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I'm gonna be quite brief here. Petal is a ridiculous name for a human. Nothing more, nothing less.

Sounds very juvenile and silly, like the name of a puppy in a children's film.

I like it in a GP-sh sort of way. I can’t really imagine it on a middle aged or older woman.

Most people here will hate it and say it’s too sickly sweet and childish, but I see it as just another floral name and I like it.

I'm a fan. I know not many people here like it, but I went to school with a girl named the Croatian version of it, Latica, and it's not weird to me.

I just came across this name while playing a Buzzfeed quiz about celebrity kids’ names lol.

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I like the flower associations Petal brings to mind but the word itself I’m neutral about—I find neither attractive nor unattractive. It’s a good name for a gentle person. Makes me think of soft and delicate things...like petals.

This message was edited 5/31/2020, 3:20 PM

I mean there are flower names, and then there's Flower as a name (also Fleur, Flor / Flora, etc.). But this is part of a flower. It's like using Anther or Stamen as a name. It feels... diminishing.

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Edit--I had no idea Stamen was a Macedonian & Bulgarian man's name totally unrelated to the botanical term.

This message was edited 5/31/2020, 2:34 PM

Don't like it

It's an unfunny nickname in the UK, used for any random woman. Apart from that, I don't like flower names much, and the name of part of a flower is worse, though I admit that Petal is better than Pistil, Stamen or Calyx.

It sounds like what some weird British cozy-mystery character might call a lover. Petal, Poppet, Chicken, Dormouse.

It's way worse than Blaze.

It just doesn't have a nice sound. I think of "pedal" or "pedestal" or "pet". The weird thing is that despite its obvious meaning, when used as a name (and not in a context) it doesn't even really make me think of flowers. It seems more like a technical term or something. I know that Jamie Oliver has a daughter named Petal and I don't find it unusable. It is definitely usable, just not terribly attractive in my opinion.

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I prefer pretty much any other flower name. I would put Petal into a category with Blossom and not so much with Lily, Violet, Poppy or Daisy. I also don't find Blossom attractive at all.

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I would imagine someone who used Petal or Blossom mainly used it for the word-meaning. I can't imagine anyone actually finding the sound of Petal or Blossom attractive. They are both so clunky.

This message was edited 5/31/2020, 9:12 AM

Meh. I wouldn’t call nature names my style, but it’s much better than Blossom.

It's what my grandparents call little girls as a term of endearment like 'honey' or 'sweetheart'

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It's just a small part of a flower, it feels so insignificant.