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New Car, New Persona! 365+ Car Nicknames To Choose For Your Chariot

by Deirdre Kaye
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Naming your new or new-to-you car can feel like a rite of passage for your new set of wheels. Some cars get a name instantly — before their new owner drives them off the lot. Some people like alliterations, like Figaro the Fiat or Vader the Veyron. Not everyone feels as gifted in the name-giving art as others, though, and sometimes you need a little help. We get it. Naming anything, from a pet pig to your kid’s favorite plush fox, can often seem overwhelming. Whether you opt to borrow the moniker for your new Bug from your favorite OG Bug, Herbie, or name it based on its bright yellow color is all up to you. We’re just here with a little car nicknames inspiration.

You’re welcome to use one of these names exactly as they appear. However, they might inspire something completely different, and that’s cool too. You might even name your car after your first, ahem, partner *in that car.* Whatever you decide, make sure it’s fun to say — you’ll be muttering it under your breath in traffic or every time your ride struggles to make it up a big hill. (“Come on, Eleanor! You can do it!”)

Car Nicknames Based On Color

Black

  1. Ace/Ace of Spades
  2. Bandit
  3. Batmobile
  4. Black Beauty
  5. Black Diamond
  6. Black Jack
  7. Black Magic
  8. Black Mamba
  9. Black Widow
  10. Blackhawk
  11. Dark Knight
  12. Death Eater
  13. Death Row
  14. The Dementor
  15. Godfather
  16. Greaser
  17. Grim/Grim Reaper
  18. Jet/Jet Black
  19. Mad Max
  20. Mirage
  21. Necromancer
  22. Nero
  23. Nightshade
  24. Nitro
  25. Obsidian
  26. Panther
  27. Reaper
  28. Shadow
  29. Sirius Black
  30. Zorro

Blue

  1. Baby Baluga
  2. Baby Blue
  3. Baloo
  4. Big Blue
  5. Blue Devil
  6. Blueberry
  7. Bluedini (Or The Great Bluedini)
  8. Cookie Monster
  9. Dory
  10. Gonzo
  11. Ice Cube
  12. Ice Ice Baby
  13. Jaws
  14. Leonardo
  15. Mako
  16. Megamind
  17. Mr. Freeze
  18. Mystique
  19. Papa Smurf
  20. Poseidon
  21. Serenity
  22. Shark Attack
  23. Smurf
  24. Sonic
  25. Street Genie
  26. Sully
  27. Tidal Wave

Gold/Silver

  1. Axiom
  2. Bender
  3. Bling Bling
  4. Bullet
  5. Champion
  6. Chardonnay
  7. Chrome Sweet Chrome
  8. Cleopatra
  9. Crown Royal
  10. DeLorean
  11. Gold Digger
  12. Gold Rush
  13. Golden Girl
  14. Golden Gun
  15. Goldfinger
  16. Goldilocks
  17. Hi-Ho Silver
  18. Honey
  19. Iron Man
  20. Jackpot
  21. James Bond
  22. King Midas
  23. Knight in Shining Armor
  24. Mercury
  25. Moonlight Rider
  26. Nugget
  27. Olympia
  28. Pewter
  29. Pharaoh
  30. Pixie Dust
  31. Queen Bee
  32. Scythe
  33. Silver Fox
  34. Silver Lightning
  35. Silver Surfer
  36. Soul Ride
  37. Spark Plug
  38. Sterling
  39. Stormy
  40. The Razor
  41. Titanium
  42. Tron

Green

  1. Alien
  2. Clover
  3. Dragonfly
  4. Drax
  5. Emerald
  6. Flubber
  7. Frogger
  8. Gamora
  9. Great Gazoo
  10. Greedo
  11. Green Arrow
  12. Green Giant
  13. Green Goblin
  14. Green Hornet
  15. Green Lantern
  16. Green Machine
  17. Grinch
  18. Gumby
  19. Hulk
  20. Irish Lass
  21. Kermit
  22. Kiwi Kruiser
  23. Little Monster
  24. Luigi
  25. Marvin (The Martian)
  26. Mean Green
  27. Mike Wazowski
  28. Mr. Green
  29. Mr. Gus
  30. Mr. Meseeks
  31. Ninja Turtle
  32. Oscar (The Grouch)
  33. Perry (The Platypus)
  34. Picklemobile
  35. PickleRick
  36. Plankton
  37. Poison Ivy
  38. Princess Fiona
  39. Ribbet
  40. Shrek
  41. Slimer
  42. Swamp Thing
  43. The Booger
  44. The Green Goddess
  45. The Hulk
  46. Toyoda
  47. Toyoshi
  48. Yoda
  49. Yoshi
  50. Zombie

Gray

  1. Bender
  2. Bullet
  3. Dorian
  4. Foggy Night/Foggy Morning
  5. Grey Matter
  6. Jedi
  7. Magneto
  8. Mando
  9. Mr. Grey Sky
  10. Nightshade
  11. Robocop
  12. Smoke
  13. Stainless
  14. Steely Dan
  15. Storm
  16. The Force
  17. Tongs

