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I don't like movies, especially if I loved the book they were based on. So, I don't know if this happened in the Mary Poppins movie, but in the book it certainly did: Mary Poppins can, of course, talk to animals, including the very spoilt little dog named Andrew who belongs to a neighbour. The children mock him, but she ticks them off: there's more to him than they know. And up turns a large, homeless dog and Andrew makes friends with him. Andrew's owner wants to get rid of New Dog, and M P explains to her that if that happens, Andrew will go with his friend. Eventually, she believes this and agrees to adopt New Dog, which will need a name, like Waif or Stray ... M P interrupts her and says that the dogs insist that she call him Willoughby - 'Willoughby being his name'! And the owner has to swallow her pride and let her real love for her own dog enable her to welcome even a stray named Willoughby!
So, human name, no, not at all. Not a question of gender; more of species. Definitely canine.