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National Name Your Car Day

Fun · October 2

National Name Your Car Day invites drivers to give their car a proper name, or to share the story behind the one it already has.

National Name Your Car Day falls on Saturday, October 2, 2027. That is 340 days away.

Plenty of cars already have names. Some are called Betsy or Big Blue, some answer to a pun on their make, and some got their names on a long road trip when somebody in the back seat started talking to the dashboard. This day asks the rest of us to catch up.

Naming a car is an old habit, and it makes a certain sense. A car carries you to work, to the beach and to the dentist. It has moods on cold mornings. It makes a particular noise when it turns over, and you learn that noise the way you learn a friend's laugh. Giving it a name is a way of admitting what you already suspected, that the thing has a personality.

Good names tend to come from somewhere. The color is a common starting point, and so is the license plate, the year of a big move, or a quirk like a radio that only plays one station. Older cars often end up with dignified, grandparent names. Small cars get nicknames. A minivan that has hauled three soccer teams may deserve something heroic.

If your car already has a name, today is a chance to tell the story behind it. Family names often have the best ones, passed along with the keys from one driver to the next. If it has gone nameless, take a slow walk around it in the driveway and see what it looks like it should be called.

Ways to celebrate

• Give your car a name based on its color, quirks or history.
• Ask friends and family what they call their cars, and why.
• Write the name on a small tag for the key ring.
• Share a photo of your car with its new name.
• Let a kid in the family suggest a name and take it seriously.

Dates

All national days on October 2

Also on October 2

• National Fried Scallops Day
• Rosh Hashanah
• National Body Language Day

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