Red

  1. Big Red
  2. Blazing Saddles
  3. Blood Diamond
  4. Bloodshot
  5. Bloody Mary
  6. Ch-Ch-Cherry Bomb
  7. Clifford, the Big Red Car
  8. Diablo
  9. Dynamite
  10. Ferris Bueller
  11. General Lee
  12. Hellboy
  13. Highway to Hell
  14. Iron Man
  15. Komoda
  16. Ladybug
  17. Lightning McQueen
  18. Magnum PI
  19. Mater
  20. Merlot
  21. Nightcrawler
  22. Red Bull
  23. Red Hot
  24. Red October
  25. Ron Burgundy
  26. Roseanne
  27. Scarlet Witch
  28. Scorpio
  29. TNT
  30. Yosemite Sam

White

  1. Avalanche
  2. Crossbones
  3. Diamond
  4. Draco
  5. Fang
  6. Fogger
  7. Frostbite
  8. Ghostbuster
  9. Great White
  10. Herbie
  11. Icepick
  12. Nimbus
  13. Marshmallow
  14. Moby Dick
  15. Polar Bear
  16. Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)
  17. Rogue (The X-Men)
  18. Shelly
  19. Sinatra
  20. Snowball
  21. Snow Break
  22. Stay Puft
  23. Storm (The Marvel character)
  24. Sub Zero
  25. Vampirina
  26. Whisper
  27. White Cap
  28. White Noise
  29. White Out
  30. White Shadow

Yellow

  1. Banana Split
  2. Banana Mobile
  3. Big Bird
  4. Blondie
  5. Bumble Bee
  6. Buttercup
  7. Citron
  8. Cruisin’ Canary
  9. Del Sol
  10. Ducky
  11. Firefly
  12. Illuminati
  13. Lemon
  14. Lightning
  15. Lightning Bug
  16. Mellow Yellow
  17. Minion Mobile
  18. Python
  19. Solar Flare
  20. Spicy Mustard
  21. Sunflower
  22. Sunshine
  23. Tequila Sunrise
  24. Tweety Bird
  25. Wolverine
  26. Yellowjacket

Fast Cars

  1. Apollo
  2. Blink
  3. Bolt
  4. Boomer
  5. Brimstone
  6. Burn/Burner
  7. Clockwork Orange
  8. Demon/Devil
  9. Dust Devil
  10. Emperor Furiosa
  11. Fast
  12. Fast and Furious
  13. Firebrand
  14. Furiosa
  15. Kapow
  16. KO
  17. Lightning
  18. Pacer
  19. Pink Slips
  20. Record Breaker
  21. Roadrunner
  22. Scorch
  23. Screech
  24. Smoke
  25. SpeedX
  26. Swoosh
  27. TKO
  28. Torcher
  29. Usain
  30. Zinger
  31. Zip

Car Names for Big Cars and Trucks

  1. 10-Gallon (Like the hat)
  2. Andre The Giant
  3. Big and Tall
  4. Big Pappa
  5. Bigfoot
  6. Clydesdale
  7. Crusher
  8. Destroyer
  9. Everest
  10. Fat Man
  11. Gladiator
  12. Gorilla
  13. Grande (Or Venti, if you’re a Starbucks fiend)
  14. Gravedigger
  15. High Roller
  16. Maximus
  17. Monster
  18. Nessie
  19. Notorious
  20. Overcompensator
  21. Payday
  22. Slammer
  23. Tank
  24. Titanic
  25. Tone Zone
  26. XXL
  27. Zeus

Car Names for Small Cars

  1. Ally
  2. Blip
  3. Bon Bon
  4. Boop
  5. Cookie
  6. Cupcakes
  7. Dottie
  8. Kenny
  9. Kipp
  10. Kisses
  11. Kit
  12. Kutcher
  13. Lovebug
  14. Olly
  15. Pickle
  16. Pokie
  17. Polka
  18. Pony
  19. Sugar
  20. Zippy
  21. Zoomies

Fancy Car Names

  1. Allen
  2. Aston
  3. Axe
  4. Baron
  5. Bentley
  6. Brandon
  7. Clayton
  8. Cleopatra
  9. Dale
  10. Devin
  11. Fabiola
  12. Jackson
  13. Jazz
  14. Jeffrey
  15. Jeremy
  16. Malcolm
  17. Mark
  18. Martin
  19. Oliver
  20. Otis
  21. Richard
  22. Roger
  23. Romeo
  24. Sampson
  25. Shanae
  26. Stanley
  27. Vincent

Names for RVs

Some people have cars, while others have homes on wheels. Recreational vehicles are arguably one of the coolest set of wheels on the road. So if you have one or are thinking about getting one, here are a few names to keep in mind for naming your whip.

  1. Easy Goin’
  2. Happy Camper
  3. Happy Days
  4. Lazy Days
  5. Rainbow Chaser
  6. RV There Yet?
  7. The Shack
  8. Voyager
  9. Wanderlust
  10. Wayfarer

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