[Karibou]

1) Please please please please PLEASE don't name yourself "Robocats" "Robodogs" "Robotic Eagles" or anything of the like. There are plenty of teams out there that already use those names, and it gets confusing pretty quickly. There's only one ThunderChickens, only one Exploding Bacon, one Los Pollos Locos, and it's great to be able to just name names rather than including a number with the name. Not to say "make sure you have a name that NOBODY ELSE IN THE WORLD HAS" (we're The Gearheads - there are other "Gearheads" teams, but we're typically known by our name on a regional level), just make sure it's not incredibly typical and overused.

2) Make the name appropriate, and find a simple image to go with it. 1189 was originally "Breaking Pointe" (we're from Grosse Pointe, and are a combination of two rival high schools: the name was pretty straightforward to those who knew the story behind it), with the mascot of a rabid squirrel. We became The Gearheads after a freshman photoshopped the yellow diamond image. When the logo started appearing everywhere, we realized how much the rabid squirrel undermined the support of our sponsors. Also, printing that image on t-shirts, etc. was pretty darn expensive.

+1 vote for a random name generator.