How to name you Camper, Van or RV? 850 Cool names to choose from

So, you’ve just bought an RV, and want to name it. Here are some helpful tips.

The last time we went camping, I asked my husband what the name of our camper was. After a long pause, he replied, “The white one.” 🙂

I’m not sure if he was joking or not. If he wasn’t, then it makes sense that this would be the first question that popped into his mind. We have a large family and so do most of our friends. We also have three young children and so do many of our friends. It is quite common for families to own two or three campers. But why on earth do we give them names? Why does the Hendersons’ camper need a name?

First, think of a unique name. You need to find a good combination of words you like. Maybe you can use the name of a famous explorer. Examples are: “Marco”, “Tintin”, “Atom”, “Uranium”. It is also possible to use the names of your parents or friends. The most popular names for campers are: “Rambo”, “Janet(e)”, “Summer” and “Caravan”.

Here’s a list of 850 RV names to help you brainstorm, separated by category:

Cool RV Names

Here are some tips on how to find a cool RV name:

Keep it short, but do not make it plain. The long names just look tacky and don’t seem like an important vehicle. Also, choose something that has a story behind it that you can share with friends while on the road!

Pick a preferred theme. If you love sports, pick something related to that or that represents your favorite team. If you love science, try and pick something related to that. Make sure it’s funny and memorable!

Don’t go over the top with your theme. You don’t want to look silly when parked at a campsite or gas station. Pick one main theme and expand from there.

Here’s our list:

• A Streetcar Named Retired
• Adventure before dementia
• Adventure-van
• Adventurer
• Backseat Van
• Barbie
• Bat Van
• Bessie
• Betty
• Big Bertha
• Blackmail
• Born free.
• Bugsy
• Cabin Fever
• Camp (your family’s last name)
• Captain (insert your name)
• Caravan fever
• Caravan of Courage
• Carefree
• Cheering it on
• CMore (or See-More)
• Coming off the sidewalk
• Cousin Eddie
• Desert Rose
• Did-ya-bring-a-beer-along
• Doin’ it-our-way
• Dream Chasher
• Dream-travellers
• Dreamcatcher
• Drifter
• Dynamite
• Elvis
• Empty nest
• Empty Nesters
• Enjoy the Journey
• Enjoy the moment
• Evie Evertude
• Explore Everyday
• Far from home
• Flower Power 
• Flying the blow
• Follow your dreams
• Following our dreams
• Free Willy
• Freedom Flyer
• Fun Finder
• Fun in the sun
• Gertridge
• Get Lost
• Get out there
• Getting Riggy With It
• Gidget
• Glampers United
• Going Everywhere Slowly
• Goodbye
• Gossip Station
• Groovin ‘Along
• Gypsy Hilton
• Happy Glamper
• Harvey
• Harvey RV
• Home away from home
• Home Sweet Home
• Home2Go
• Homemade happiness
• I got the ball rolling
• I love the 70s
• I will see you there
• In For the Long Haul
• Into the Forest
• It’s our dream
• Jean-Claude-Van-Dam
• Jolly Trolly
• Keep Moving Forward
• Keepin’-the-dream-alive
• Lady
• Lancelot
• Lazy Days
• Let the Journey Begin
• Looking-for-Aventura
• Lucille or Lucy (named after the movie The Long, Long Trailer)
• Luvin-our-holiday
• Magic Carpet Ride
• Making Memories
• Mansion on the road
• Mario
• Matilda
• Mile Marker
• Molly
• Moon Van
• Movin ‘and Groovin’
• Movin’ On
• No-lookin-back
• NO9to5
• Northern Star
• Odin
• Oh the Places We Go
• On tour
• One Love
• Optimums Prime
• Our Happy Place
• Overlanders
• Pac-Van
• Pack-up-your-troubles
• Party Bus
• Party of (fill in the number)
• Party Wagon
• Pegasus
• Queen Mary (or another name)
• Rainbow Chaser
• Rambler
• Ramblin Rose
• Rarely Inn
• Reflecting
• Rest for a while
• Road Warriors
• Rolling Thunder
• Roughing
• Rudy
• Runaway Van
• RV (Retirement Vehicle)
• RV There Yet?
• Scout
• Sea-breeze
• Second Act
• See you later
• Serenity
• Serenity Now
• Sleepy Doo
• Soul Searching
• Spend our children’s inheritance
• Spider Van
• Stagecoach
• Stella
• Sun Chaser
• Sunset Seeker
• Surf Sol Arena
• Sweety
• Taking the slow way
• The (Your Last Name) on Tour
• The Beast
• The Big Bambino
• The big one
• The Dragon’s Lair
• The Jolly Tom
• The last resort
• The Long Haul
• The Mystery Machine
• The Party Bus
• The rolling palace
• The Shack
• The Ship
• The Tin Can
• This is living
• Tin Van
• Tin-haven
• Totally Hitched
• Tourists in Transit
• Trailer Trash
• Traveler
• Travellers
• Tripper
• United States of a Caravan
• Vicky VIscount
• Voyager
• Waltzing Matilda 
• Wander Woman
• Wanderer
• Wandering Star
• Wayfarer
• We-love-our-van
• We’ve-been-everywhere
• Weekend Van
• White Whale
• Wonderland
• Yeti
• Yonder

Funny RV Names

If you’re the funny type, why not go with a pun or a play on words? I’m sure you can easily come up with something funny yet memorable, but you can always use one from this list:

• Plan B
• Tour Bus
• 5-Star Hotel
• A Million Miles
• AmeriCarivan
• Bailgadi
• Beefy
• Beginnings
• Big Nasty
• Bigfoot
• Bing Bong
• Bob Marley and the Trailers
• Brace for Impact
• Bucket list
• Cabin Fever 
• Camper-can
• Camperzilla
• Camping Chariot
• Chillin’ and Grillin’
• City Ditchers
• Close But No CigaRV
• College fund
• Connie the Condominium on wheels
• Convoy Starter
• Country Road Don’t Take Me Home
• Drive
• Duck Duck Gooseneck
• Early Retirement
• Fifth Wheel Estate
• Fifth Wheel’s a Charm
• floppy
• Fun Finders
• Get Riggy With It
• Glamping Gals
• Go Go Gooseneck
• Going Nowhere Nowly
• Grateful Dad
• Grey Nomads Mobile: GNM for short
• Gypsy Girl
• Hamsafar
• Happy-days-new-night
• Highway Patrol
• Hill-arious
• Home on Wheels
• Home Sweet Roam
• Honeymoon Station
• Hoof hearted
• Hot Dog!
• I Camp Alone
• I Sleep In My Vehicle
• In Tents Trailer
• It’s Drive O’Clock Somewhere
• Itchy Feet
• Itinerant home
• Jam Inn
• Jolene
• Junction
• Just Hitched
• KarenVan
• King of the Hill
• La La Land
• Ladybug
• Land Cruiser
• Last House on the Left
• Lazy Ass
• Lazy Snoozin’
• Lazy Wanderer
• Life
• Little Otter
• Livin’ on the Road
• Load-a-Lot Inn
• Lost River
• Love Shack
• Marcella
• Midnight Rattlesnake
• Mile Marker 420 (legal states only!)
• Miss B Haven
• Miss Bee Have
• Miss Minooka
• Miss Riggy
• Money Pit
• Mrs. Bee Haven
• My Tent Leaks, So I Got an RV
• Myrtle the Turtle
• Nanny Retreat
• New Adventures
• No Dimentia Adventia’
• No Shoes No Shirt No Problem
• Nomad Nobodies
• Northway
• Oar the Rainbow
• On the Go Campers
• On the Run
• Our Midlife Crisis
• Outdoorsy Kids
• Overnighter
• Parking Our Home
• Pathfinder
• Pleasure Wanderer
• Poppy the Pop Up
• Probably Lost
• Rambo
• Rat Race Rig
• Retired Boy Scout
• Retirement Vehicle
• Riggie Bank
• Riggie Smalls
• Road Home
• Robin van Persie
• Rollin’ Inn
• Rolling House
• Rolling Up
• Rusty D!
• RV Human or RV Dancer?
• RV Maria
• RV there still
• RV Wannabe
• RV: Retirement Vehicle
• Shake the rattle and roll
• Sunsets and Netflix
• Sweet ride
• Taj Mahaul
• Take a Load Off
• Teetotrailer
• The big balls
• The Bionic Van
• The Camper That Could
• The city is gone
• The Empty Nester
• The flying nomad 
• The Great Rig In the Sky
• The Hitchhikers Upgraded
• The Jolly Trolly
• The Kids’ College Fund
• The long and windy road
• The Map Trap
• The Pamper Camper
• The PlayStation
• The Rider of Peace”
• The rolling Stone
• The Rowdy Roller
• The Runaway
• The Tailwagger
• The Wind Breaker
• Thrill-seekers
• Tow Big
• Tow Big or Tow Home
• Trash truck
• Travel Dub
• Travel Van Morrison
• Van Morrison
• We Got a Babysitter
• We-sleep-around
• What’re You Haulerin About
• Wheelin’ and Dealin’
• Wherewithhaul
• Widowmaker

“Adventure” RV Names

If you picture yourself going all out YOLO with your RV, you might want a name that will reflect your adventurous nature.

