Things used to transport people — whether they be common cars and boats, airplanes, or fantastical spaceships — are often treated as female by their owners and operators, up to giving them feminine names, if not directly naming them after a woman for sentimental or honorific purposes.

Ships, be they of the seagoing or the stargoing variety, are often but not always referred to as "she" in Western cultures. In this case not only is the ship referred to as she, but she is also named for a woman.