Not a fan of giving them names, makes it harder to accept it when they suffer the classical "axe to the head" syndrome.
True, although I find a nice fresh coat of paint is far more dangerous to a figure's health most of the time. If I ever write a rule set I'm including a bonus to hit for any target whose paint job was finished that week just to make the effect explicit.
Of course, unfinished figs would suffer twice as much to start, with the bonus increasing the longer they spend in primer or (shudder) bare metal.