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* Brandon Sanderson's ''Warbreaker'' also has a sentient sword called "Nightblood".

* In [[Robert A. Heinlein|Heinlein's]] ''[[Tunnel in the Sky]]'' both the main protagonist and his sister have foot-long Bowie-knives that they've named. The sister's is "Lady Macbeth". The protagonist's knife is called Colonel Bowie, showing an unfortunate lack of creativity on his part. ''Glory Road'' has Lady Vivamus, explicitly introduced as being just like the next example.

* Another Heinlein example, though not about a weapon this time. In his Juvenile novel ''[[Have Space ~~Suit - Will~~ Travel]]'', the main character names his titular suit Oscar and has conversations with it. In one particular case, it even gives him a pep talk as he {{spoiler|lays dying on the surface of Pluto}}. Note that though it's never mentioned outright, there's no indication that he actually believes he's talking to his suit.

* Another Heinlein example, though not about a weapon this time. In his Juvenile novel ''[[Have Space Suit—Will Travel]]'', the main character names his titular suit Oscar and has conversations with it. In one particular case, it even gives him a pep talk as he {{spoiler|lays dying on the surface of Pluto}}. Note that though it's never mentioned outright, there's no indication that he actually believes he's talking to his suit.

* In [[Fritz Leiber]]'s ''[[Fafhrd And The Grey Mouser]]'' series, Fafhrd wields a sword he calls Greywand, while his partner, the Grey Mouser, wields a sword and a dagger he calls Scalpel and Cat's Claw. However, Fafhrd calls ''any'' sword he happens to be carrying Greywand, and whatever sword and dagger The Mouser wields become Scalpel and Cat's Claw. They go through many, many, many of these over the course of the stories, and therefore this is perhaps a purer example of the trope than many of the other examples: Fafhrd's sword is called "Graywand" not because of any special properties it has, but simply because that's what he calls it.

* In Garth Nix's ''[[Old Kingdom]]'' series, Lirael's sword Nehima keeps ''changing its own inscription'' every time she looks at it.

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* [[Good Eats|Alton Brown]] named his favorite pizza peel "[[The Avengers (TV series)|Emma]]".

* In ''[[Farscape]]'', John Crichton names his most reliable pulse pistol "Winona". It gets to the point where if Winona misfires he automatically assumes it's because ''he'' didn't properly maintain her (which, as any gun enthusiast can probably tell you, isn't that unreasonable a belief). A [[Lampshade Hanging]] is hung about this at one point in the episode "John Quixote": "That's a nice sword... You should give it a name, like 'Cameron' or 'Uma'."

* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S4 E1 The Smugglers|The Smugglers]]'', Cherub has a knife named Tommy Tickler.

* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S4/E01 The Smugglers|The Smugglers]]'', Cherub has a knife named Tommy Tickler.

* In ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]'', Gene Hunt has a crowbar that he calls [[Cowboy Cop|"The Search Warrant"]].

* In ''[[The Roman Mysteries (TV series)|Roman Mysteries]]'', the door-slave (and former gladiator) Caudex has a gladius he calls "Flora"; named, we are told, after an ex-girlfriend with a sharp tongue.

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* Also, Bubs' "Lawyers" (read: fists), Jacobi and Meyers.

* Chaz Villette in ''[[Shadow Unit]]'' has a ''sourdough starter'' named Elmer. {{spoiler|Not anymore, he doesn't.}}

** And Daphne, referring to [[~~Straight~~ ~~Gay~~]] Agent Brady, says, "When he was in the Army, he gave his rifle a boy's name."

** And Daphne, referring to [[Invisible to Gaydar]] Agent Brady, says, "When he was in the Army, he gave his rifle a boy's name."

* A video by [[YouTube|YouTuber]] Blunty3000 features a ninja who has named his sword "Suzette".

* From ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'', we have the Blue Team's Tank named "Sheila".

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* Burt from [[Were Alive|We're Alive]] calls his Desert Eagle "Shirley" after his dead wife.

* [[Chakona Space]] gives us Neal Foster's shotgun, ''Betsy''.

* From ''[[Not Always Right]]'': [http://notalwaysright.com/make-a-bullet-point-about-bertha/7542 Bertha the shotgun].

* From ''[[(The Customer is) Not Always Right]]'': [http://notalwaysright.com/make-a-bullet-point-about-bertha/7542 Bertha the shotgun].

* Nappa from ''[[Dragonball Z Abridged|Dragon Ball Z Abridged]]'' named the Saibamen Snoogums, Foofoo, Cabbagehead, Other Cabbagehead, and Vegeta Junior.

* ''[[RWBY]]'': Ruby Rose with Crescent Rose (and to a lesser degree weapons in general, although she doesn't name other people's weapons).

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* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', when Rarity is corrupted by greed and thinks that a huge boulder is actually a diamond, she carries it around and names it Tom.

** In "The Mysterious Mare-Do-Well", we learn Applejack has nicknamed her hind legs "Bucky McGillicutty" and "Kicks McGee".

* One of the strigoi (vampire-like creatures that suck blood from dragons instead of humans) in ''[[American Dragon Jake Long]]'' named his fangs "Lefty" and "Bitey".

* One of the strigoi (vampire-like creatures that suck blood from dragons instead of humans) in ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]'' named his fangs "Lefty" and "Bitey".

* The EVO-hating Hunter Cain in ''[[Generator Rex]]'' carries a gun emblazoned with the name "Sweet Caroline" in his first appearance.

* Parodied in ''[[Futurama]]'', when Amy and Nibbler go after the dean that denied Amy her doctorate: