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I think it's kinda messed up to name a person after a pet. HOWEVER, I don't think that if you named a child Gwen, her namesake would be the horse. I think you just have positive associations with the name Gwen from that. It doesn't make it "honoring."

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I knew a family who named their dog Puanani (it means beautiful flower I think...she was Hawaiian) because it was their absolute favorite name. Then, they had a daughter and wanted to name her Puanani. They did so, and renamed the dog "Killer." Yeah.