Message: "Petunia" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Petunia

by name_lover (guest)

12/13/2006, 7:36 PM

Has anyone ever known anyone named this? What are your opinions on this name? Would you use it? MN ideas?

THANKS!

Heidi

#Petunia

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- Emma (Emma McHnery)

12/15/2006, 6:11 PM

It sounds a little too old fashioned. Ilove flower names like Rose, Violet, and lilly, but not Petunia.

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- name_lover (guest)

12/14/2006, 8:20 PM

Hey All! I posted this name because I was really curious as to what people's reactions were to it...and thought maybe it had a chance of making a comeback like some names such as Elsie and Mabel do. I think it's unanimous tho...nobody likes it. I personally like it on a dog...I think it's cute. If it weren't for Petunia Pig it might be usable!

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Heidi

- Lumiereslove

12/14/2006, 7:59 AM

I hate it. Sorry. It reminds me of that mean woman in the Harry Potter books Petunia Dursley. It just sounds awful too.

- lotusflower_audra (guest)

12/14/2006, 7:50 AM

its real ugly and reminds me of an old smelly lady............just sayin...

- Missy

12/14/2006, 12:04 AM

I've never known anyone named Petunia and hope not to find anyone with the name. I personally hate it and the only thing that comes to mind are planting petunias in the spring and summer or a certain cartoon pig.

Petunia Paige
Petunia Louise
Petunia Marie
Petunia June
Petunia Josephine
Petunia Lorraine
Petunia Rose
Petunia May
Petunia Grace
Petunia Margaret
Petunia Sierra
Petunia Tabitha
Petunia Bridget
Petunia Elizabeth
Petunia Elise
Petunia Sophie
Petunia Claire
Petunia Beth
Petunia Jean
Petunia Rae

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- Jeana Bradbury

12/13/2006, 7:56 PM

If I look past Petunia Pig and Petunia Dursley I quite like it. I think it is a sweet name.

- Aine (poetic_freedom)

12/13/2006, 7:55 PM

I have never known anyone named this, but it is too cutesy and has too many bad associations for me.

- Isla +1

12/13/2006, 7:49 PM

It's cute, and a GP name of mine, though not something I'd ever use. One reason I'd not use it is that it's associated with Petunia the Pig, a Looney Tunes character. :b

- name_lover (guest)

12/13/2006, 7:57 PM

Thanks for your input. I actually posted to see if anyone liked the name...I don't really particularly like or dislike it. I used to have a bulldog named Petunia and another named Penelope...Penelope is now becoming popular, so I wondered if Petunia would too!

- Jae

12/13/2006, 7:46 PM

It's way too cutesy for my tastes. I occasionally call my female pets Petunia because of the "pet" part (my pets have quite a few nicknames).

Petunia Claire
Petunia Jean / Jeanne
Petunia Jane
Petunia May / Mae
Petunia Margaret
Petunia Margo / Margot
Petunia Grace
Petunia Gabrielle
Petunia Joy
Petunia Charlotte
Petunia Beth
Petunia Elizabeth / Elisabeth
Petunia Catherine / Katherine
Petunia Rachel
Petunia Rae
Petunia Fay / Faye
Petunia Evelyn
Petunia Eve
Petunia Mary
Petunia Mariel
Petunia Marielle
Petunia Caroline
Petunia Kathleen / Cathleen
Petunia Giselle
Petunia Lisette
Petunia Lorraine
Petunia Genevieve
Petunia Gwen
Petunia Maeve

- Starla Roxanne

12/13/2006, 7:41 PM

I would *never8 use Petunia as a name, not even for an animal!

I've never known of anybody human named this either.

First of all, I don't like the petunia flower. It doesn't smell good and it makes my nose swell and itch if I get too near it.

Also, there's Petunia Pig, Porky's girlfriend or whatever she was. And Harry Potter's nasty aunt Petunia Dursley. Just a bunch of bad associations.

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