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300+ Names For Black Cars

By Harvey

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 or their names.

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 theme and 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.

Cool & Badass Black Car Names

Is your car an absolute rebel of the road? Then you’ll need a name just as bold and rebellious.

You should be able to find one in these badass and cool names for black cars:

  • Black Mamba
  • Black Pearl
  • Black Reaper
  • Blackout
  • Dark Knight
  • Dark Mirage
  • Dark Tempest
  • Darkfire
  • Darkwave
  • Eclipse
  • Eclipse Enforcer
  • Eclipse Raider
  • Infernal Shadow
  • Midnight Marauder
  • Midnight Runner
  • Moonless Sky
  • Night Fury
  • Night Predator
  • Nightshade
  • Nightstalker
  • Nightwitch
  • Nocturne
  • Obsidian Beast
  • Onyx Eclipse
  • Onyx Enigma
  • Panthera
  • Phantom Edge
  • Phantom Whisper
  • Raven’s Wing
  • Ravenous
  • Sable Stealth
  • Shadow Cruiser
  • Shadow Drifter
  • Shadow Fury
  • Shadow Phantom
  • Shadow Serpent
  • Specter
  • Stealth Mode
  • Stealth Specter
  • Tempest
  • Twilight Phantom

Witty & Funny Black Car Names

Is your car the jester of the highway? Then it deserves a name as playful and clever as its personality.

Here’s our list of witty and funny names for black cars:

  • Backseat Joker
  • Batmobile Reject
  • Bingo Banger
  • Biscuit Buggy
  • Black Babbler
  • Blackberry Jester
  • Blinker Bluffer
  • Broomstick Buggy
  • Bubble Burster
  • Bumper Boogeyman
  • Burnout Bandit
  • Burrito Barge
  • Caffeine Machine
  • Carbon Copy
  • Charcoal Chortler
  • Charcoal Chuckler
  • Chuckle Chariot
  • Dark Giggler
  • Dark Quipper
  • Darth Mater
  • Dimwit Drifter
  • Disco Ninja
  • Dizzy Diesel
  • Doodle Wagon
  • Dusky Doodler
  • Eclipse of the Fart
  • Fizzle Fender
  • Fluffy Fury
  • Gadget Glider
  • Giggling Ghoul
  • Gloom Cruiser
  • Grease Lightning’s Cousin
  • Grim Grinner
  • Hiccup Hatchback
  • Jellybean Jeep
  • Jester Jet
  • Jolly Jumper
  • Ketchup Kart
  • Knight Rider’s Less Successful Cousin
  • Lazy Laser
  • Loafer Locomotive
  • Meander Machine
  • Midnight Misfit
  • Midnight Moocher
  • Midnight Snack
  • Muffin Mover
  • Mystery Machine’s Goth Sister
  • Nappy Nomad
  • Night Ninja
  • Night Owl’s Clunker
  • Nightcap Navigator
  • Noir Nerd
  • Noodle Navigator
  • Omelet Odyssey
  • Pajama Pilot
  • Phantom Fumbler
  • Phantom Prankster
  • Popcorn Prowler
  • Pothole Ninja
  • Puddle Jumper
  • Quack Quest
  • Ramble Roadster
  • Road Rascal
  • Rumble Rover
  • Smudge
  • Snack Smuggler
  • Sneaky Pete
  • Sneezing Shadow
  • Snoring Stallion
  • Soot Scooter
  • Sooty Sidekick
  • Stealth Giggle
  • Tickle Trunk
  • Tootsie Tourer
  • Turbo Turtle
  • Twilight Tattler
  • Waffle Wagon
  • Whimsy Wagon
  • Wiggly Wayfarer
  • Wobble Wheel
  • Wraith Wrangler
  • Yawn Yacht
  • Zigzag Zeppelin
  • Zippy Zebra

Cute Black Car Names

Is your black ride too dang adorable for any other type of name to do?

Capture your baby’s precious appearance with these cute names for black cars:

  • Bear Paw
  • Binky
  • Black Bean
  • Black Cherry Bounce
  • Charcoal Chip
  • Coaly Coo
  • Coco Puff
  • Cupcake
  • Darkling
  • Dusky Doodle
  • Licorice
  • Moony Munchkin
  • Pebble
  • Pepper
  • Pipsqueak
  • Puddle
  • Shadow Giggle
  • Shadow Puff
  • Snickerdoodle
  • Soot Sprite
  • Sooty Bear
  • Sooty Winks
  • Sprinkles
  • Trubble
  • Twilight Tinker
  • Twinkle
  • Velvet Nose

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 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 SUVs & Trucks

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

More Unique Black Car Names

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.