 1999)
WNBA - Phoenix Mercury (est. 1997)
WNBA - Seattle Storm (est. 2000)

MLS - Columbus Crew (est. 1996)
MLS - DC United (est. 1996)
MLS - New England Revolution (est. 1996)
MLS - New York Red Bulls (est. 1996)
MLS - Philadelphia Union (est. 2010)
MLS - LA Galaxy (est. 1996)

NLL - Colorado Mammoth (est. 2003)
NLL - Georgia Storm (est. 2016)
NLL - Edmonton/Saskatchewan Rush (est. 2005)
NLL - Toronto Rock (est. 1998)

Since 75% of the WNBA cities have team names that do not end with the letter S, it's possible the Toronto WNBA team will follow that trend rather than the trend at large amongst all professional sports leagues.

If so, these could be among the names considered:

Toronto Aurora
Toronto Arsenal
Toronto Athena
Toronto Aura
Toronto Brigade
Toronto Battalion
Toronto Breeze
Toronto Blizzard
Toronto Blaze
Toronto Express
Toronto Freeze
Toronto Rapture
Toronto Snowstorm
Toronto Tempest
Toronto T-Rex

Any others you can think of?

I like Arsenal although I am not sure about a the same name as a famous football club . But I low key like that name .

As for Aurora, northern lights I had a bit of fun with the AI

This one looks awesome, especially if u don’t want to use the blue/white like most Toronto teams have, two changes instead of using trees use the Toronto skyline or CN Tower and instead of Toronto being on the bottom on the top and use the same green u used for Northern Lights

Only 1 animal themed team so far in the WNBA so we can likely rule out that route.

Northern Lights seems like the obvious choice.

[dohboy_24]

Only 1 animal themed team so far in the WNBA so we can likely rule out that route.

Northern Lights seems like the obvious choice.

While both Aurora or Northern Lights could be good choices for a team name, how would the color scheme work to go along with it?

Nordic Circle?


Blue Fjord?


Nitrogen Pink?


SOURCE: https://www.shutterstock.com/blog/free-northern-lights-color-palettes

Any of these Northern Light inspired color palettes?



SOURCE: https://paperheartdesign.com/blog/color-palette-northern-lights

Despite all of the above options, I would personally prefer something like this with possibly the addition of black and/or white as the core colors of the design to mimic the day/night duality of light/dark:



SOURCE: https://www.canva.com/colors/color-palettes/northern-lights-3/

[dohboy_24]

As for Aurora, northern lights I had a bit of fun with the AI

Compared to the color palettes I've curated from the Internet which have presumably been chosen by real human beings, I would suggest the AI and/or prompts you've used fail to understand the assignment well enough to suggest an appropriately themed color palette and logo for a team named the Toronto Aurora or Toronto Northern Lights.

Which brings up another issue with the Aurora/Northern Lights name... what would the logo for the team look like?

Along with the logo for the Golden State Valkyries given earlier, here are the logos for each of the 12 active WBNA teams:



Given the above, what would a logo for a team named the Toronto Aurora or Toronto Northern Lights look like to represent it?

[Syd-TK3]

Goldenstate absolutely hit it out the park with the Valkyries name and color scheme

[dohboy_24]

To be honest, coming up with a logo and color scheme to match the team name idea isn't always the easiest task:

Toronto Aurora - logo + color scheme = not easy to define
Toronto Arsenal - logo + color scheme = not easy to define
Toronto Athena - logo + color scheme = relatively easy to define (goddess/warrior theme)
Toronto Aura - logo + color scheme = not easy to define
Toronto Brigade - logo + color scheme = relatively easy to define (battle/military theme)
Toronto Battalion - logo + color scheme = relatively easy to define (battle/military theme)
Toronto Breeze - logo + color scheme = relatively easy to define (cold/ice)
Toronto Blizzard - logo + color scheme = relatively easy to define (cold/ice)
Toronto Blaze - logo + color scheme = relatively easy to define (heat/fire)
Toronto Express - logo + color scheme = relatively easy to define (motion/locomotion)
Toronto Freeze - logo + color scheme = relatively easy to define (cold/ice)
Toronto Northern Lights - logo + color scheme = not easy to define
Toronto Rapture - logo + color scheme = not easy to define
Toronto Snowstorm - logo + color scheme = relatively easy to define (cold/ice)
Toronto Tempest - logo + color scheme = not easy to define
Toronto T-Rex - logo + color scheme = relatively easy to define (claws/dino/reptile)

