Pondered in Tablet magazine. I’d be Golda Slayir, Henrietta Schooled, Sharona Slaychem, Vashti’d Off, Isha Zona, Marjorie Mourning Spar, or, if I wanted to go lowbrow, Torah Spelling. As for my referee name…definitely Morris Ayin. (That was the most inside-baseball joke I have ever made for publication.) There are some great suggestions in the comments, too. Check ’em out. And some fab ideas from Facebook: Yiddische Slamma, Kiblitz and Kasha Vanquishes. (I want to MARRY Kasha Vanquishes. Delicious.)
I started thinking about Jewy derby names while collecting kidlit derby names, which I started doing after Betsy Bird solicited suggestions for them in her School Library Journal blog. (My favorite there: Knuckle Bunny.)
Here are my fave children’s-book-inflected names from the actual current rosters of all flat- and banked-track teams:
Alice Rumbledore
Anne of Mean Gables
Ava Kedavra
Beatrix Slaughter
Bellatrix Deranged
Bipolar Express
Dread Pirate Roberta
Encyclopedia Frown
Eva Lasting Broadstopper
Furious George
Harlotte’s Web
Hermione Danger
Judo Blume
Judy Doom
Lemony Kickit
Laura Ingalls Piledriver
Luna Shovegood
Makillda
Mary Blockins
Pippi Headstomping
Violent Baudelaire
Violent No-Regard
Veruca Assault
Wendy Snarling
Wheelie Wonka
Whomping Willow
What would your kidlit derby name be? Your Jew-y derby name?
I think I told you this one already, but: my Jewy derby name would be Ivy Smear. Or maybe Gefilte Squish.
I think the best would be Gaza Trips
Actually i went to a derby the other day and one of the refs went by the name jewy.
There is a junior skater in Orange County whose derby name is Jewella Deville. I was so excited to see a Jewish derby name, but it turned out that her real first name is Jewel and her family was baffled by my excitement. But I think we can still add it to the list 🙂
AMEN, SELAH.
Bagels ‘n’ Knocks
Manishoveitz
Some good names mentioned here:
https://www.jta.org/jewniverse/2014/nice-jewish-derby-girls-from-fatal-dreidel-to-mayhem-bialik