| Origin | Team |
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| The owner of the team chose this name | |
| This name was chosen over Barons, Twisters, Renegades, Bison, and Lightning in a contest | |
| The name was chosen in a contest, and the new name is similar to the old one(Royals) | |
| The name represents the team's previous state, which was known as 'The Land of 10,000 Lakes' | |
| The name was chosen because it is the only one of the lower 48 states to have these packs of animals roaming around | |
| This name won a name the team contest because of its historical reference to the previous city of the team during the Revolutionary War | |
| The name was chosen because at the time the team was founded, the city the team played in was the meat capital of the world | |
| The name was chosen in a name the team contest | |
| The team was named after pants rolled up just below the knee by Dutch settlers who founded this city | |
| The name was chosen because the movie 'Jurassic Park' came out the year before the team was created | |
| The name was chosen because of the first city the team played in. The name was shortened when the team relocated | |
| The name was given because of the hunting tradition in this state | |
| In the team's original city the name didn't have much meaning, but when the team relocated the name fit perfectly | |
| The name represented the the many pioneers who travelled west | |
| The name comes from the Delaware Indians who used to live in the area of the team's previous city. They were said to have put up a good fight against British colonists | |
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