[SpezNc]

As for Aurora, northern lights I had a bit of fun with the AI

Compared to the color palettes I've curated from the Internet which have presumably been chosen by real human beings, I would suggest the AI and/or prompts you've used fail to understand the assignment well enough to suggest an appropriately themed color palette and logo for a team named the Toronto Aurora or Toronto Northern Lights.

Which brings up another issue with the Aurora/Northern Lights name... what would the logo for the team look like?

Along with the logo for the Golden State Valkyries given earlier, here are the logos for each of the 12 active WBNA teams:



Given the above, what would a logo for a team named the Toronto Aurora or Toronto Northern Lights look like to represent it?

The AI is indeed a bit dumb . That is said to be fair , I kinda wanted to have fun therefore it’s bit on design it’s like that . Obviously none of the logo generated, as many as I can do , will get close to the real thing. But I like doing it for Fun and brainstorming purposes .

See below a bit cleaner look for Toronto Sirens.

[Jcity08]

Toronto Triceratops

[SpezNc]

Toronto Triceratops

Not bad !

Obviously it’s unlikely to be Dinosaurs related

But I kinda like the logo !

[Jim Todd Jr.]

Toronto Waptors

[Coco Costanza]

I made some with an AI art generator called Hotpoi. It does logos fairly well, but fails to really grasp what is being asked of it, and as the case with most AI, doesn't really do text very well

Toronto Owls



This one is supposed to be the Blizzard



Toronto Towers



Okay, clearly not any tower found in Toronto...



A bit better

Toronto Amazons





I like the idea of an art deco style logo

Toronto Sirens

[Many7695]

I tried to create a few images of the Toronto not as good as the other but this is what I got, I wanted the toronto name across the top and Northern Lights across the bottom

[Coco Costanza]

I actually think this looks pretty cool

[SpezNc]

I made some with an AI art generator called Hotpoi. It does logos fairly well, but fails to really grasp what is being asked of it, and as the case with most AI, doesn't really do text very well

Toronto Owls



This one is supposed to be the Blizzard



Toronto Towers



Okay, clearly not any tower found in Toronto...



A bit better

Toronto Amazons





I like the idea of an art deco style logo

Toronto Sirens

Yeah doing text is indeed very hard. Sometime I get in a fight with the AI because he fails again and again to write Toronto properly . And then the AI will say “sorry for the oversight “ . And do the same mistake again !

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[SpezNc]

I tried to create a few images of the Toronto not as good as the other but this is what I got, I wanted the toronto name across the top and Northern Lights across the bottom

Honestly I like Owls ! There is something with Owls !

[Dalek]

I kind of like the Toronto Thunderbirds, or T-Birds for short. It has an Indigenous angle but also a light-hearted shortened name.

[Many7695]

Here’s another one where I add the text to it, wish the CN Tower was in black and positioned in the middle



Added another one

[Dennis 37]

The Toronto RUSH!!!
Based off of a famous local band, sounds cool, and they could play their songs at games. The Toronto Limelight could be good in this vein as well.

Well then,

The Toronto Max Webster!!!

The cat's in the bag, the neighbours holler, this party's higher than the Eiffel tower!

But 'The Rush' sounds like the name of a sports team

It was tongue in cheek. Regardless Rush is one of those non-plural words that is awkward when converting to singular. I am a Rush is just kind of weak. Yes I get that Magic, Thunder, etc. exist, but I find them weak as well.