Naming weapons is pretty sweet, but with the amount of customization you can do, I'm not going to bother with anything clever, I think. Unless, I make the ultimate weapon and never want to use anything else. Otherwise they'll just get a very descriptive name, sorta like the default one =)

Shotgun with Intimidation Perk - S.T.F.U.!

Or a pistol called "Do they speak English in What?" or "Allow me to retort".

What?

I will make a Plasma Scattergun and call it the Blunderblaster.

Well my sniper rifle will be named "Sinful Butterfly".

Pay homage where homage is due.

Gona put a suppressor on it and make it Quiet?

Railway sniper rifle name: The long-range sticky note

I probably won't be naming any weapons unless they display a unique "personality" (for lack of a better term).

Weapon names are derived from a belief in ages past that some weapons, in one way or another, became imbued with a soul or a spirit.

In Western military cultures a feminine personality is quite often ascribed to personal weapons and are given appropriate names.

Some weapons are said to have a masculine personality and of course will also be given appropriate names.

Other weapons will have a masculine or feminine characteristics attributed to them but not enough to have a "personality" and will go unnamed.

These weapons will normally be referred to by name or he/she/him/her.

There is another class of weapons that are considered "soulless". It is said that these weapons just want to kill and maim and don't really care who they kill and maim. Weapons like caltrops are considered soulless. All unattended weapons are considered soulless but the classification isn't limited to only unattended weapons. These weapons are never named and are always referred to as "it".

Most weapons produced today are made on an assembly line and while they are designed to be identical there is usually some variation in characteristics from one weapon to the next. Every so often one comes off the line that is an outlier. This weapon is a candidate for naming (along with the few weapons that are not created on an assembly line with standard parts). Here is where my problem lies with naming a Fallout 4 weapon. Even though the weapons, nor their parts are not created on an assembly line, they are all identical. Not identical within tolerances, but IDENTICAL, exact duplicates across all game installs. The only way to have a weapon with a unique "personality" would be to create a mod with a new weapon and NEVER SHARE THAT MOD WITH ANYONE.

Having said that, if I do name a weapon, I think I will name him, Bill or George. Anything but Sue!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rSQj44IJvQ

Might steal some names from borderlands that series had some funny named weapons,the shotgun "bilateral Facetime" was a particular fav of mine

Well, quite a few of the unique weapons in the Fallout series are named, but don't visually differ from their generic counterparts. Naming a weapon, I think, is simply a personal thing. If it has helped you out of a hairy situation, or if it has killed a certain number of enemies or something, you may decide to name it.

In FO4, with all the unique weapons you can now create yourself, it's certainly nice to be able to name them if you come up with a truly unique combination. Makes me wonder how wonky the NPS weapons will be. Is there a list of generic weapons that spawn on NPCs, and then only you can break them down and make something unique, or will there be crazy modded weapons floating around the wasteland already?

"Never Forget" - The 10mm pistol ill be leaving the vault with, and the sidearm I will keep on my person for a very long time.

"Never Surrender" - Some form of assault rifle, preferably automatic and with a bayonet. If the military background for the male sole survivor is true then he'll be right at home using the standard issue assault rifle. Looks like the old R91 is no longer in the game, I wonder what the new gun marked "Assault Rifle" is called and how it fits into the lore.

Understand, I am not talking about visible differences. An example would be the M16A1, a weapon that I am very familiar with. Each one, is a little bit different than all the others. They need different settings to be sighted in. It may sound slightly different than the others when a round is chambered. recoil may be slightly softer, etc. These are things I was talking about pertaining to their "personality". They all look about the same, but each one is slightly different than all the others. Every once in a while you will run into one that is significantly different than the others. Not necessarily better or worse, just significantly different. I am not enough of a poet to really describe it well other than to say they "feel" different.

Truth be told, I have never had a penchant for naming weapons, even the unique ones. If someone else names theirs I will go along with it, but with mine I have never really considered it.

I've named a couple of my swords, but only because I really like them and I've done well with them.

I'll be calling my assault rifle with bayonet "Shooty McStabby".

there will likely be a lot of swear words

Ok, I have to ask...

Why not Stabby McShooty?

His policy is "Shoot first, stab later".

So many options here. To mind immediately comes the Rock-It Launcher, or Junk Jet I think it's called now.

Loaded with Pre-War Books, skill magazines, or comics? Clearly what you have now is...The Canon Cannon.

Eyeglasses? Obviously you're wielding the Gannon Cannon. Or the Arcade Cavalcade.

Beer bottles? There Will Be Bud. Or, since we Americans are well aware of how the rest of the world jokes about most of our home brews, perhaps Dirty Water is a more apt ammo?

Along that same naming theme, what about "I Drink It!" loaded with Milk Bottles?

Ooh, what about Railroad Spikes. Hype Train Inc? Choo Choo [censored]! ?

There's one of them in every crowd.

Just spread the love across the wastes

Rusted Speculum.

The flower idea. It's a really good one. Definitely gonna name a rifle Black Widow though.

Bleeding Heart. One of my favorite flowers. Could be a pretty cool name for a gun.

I would love to make a pepperbox shot gun with If you can read this,you are close enough" engraved on the front of the barrels...