Here’s a few name to get you started:

• Family Camper
• Adventure Avenue
• Adventure Awaits
• Adventure Junkie
• All Seasons
• Alpine Express
• Always More to See
• American Bison
• Atlas
• Avenue
• Bear Buddy
• Beaver Tail
• Blackbird
• Bliss
• Brave New World
• California Cruiser
• Camp Fly
• Camp Time
• Camp True
• Camp Wilder
• Camping Station
• Clipper 
• Companion
• Compass 
• Condo On Wheels
• conquer
• Country Side
• Directions – East, West, North & South
• Dream Mover
• Dusty
• Dusty Roads
• Faraway Feelin’
• Flash
• Freedom Chariot
• Freightliner
• Get Outside
• Happy Campers
• Headed to Hike
• Healing Through Nature
• Highlander
• Highway
• Honeybee
• Into the Forest We Go
• Into the Woods We Go
• It’s About The Journey
• Joy
• Long and Winding Road
• Looking for the Dirt Roads
• Map Trap
• Mobile
• Mother Nature
• Mount Marcy
• Mountain Lion
• Mountain Mama
• Mountain View
• Mountaineering Machine
• Nature Leaf
• Nature Love
• Nature Shot
• Nature Tek
• Nirvana
• Oasis
• Old Faithful
• One life
• our new camper’s name.
• Outdoor Oasis
• Outdoors Life
• Pileated Woodpecker
• Pulse Nature
• Ranger
• Raptor Nature
• Red Cardinal
• Rendezvous RV
• River Side
• Road Less Traveled
• Road Rambler
• Road Trip Renegade
• Robust
• Route
• Rumpus Machine
• Runaway
• Runway
• Save the Bees
• Soaring Eagle
• Spring
• Suburban
• Summer Camp
• Sunstar Nature
• Tackle Champ
• Take a Hike
• Take the Trails
• Tent Time
• Tent Town
• The Compass
• The Coup Flyer
• The Journey
• The Rainbow Chaser
• The Rambler
• The Road Less Traveled
• The Scenic Route
• The Sun Chaser
• The Twilight Chaser
• Thrill Seeker
• Tornado
• Travel in Tents
• Traveling for Nature
• Tree Hugger
• Trekker
• Twilight Chaser
• UpNorth, UpSouth & etc
• Wanderlust
• Wayfaring Trailer
• Wayfinder
• We Sleep Around
• Weekend
• Weekend Wanderer
• Weekend Warrior
• Weekender
• Wild Wishes
• Willow Woods
• Worldwide
• YOLO

Pop Culture RV Names

The first step to finding a pop culture RV name is deciding what you want your name to be. A good pop culture name is not easily forgotten. It’s also unique, but not so much that it’s hard to remember.

A good way to start is by picking a character from a book or movie that you enjoy. The best kind of names are descriptive ones, such as “the strong man.” If you like pop culture, you’ll probably enjoy thinking up names. Consider the types of names that are out there and think about what your family would call you before coming up with something that works for you.

We found this pop culture RV name database list at BookRVW.com. There are over 1,000 names listed and they are focused on the top most popular RVs (i.e. Airstream). It’s an interesting database to use if you want to find a pop culture RV name.

But here’s a few ideas:

• A Hard Day’s Night
• A Streetcar Named Desire
• Ash
• Badlands
• Batman
• Batmobile
• Black Panther
• Breaking Bad
• Captain America
• Casablanca
• Cat On a Hot Tin Roof
• Catdog
• Chip
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
• Columbo
• Cool Hand Luke
• Courage the Cowardly Dog
• Cuckoo’s Nest
• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Davy Jones
• Dazed and Confused
• Deadpool
• Dick Van Dyke
• Doctor Who
• Driving Miss Daisy
• Ethan Hunt
• Eve
• Forrest Gump
• Gilligan’s Island
• Gone With the Wind
• Goodfellas
• Gossip Girl
• Groot
• Hamilton
• Happy Days
• Harry Potter
• Herbie
• Herman Munster
• Hey Arnold
• Indiana Jones
• Iron Man
• Jack Sparrow
• Keeping up with the X {Your surname}
• King Kong
• Ladybird
• Loki
• Magic School Bus
• MASH
• Maximus
• Miss Julie
• Moby Dick
• Monty Python
• Mr. Rogers
• Neo
• Only Fools and Horses
• Optimus Prime
• Out of the Box
• Parks and Recreation Vehicle
• Rebel Without a Cause
• Reservoir Dog
• Rio Bravo
• Robin Hood
• Stay Golden, Ponyboy
• Superman
• Tardis
• Tennessee Williams
• The Batmobile
• The Cuckoo’s Nest
• The Dude
• The Magic School Bus
• The Man With No Name
• The Millennium Falcon
• The Minions
• The Philadelphia Story
• The Tempest
• The Terminator 
• The Titanic
• The Twilight Zone
• The X Wing
• Titanic
• V
• Waiting for Godot
• Walker
• Wall-E
• Winnie
• Wolverine
• Woody
• Yoda

