Comments on: Help me "name" our new black Prius

Question: Help me "name" our new black Prius

seekingsimplicity — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:03:50 -0800

I would like help "naming" our brand new black with tan interior '08 Toyota Prius. I have always loved names for cars that make them seem like part of the family-----my friend's red Subaru was "Ruby" etc. Another friend's caravan was Carrie and so on. What are some suggestions you have for names for our new black Prius? We are a family of 5 with 2 teens and a tween living in the Pacific Northwest. (I do not know if that matters!) Thank you!

By: SpecialK

SpecialK — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:10:20 -0800

What's the plate number? I had a car with the Oregon plate starting in 'BRE', and the car became "Breanna"

By: The World Famous

The World Famous — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:10:55 -0800

Black & Tan

Ed Begley, Jr.

By: M.C. Lo-Carb!

M.C. Lo-Carb! — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:11:05 -0800

Kevin

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:14:08 -0800

Guiness

By: GaelFC

GaelFC — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:16:23 -0800

I call my Seattle-based Civic Hybrid "Fiddy," because it gets 50 mpg and because of a bumper sticker I saw that says "Hybrid: Runs on 50% less war."

By: nnk

nnk — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:22:31 -0800

Olive Oil, as in Popeye but also as in, something, somehow, it may be a stretch, with using less oil and some kind of play on 'live.'

it's a stretch.

Maybe just Olive because it's black?

By: doctor_negative

doctor_negative — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:28:44 -0800

Sparky

By: mattbucher

mattbucher — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:32:15 -0800

Smoky, as in Bandit.

By: mdonley

mdonley — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:34:16 -0800

Suzanne.

By: Oddly

Oddly — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:34:19 -0800

K.I.T.T.

By: sanko

sanko — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:38:31 -0800

Frank.

By: sociolibrarian

sociolibrarian — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:40:43 -0800

Nightie

By: zippy

zippy — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:41:09 -0800

Voltron

By: taliaferro

taliaferro — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:43:14 -0800

Priam?

By: b33j

b33j — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:46:37 -0800

According to Wikipedia: Georgius Cuprios (George of Cyprus) was a Byzantine geography of the seventh century. He is known for his Descriptio orbis Romani, written in the decade 600-610. AKA Georgios Cyprius. So call it Cy, or George.

By: Joleta

Joleta — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:49:04 -0800

Check out this thread from Priuschat.

By: vytae

vytae — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:51:07 -0800

Black and Tan? Dobie. Like doberman. Or Gillis.

Or pick a random human name that you love - I just named my new car Betty literally 3 minutes ago. The key, I found, was to first brainstorm a list and then decide which one fits. Take your list out to the driveway and address your car by each name. See which one feels right.

By: Ironmouth

Ironmouth — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:55:38 -0800

Klaus

By: Mr_Crazyhorse

Mr_Crazyhorse — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:56:55 -0800

Oscar

By: infinitewindow

infinitewindow — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:01:59 -0800

Cleavon

By: LobsterMitten

LobsterMitten — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:04:38 -0800

Stubby

By: 23skidoo

23skidoo — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:06:20 -0800

my friend's red Subaru was "Ruby" etc. Another friend's caravan was Carrie and so on. What are some suggestions you have for names for our new black Prius?

Percy, if it's a boy. Priscilla if it's a girl.

By: MaxK

MaxK — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:19:17 -0800

Ruby, eh? Name this one Python.

Or PHP: Hybrid Prius

Or you could go with the fine tradition of giving your vessel a woman's name. Like Ada. Or Perl.

I'll stop. Just call it "Fluffy."

By: notsnot

notsnot — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:20:28 -0800

Quite frankly, I would hold off naming the vehicle. You can't properly name a car until you get to know it - usually, a month or so of driving is enough. My impala was christened "Sally" but goes by Big Red - everyone in my family, friends, etc never refer to her as "the impala". My truck is Kurt (read backwards) because it likes to do things the hard way. My CRX, though, has always preferred to be anonymous, though I sometimes refer to it as "little red".

Seriously, give it a month. I know of a rather burly pickup truck that goes by Alice, another truck of the same vintage named Wilbur, and a funny little Nash Rambler that goes by Edna. You can't necessarily tell the sex of a car at first glance.

By: rob511

rob511 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:24:22 -0800

Dovebar
Mel (short for melanin or melanocyte)
Pigment Markham
Sammy Davis III (black and Jewish)*
* ducks *

By: rob511

rob511 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:34:06 -0800

Also, since "Prius" sounds vaguely classical, you could refer to the car formally by its surname:
Eulaichus

By: jclovebrew

jclovebrew — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:38:36 -0800

Primus

By: keep it tight

keep it tight — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:39:26 -0800

How about "Nisi"?

By: wafaa

wafaa — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:43:08 -0800

Satchmo.

By: wafaa

wafaa — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:49:34 -0800

On preview, I agree with notsnot. I waited until the very last minute before I named my second-born "Sam". He had to "live up to" the name (or something like that...).

By: pmbuko

pmbuko — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:58:45 -0800

Schwarz. German for black, or as in "bigger than mine".

