Pirate-Themed Team Names

Hoist the flags and cast off with this booty of Pirate-Themed Team Names perfect for game teams, trivia teams, scavenger hunts, or any pirating team that’s looking to pillage the high seas (or the leader board)!

These names evoke the adventure, rebelliousness, and brashness of mythic sea pirates, haunted ships, and swashbuckling buccaneers. If you’re battling in game, doing a theme competition, or you simply wish to show that pirate fearlessness to your party, you’ll find here a name that flies your banner high.

From rugged to funny, gritty to creepy, these team names are great for teams that don’t have a problem plundering some glory and having a good laugh while they’re doing it.

Classic Pirate Crew Names

1. The Black Flaggers
2. Sea Serpents
3. The Salty Dogs
4. Scallywag Syndicate
5. The Crimson Corsairs
6. The Daggered Deckhands
7. High Tide Hunters
8. The Cutlass Crew
9. Ghost Ship Gang
10. The Kraken’s Call

Funny & Lighthearted Pirate Names

1. Yo Ho Homies
2. Plunder Pals
3. The Rum Runners
4. Arrrmy of One
5. Scurvy Scoundrels
6. Treasure Trolls
7. Captain Crunch’s Crew
8. Swab Squad
9. The Pegleg Posse
10. The Booty Bunch

Tough & Fearsome Names

1. Steel Sea Raiders
2. The Marauding Tide
3. Rogue Wave Warriors
4. The Vengeful Leviathan
5. Bloodbeard’s Battalion
6. The Shadow Sails
7. Stormborn Swashbucklers
8. Dead Men Sailing
9. Blackwater Blades
10. The Iron Buccaneers

Mystical & Legendary Pirate Teams

1. The Siren’s Curse
2. Poseidon’s Fury
3. The Abyss Brotherhood
4. The Gilded Gallows
5. Skull & Sorcery
6. The Whispering Waves
7. Mermaid Marauders
8. Curse of the Compass
9. The Phantom Plunderers
10. The Lost Armada

Witty Wordplay Pirate Names

1. Ahoy Vey!
2. Ship Happens
3. Shiver Me Teammates
4. Arrrr We There Yet?
5. Pieces of Hate
6. The Sea-cret Society
7. Dead Reckoning Dudes
8. Board Silly
9. Tide Hustlers
10. Mutiny & Chill

Classic & Fearsome Crew Names

1. The Black Flag Syndicate – Ruthless and unstoppable
2. Crimson Corsairs – Bold and bloodthirsty
3. The Dreadfleet – Strike fear with every sail
4. Blightshore Brotherhood – Cursed, feared, united
5. Ironhook Armada – Tough as rusted steel
6. The Skullwake – Leave only bones and ruin behind
7. Rogue Tide – Chaos in every current
8. Stormborn Buccaneers – Raised in fury
9. The Cutlass Pact – Bound by blade and booty
10. Ghosts of the Gallows – Deadly and legendary

Funny & Lighthearted Pirate Names

1. The Salty Seagulls – Loud, chaotic, and oddly loveable
2. Rum & Plunder – Priorities in order
3. Scallywags United – Mischief in motion
4. Booty Snatchers – Cheeky and proud
5. Pegleg Posse – Limping to victory
6. Yo Ho Ho-ligans – Party pirates
7. Captain Cringe & the Meme Buccaneers – For chaotic good squads
8. Jolly Rager – The ultimate pirate party
9. Scurvy Dogs – Classic and goofy
10. The Sea Cucumber Crew – Squishy, slow, but weirdly effective

Mythical & Ghostly Names

1. The Abyssborn – Risen from the deep
2. Deadwater Revenants – You can’t kill what’s already dead
3. The Leviathan’s Chosen – Masters of sea monsters
4. Phantom Corsairs – Haunting the sea lanes
5. The Wailing Tide – Their arrival is a scream
6. Kraken’s Grasp – No one escapes
7. The Marrow Crew – Bone-deep vengeance
8. Ebonwake Raiders – Dark and ruthless
9. The Siren’s Curse – Beautiful, deadly, cursed
10. Blackmoor Marauders – Coastal terror with history

Classic Pirate Teams

1. The Jolly Rogers
2. Skull & Crossbones
3. Black Flag Buccaneers
4. Cutlass Crew
5. Treasure Hunters
6. Cannon Crew
7. Swashbucklers
8. Scurvy Dogs
9. Sea Marauders
10. Plunderers
11. The Black Pearls
12. Shipwreck Sharks