Inappropriate RV Names

If you want something edgier, there are plenty of options too! You’re sure to get a laugh from one of these 🙂

• Afternoon Delight
• Antennas Up
• Back That Thang Up
• Backseat Bone
• Backseat Boner
• Beeer
• Beer-o-clock
• Big Behind
• Big Rolling Turd
• Camp Queen
• Charlie Roads
• Checking the Oil
• Children’s College Fund
• Class C
• Cram A Lot In
• Damn Good
• Dug
• Fake Camper
• Free Candy
• Free Free Free
• Free Hugs
• Fun Digger
• FunHub
• Hauling Ass
• Hubba Hubba
• If the Van’s A-Rockin’
• It Gets Bigger
• Junk
• Just Un-Hitched
• Keeping It Class C
• Lazy Bunny
• Lift Please
• LOL
• Morning Wood
• No Tell Motel
• Not Quite Level
• Not Very Class C
• Over Loaded
• Oye
• Pack and Pork
• Pooper
• Put the word “Anal” in front of the real name of your RV.
• Redneck F%$k Hut
• RVsaurus Stink
• Sleepy
• Spice
• The Aluminum Falcon
• The Big Rig
• The Cougar Bait
• The Cousin Eddie
• The Dipstick
• The Dirty Burger
• The Dog House
• The Don’t Come Knocking When The RVs Rocking
• The Fart Box (ours)
• The FEMA Trailer
• The Honey Wagon
• The Intruder
• The Love Shack
• The Money Pit
• The Party Pooper
• The Pounder
• The Shag Mobile
• The Shag Wagon
• The Shaggin Wagon
• The Shithouse
• The Short Bus
• The Silver Turd
• The Strap On
• The Sugar Shack
• The Turd Wagon
• The Vantichrist
• Varicose Van
• We Come From a Van Down Under
• We Sway Both Ways
• Wood

Song RV Names

To find a song’s RV Name, first you need to know what kind of music it is. Is it rock? Pop? Classical? Rap? Then you need to listen to the music without any distractions and keep listening until you hear the name of the song in your mind.

Afterwards, look at that word and see if it is an ordinary real world word for that kind of music or not. If so, then that was the song’s ordinary real world name and you are done; if not, then keep listening until you hear the name in your mind again and write that down instead. Rinse and repeat until you get to a real world word.* Then type all these down into a text file and run a script on it that will take each RV Name and search for it online in youtube videos etc for you.

Here’s a starting point:

• A Horse with No Name
• Another Brick In the Wall
• Army of Ancients
• Blue Sky
• Blueberry Hill
• Bobby McGee
• Bring It On Home to Me
• Brokedown Palace
• Brown Eyed Girl
• Brown Eyed Girl
• Choice Kingdom (alt-J)
• Creature Comfort
• Free Bird
• Friendship Train
• Girl From the North Country
• Going to California
• Good Golly Miss Molly (Little Richard)
• Graveyard Train (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
• Heartbreak Hotel
• Hey Jude
• Hotel California (The Eagles)
• Innamorata (Dean Martin)
• It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere (Alan Jackson)
• Jackie and Wilson (Hozier)
• Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry)
• Joyful Noise (The Derek Trucks Band)
• Junior’s Place (Junior Kimbrough)
• Layla
• Locomotive Breath (Jethro Tull)
• Long Distance Runaround (Yes)
• Long Strange Trip (Grateful Dead)
• Lucky Old Son (Johnny Cash)
• Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffett)
• Mean Eyed Cat (Johnny Cash)
• Midnite Cruiser (Steely Dan)
• Mighty River (Railroad Earth)
• Minnie the Moocher (Cab Calloway)
• Misty Mountain Hop (Led Zeppelin)
• Morning Train (Peter, Paul & Mary)
• Mr. Soul (Buffalo Springfield)
• My First Car (Vulfpeck)
• My Maria (Brooks & Dunn)
• Mystery Train (Junior Parker)
• Peggy Sue (Buddy Holly)
• Poor Rambler (Sturgill Simpson)
• Praying On the Old Camp Ground (Mississippi John Hurt)
• Proud Mary (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
• Ride Sally Ride
• Ride Sally Ride (Lou Reed)
• Riders on the Storm
• Riders on the Storm (The Doors)
• Road to Nowhere
• Road to Nowhere (Talking Heads)
• Runaway Child (The Temptations)
• Runaway Jim (Phish)
• Saturday Night Special (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• Southern Man (Niel Young)
• Space Oddity (David Bowie)
• St. Stephen (The Grateful Dead)
• Stack Shot Billy (The Black Keys)
• Streamline Woman (Muddy Waters)
• Stumpjumper (Charlie Parr)
• Sweet Caroline
• Sweet Melissa (Allman Brothers Band)
• The “A” Train (Duke Ellington)
• The Great Gig In the Sky (Pink Floyd)
• The Living Is Easy (Ella Fitzgerald)
• The Millionaire Waltz (Queen)
• Thick as a Brick (Jethro Tull)
• This Must Be the Place (Talking Heads)
• Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen)
• Treasure Island (Louis Armstrong)
• Watermelon Man (Herbie Hancock)