By: pmbuko

pmbuko — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:59:50 -0800

make that "as big as mine"

By: ian1977

ian1977 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:04:57 -0800

Al Gore JR.

By: ian1977

ian1977 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:06:09 -0800

or even better...

Hal Gore

Part Hal from 2001, part former VP

By: The Esteemed Doctor Bunsen Honeydew

The Esteemed Doctor Bunsen Honeydew — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:13:17 -0800

Karl

By: and hosted from Uranus

and hosted from Uranus — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:19:26 -0800

Priapus

By: John Kenneth Fisher

John Kenneth Fisher — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:29:15 -0800

Doctor Love.

By: gursky

gursky — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:37:50 -0800

i agree that you have to know the car for a while before naming it.

although i knew what kind of car i'd be buying and i was set on the name Leo (one of my favourite characters from a book), after driving the car a few times i had to name him Elliott -- it's just who he is!

but some great car names, to help out: Chuck, Ernie, Jet, and Klyde.

By: zippy

zippy — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:39:52 -0800

There's a black Prius in my town with the license plate "DARK NRG" (the owner is a cosmologist).

By: thinman

thinman — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:44:40 -0800

Dr. Daniel Jackson.

By: padraigin

padraigin — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:50:42 -0800

Rachel Carson.

(get it? CARson? The Silent Spring lady? Yeah?)

I do agree that you have to get to know a car before you name it though.

By: gottabefunky

gottabefunky — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:09:33 -0800

Nougat

By: chococat

chococat — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:27:42 -0800

Denise.

By: briank

briank — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:36:11 -0800

Wiggles McSnickerpuss

By: peacay

peacay — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:44:19 -0800

Hey isn't the Prius one of those fancyshmancy American allegedly environmentally friendly beasts that help allay the consumption guilt associated with owning a house that has 4 times the capacity of Tasmania, packed with a quarter tonne of ozone depleting electronic devices and a garage containing 3 other superfluous vehicles?

I'd call it Demi.

By: buka

buka — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:45:23 -0800

Bean (or Beanie).

By: strawberryviagra

strawberryviagra — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:54:35 -0800

There is no other appropriate name for this car than Barry, I'm afraid.

By: KokuRyu

KokuRyu — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:12:14 -0800

How about 'Your Favorite Band Sucks?'

By: B-squared

B-squared — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:18:06 -0800

Otto

By: caddis

caddis — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:46:40 -0800

Caddis is a good name.

By: meehawl

meehawl — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:47:23 -0800

"GTT"

Greener Than Thou

By: spinturtle

spinturtle — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:24:34 -0800

Steve.

By: 4ster

4ster — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:34:42 -0800

The Rotweiler

Brian

Oreo

Snickers

Prince (or the Car Formerly Known As Prius)

By: zaphod

zaphod — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:52:28 -0800

Gertrude

By: The Great Big Mulp

The Great Big Mulp — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:27:43 -0800

Mitchell

By: John Kenneth Fisher

John Kenneth Fisher — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:31:17 -0800

Quasmasisi Alpha McBoneswaggle

By: tamitang

tamitang — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:44:43 -0800

Russ

By: rachelpapers

rachelpapers — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:25:46 -0800

I've always favored "The Toyota Pious."

By: kjs4

kjs4 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:53:19 -0800

I was going to protest the Percy suggestion, as it is neither green nor small nor cheeky.

However, if you're in the US, it is both green and small, relatively speaking. Cheeky, sot so much.

By: BuddhaInABucket

BuddhaInABucket — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:30:20 -0800

I named my Prius 'Steve,' after Steve Prefontaine, the famous runner also went by 'Pre'. Like Prefontaine, my Prius could just keep on going forever on one tank of gas!
A topical update? How about Haile, after Haile Gebrselassie, who just set a new world record in the marathon? He's black, so it works with the color theme, too ;)

By: Cranberry

Cranberry — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:59:09 -0800

Nice tribute but you know Prefontaine died in a car crash?

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:08:08 -0800

Richard. "Runs on freebase and drives hotter than hell"

By: box

box — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:57:48 -0800

Artemis
Benito
Chandler
Dorothy
Edsel
Farley
Geronimo
Herbie
Ike
Joe
King Creole
Leo
Major Taylor
Nantucket
Ophelia
Portia
Quentin
Robotron
Selassie
Tintoretto
Ulysses
Vera
Willie
Xerxes
Yossarian
Zeno

By: Pallas Athena

Pallas Athena — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:03:47 -0800

A good friend of mine named her Prius Radical Edward because of its mad computer sk1llz.

By: box

box — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:44:31 -0800

Zarathustra
Yuengling
Xaviera
Winky
Vlad the Impaler
Upchuck
Tristan Taormino
Sade
Rambo
Quicksilver
Palindrome
Orpheus
Narwhal
Mr. Majestic
Loblolly
Kid Galahad
Jesum Crow
Isidora
Heironymous
Germaine
Fruit
Eek-a-Mouse
Dipstick
Candy Darling
Beyonce
Andy Dick

By: nowonmai

nowonmai — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:11:50 -0800

Thirding Jemima.