I name them all, sometimes the names are chosen the minute I find them because of the situation they were in, sometimes after I sew on them. I named my beautiful VS2 1888 fiddlebase Shasta because I purchased
her in Shasta county in clear view of beautiful Mount Shasta and she was covered in daisies, maybe Shasta daisies.?
I named another Chanel because she was white and black.
Pfaff 131 is Belle
My FW is Gwyn ( Gwyndolyn )
Green Riccar is Esmeralda
Singer 99 is Petunia Soooo cute!
Spiegel Vogue is Lei Lani
and so on and so forth. Around 40 of them.
I have folders made up for every machine with all of the info about them and manuals. Date repaired, repairs made and if I want keep them in my little collection or if they will be rehomed. I also keep in the folder any test swatches I made with that machine so I have it readily available for anyone that wants to see her stitches.
I have had only one machine that wanted a mans name so far...made in Ireland and it sounded like a tommy gun when I sewed with it. Was going to name it Tommy G. but after careful inspection it was named "parts machine". I have a quite a few with that particular name.
These vintage machines can be a lot of work and exasperations so I make it more fun with the naming.