From Knight Rider’s KITT to the Batmobile, there are a lot of famous names in black cars.
But this isn’t about other people’s raven roadsters.
This is about your black baby, your obsidian auto, your charcoal chariot.
Our black car nicknames run the gamut from the cutesy and basic to the truly road-ripping.
And since the best black car name is the one that’s right for your ride, we’ve broken these names for black cars up by car type to help you choose just the right tag, whether you’re tooling around in a coupe or taking up road space in a full-size SUV.
Nicknames For Any Black Car
These names are pulled from black color names and objects that are well-known to be black.
They work well for any type of vehicle:
- Ash
- Bagheera (if you love you some Jungle Book)
- Batman
- Beetle
- Black Bandit
- Black Gold
- Black Manta (if you love you some Aquaman)
- Black Panther
- Black Swan
- Black Widow
- Blackie/Blacky (doesn’t get much more basic than this)
- Carbon
- Coal
- Crow
- Currant
- Daffy (as in the Duck)
- Damien (from The Omen)
- Darkness
- Darth Vader/Vader
- Dementor
- Demon
- Devil
- Dracula
- Dusky
- Ebony
- El Diablo
- Felix (from Felix the Cat)
- The Fly
- Gomez (as in Addams)
- Grackle
- Greaser
- Inkwell
- Inky
- Jet
- Licorice
- Lucifer
- Maleficent
- Mickey (for the Mouse)
- Midnight
- Minnie (as in the Mouse)
- Morion (black quartz)
- Morticia (as in Addams)
- Neo (from The Matrix)
- Nera/Nero (black in Italian)
- Night
- Nightfall
- Nightshade
- Ninja
- Noir (black in French)
- Nox
- Obsidian
- Oil
- Onyx
- Orca
- Oscuro
- Panther
- Pepé Le Pew (perfect for a black and white ride)
- Pepper
- Phantom
- Pitch
- Preta/Preto (black in Portuguese)
- Raven
- Sable
- Schwarz (black in German)
- Severus (as in Snape from Harry Potter)
- Shadow
- Silhouette
- Sirius Black (from Harry Potter)
- Smoke/Smoky
- Snape (from Harry Potter)
- Sooty
- Spider
- Squid
- Starry Night
- Storm
- Sylvester (from Looney Tunes)
- Tar
- Thunder
- Vamp
- Venom (if you love you some Spiderman)
- Wasp
- Wednesday (as in Addams)
- Wraith
- Zorro
Nicknames For Black Cars (Smaller Vehicles)
These are some black car names we like best for smaller vehicles, like sedans, coupes, and sports cars.
- Ant
- Baby Bat
- Black Sesame
- Blackbird
- Gnat
- Raisin
- Toothless (from How to Train Your Dragon)
Nicknames For Black Trucks & SUVs
These are some black car names we like best for larger vehicles, like trucks and SUVs.
- Angus
- Black Bear
- Black Blizzard
- Black Stallion
- Blackout
- Cujo
- King Cobra
Black-ish Names For Cars
And here are some car names that aren’t explicitly based on black things, but have some connection with black:
- Black Dahlia
- Black Diamond
- Black Jasper
- Black Pearl
- Black Sesame
- Black Star
- Black Steel
- Black Velvet
- Cosmos
- Death
- Dracula
- Eclipse
- Galaxy
- Gloomy
- Goth
- Grim Reaper
- Mort
- Mystique
- Olive
- The Blob
- The Deep
- The Reaper
- The Void
Even More Names For Black Cars
If none of the above names are quite good enough for your rockin’ black ride, you can always mix and match these names or add them to a new word to try to create a unique car moniker entirely your own.
Maybe even throw in a little alliteration to sweeten the sound?
Here are a few more possibilities:
- Abyss Explorer
- Abyssmium
- Afterdark
- Black Comet
- Black Ice
- Black Nova
- Comet Crasher
- Dark Hour
- Dark Knight
- Dark Matter
- Dark Sky
- Darkstar
- Dusk Drifter
- Ebony Eagle
- Evening Echo
- Eventide
- Lunar Shadow
- Midnight Marauder
- Midnight Mirage
- Moonchaser
- Moondust
- Moonhusk
- Moonpie
- Moonshadow
- Night Beacon
- Night Ninja
- Night Vision
- Night Whisper
- Nightcrawler
- Obsidian Outlaw
- Obsidian Pearl
- Obsidian Wing
- Onyx Outlaw
- Onyx Phantom
- Phantom Prowler
- Pitch Prowler
- Raven Quill
- Shadow Sprinter
- Shadow Whisper
- Starlight Shadow
- Starweaver
- Stealth Streak
And there you have them, more than 150 black car names.
Hope we’ve given you enough ideas to help you create the perfect name for your own onyx auto.