I didn't name my machines until I got a gently used Gammill. She and I were NOT friends at 1st-partly to settings by the previous owner-not bad, just didnt fit me- and operator ignorance. When we MADE friends, I named her Lucy ,,because I had to repeat over and over and over and over 'righty tighty, lefty loosy' when we were making friends. After Lucy, I name them if one comes to me. My 1st 301 is Harriette after my maternal grand mother. One of my Featherweights is Betsy. That one I just like. My Bernina I piece on daily is ,alas, nameless. She is great machine tho!