Pirate Ship Teams

1. The Dreadnoughts
2. Queen Anne’s Revenge
3. Golden Galleons
4. Rogue Waves
5. The Interceptors
6. Black Sails
7. The Sea Wolves
8. Crimson Fleet
9. The Kraken Slayers
10. Ghost Ships
11. Sea Serpents
12. Hurricane Raiders

Nautical Pirates

1. Salty Scallywags
2. Barnacle Bandits
3. High Tide Highwaymen
4. Deep Sea Devils
5. Coral Corsairs
6. Barracuda Brigade
7. Raging Rapids
8. Harbor Hijackers
9. Seafaring Scoundrels
10. Anchor Assassins
11. The Tidal Terrors
12. Compass Corsairs

Treasure Themed

1. Gold Grabbers
2. Doubloon Desperados
3. Treasure Chasers
4. The X-Markers
5. Booty Bandits
6. Jewel Thieves
7. The Loot Looters
8. Map Masters
9. Island Raiders
10. The Gold Getters
11. Diamond Diggers
12. Ruby Runners

Notorious Pirates

1. Blackbeard’s Brethren
2. Calico Jack’s Crew
3. Anne Bonny’s Avengers
4. Captain Kidd’s Killers
5. Barbarossa’s Bandits
6. Morgan’s Marauders
7. Drake’s Desperados
8. Hook’s Heroes
9. Teach’s Terrors
10. Roberts’ Rogues
11. Bonnet’s Buccaneers
12. Rackham’s Raiders

Classic & Fearsome

1. The Blackheart Buccaneers
2. The Jolly Rogues
3. The Cutthroat Corsairs
4. The Scallywag Scoundrels
5. The Plunderin’ Privateers

Humorous & Playful

1. The Yo-Ho-Homies
2. The Parrot & Pistols
3. The Rum Runners
4. The Booty Bandits
5. The Kraken Waken

Mythical & Mysterious

1. The Ghostly Galleons
2. The Cursed Cutlasses
3. The Siren’s Revenge
4. The Davy Jones’ Raiders
5. The Shadow Privateers

Competitive & Bold

1. The Cannonball Crushers
2. The Stormbringer Pirates
3. The Marauder’s Wrath
4. The Tidebreaker Brigade
5. The Dreadnaut Destroyers

Classic Pirate Flair

1. The Sea Dogs
2. The Black Sails
3. The Jolly Rogers
4. The Kraken’s Crew
5. The Corsair Collective
6. The Treasure Seekers
7. The Captain’s Cutthroats
8. The Galleon Gang
9. The Briny Buccaneers
10. The Swashbucklers

Intimidating & Fearsome

1. The Storm Riders
2. The Devil’s Armada
3. The Reaper’s Revenge
4. The Phantom Fleet
5. The Iron Hook Hooligans
6. The Blackheart Brigade
7. The Skull and Bones
8. The Marauder Menace
9. The Sea Serpents
10. The Widowmakers

Playful & Quirky

1. The Grog Guzzlers
2. The Parrot Plunderers
3. The Barnacle Bandits
4. The Salty Seadogs
5. The Landlubber Looters (for a funny twist)
6. The Peg-Legged Pirates
7. The Doubloon Dabblers
8. The Scurvy Scalliwags
9. The Shipwreck Shenanigans
10. The Bilge Rat Battalion

Mysterious & Mythical

1. The Siren’s Song
2. The Lost Lagoon
3. The Neptune’s Navy
4. The Leviathan Legion
5. The Cursed Corsairs
6. The Mermaid’s Marauders
7. The Atlantean Avengers
8. The Shadow Ships
9. The Voodoo Voyagers
10. The Ocean’s Oddities

Try mixing elements like:

• Color + Creature → Crimson Kraken, Silver Sharks
• Adjective + Weapon → Blazing Cutlasses, Savage Sails
• Place + Threat → Deadman’s Curse, Tortuga Terror

Tips for Choosing

• Consider the team’s personality. Are they serious, silly, or something in between?
• Use pirate vocabulary: words like “grog,” “doubloon,” “scurvy,” and “bilge” add authenticity.
• Think about the team’s “ship” or base of operations.
• Make it fun!