Real RV Names

Maybe you want something simple. In that case, why not use a real, common name? Here are some from the top of my mind:

• Albert
• Archibald
• Ashton
• Asoka 
• Bazza
• Bernard
• Bertha
• Bob
• Bobby
• Bolt
• Charles
• Chester
• Clementine
• Darlene
• Frank
• Harry
• Henrietta
• Henry
• Isaac
• James
• James Watt 
• Janice
• Lewis
• Luann
• Lucy
• Mahavira
• Mahavira 
• Mary
• Michael
• Milton
• Myrtle
• Niki
• Roger
• Sachin
• Serena
• Stanley
• Suzanne
• Theodore (Or Teddy)
• Walter
• William
• Neville
• Ruby

Cute RV Names

I guess these ideas were interesting but I couldn’t find a proper category, so I labeled them as “cute”

• A Dreamer and a Doer
• All Aboard
• By-the-By
• Camp Smith (insert your own last name here)
• Captain Clark
• Carefree Camper
• Easy Buster
• Easy Goin’
• Everywhere and Back Again
• Gypsy Trailer
• Hot Diggity Dog
• Leisure Rider
• Liberty Bell
• Magic Bus
• Mary Jane
• Miss Daisy
• Mystic Ranger
• Name your Camper after the brand e.g. Chevy
• Our Humble Abode
• Peace Rider
• Pink Flamingo
• Pretty in Pink
• Queen Bee
• Redhead
• Remembering Amy (pick a loved one’s name you who want to memorialize)
• RnR RV
• Rolling Bungalow
• Stay Golden
• Sugaree
• Sweet Dreams
• The Beat of Our Own Drum
• The Carefree Camper
• The Millers On Tour (you know the drill—switch in your surname for a personal touch!)
• The School Bus
• Traveletter
• Weekend Woman

Pet RV Names

Your RV pet name should be easy to pronounce, at least within the confines of whatever language you speak in common with your partner. Some names are just too hard for people to wrap their mouths around when they’re talking to you on the phone or shouting from across the campground.

Here’s a start:

• Ace
• Apollo
• Bear
• Belle
• Bogey
• Catcher
• Chase
• Cooper
• Daisy
• Dare
• Dazzle
• Duke
• Echo
• Emmy
• Fifi
• Gator
• Happy
• Hope
• Hunter
• JoJo
• Karma
• Logan
• Luke
• Max
• Mia
• Mojo
• Nova
• Peach
• Rocky
• Spencer
• Spirit
• Tango
• Toby
• Tucker
• Zip
• Beast

Girly RV Names

Lastly, if you want something a little cheesier, here are a few options:

• Booboo
• Boomba
• Candy
• Cuddlemuffin
• Girls Just Wanna Have Sun
• Honeybunny
• Hot mess
• Kitty
• Miss Ameri-camper
• Miss Bliss
• Ms. Frizzle
• Pamper Van
• Peachy Keen
• Shorty
• Sweetie
• The Baroness
• The Cara Van (or Kara Van)
• The Pink Flamingo
• The Prarie Princess
• The Queen Bee
• Thelma and Louise
• Tina Touring
• Vanessa
• Wonder Woman
• Betsy
• Minty

So there you have it! About 850 cool RV, Van or Camper names to give you a headstart for your new vehicle.

As a final tip, you might want to try a name generator to get even more ideas, here are 2:

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Let me know which name you come up with in the comments below!